TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. has opened a new investor centre in West Vancouver.

The new branch offers access to a wide array of products and services from three areas of TD Waterhouse’s expertise: Discount Brokerage, Financial Planning and Investment Advice.

“Our West Vancouver Investor Centre showcases the comprehensive financial services, support and solutions we offer,” said Kash Sheikh, regional manager, TD Waterhouse, in a news release. “We’re seeing a strong increase in investing activity and believe there is a real demand for a state-of-the-art investor centre in this area.”

The new 1,400 square foot center features:

  • A 30 foot tri-colour ticker tape showing real-time quotes from the Toronto Stock Exchange;
  • Five computer terminals enabling clients to connect with our leading-edge electronic brokerage services to place trades and view their account information online or talk to a TD Waterhouse rep by phone;
  • 42-inch liquid plasma screens displaying real time market data from the major exchanges and charts of various indices; and
  • A 20-seat client presentation area.,/ul>To help educate investors, the new facility will also host free investment seminars on topics ranging from investing basics to more complex subjects such as fundamental and technical analysis.