Kym Anthony, a former president and CEO of National Bank Financial, is joining Dundee Wealth Management Inc.

Dundee Wealth today announced that it has completed the acquisition of 100% of KL Nova Financial Ltd.

KL Nova was recently formed by Anthony and Lawrence Haber to develop investment products using structured finance and alternative asset management.

As a result of the transaction, Don Charter is stepping aside from his role as CEO of Dundee Securities and associated companies and Kym Anthony has been appointed as the CEO of each of Dundee Securities Corp., Dundee Private Investors Inc., the Dundee Insurance Agency Ltd. and Dundee Mortgage Services Inc., replacing Charter.

Anthony has also been appointed executive chairman of Dundee Wealth Bank, replacing Ned Goodman in that position.

“I have been the Chief Executive Officer of Dundee Securities and Dundee Private Investors since 1999. My mandate was to aggressively grow the retail distribution division and to create a capital markets division of Dundee Wealth. With that job in its final phase and as part of my mandate, Ned Goodman and I have been looking to significantly strengthen our capital markets division. Kym Anthony with his strong capital markets background achieves this goal. Having fulfilled my mandate, it is a good time for me to look for a new challenge,” said Charter, in a release.

Goodman will be appointed as non-executive chairman of each of Dundee Securities, Dundee Private Investors, Dundee Insurance and Dundee Mortgage Services.

Haber has been appointed as the executive vice president of each of Dundee Securities Corp., Dundee Private Investors Inc., Dundee Insurance Agency Ltd. and Dundee Mortgage Services Inc.

Dundee Securities says KL Nova has the ability to manufacture structured products and market linked notes. “When Don Charter and I learned what KL Nova had developed, we saw it as a natural fit for Dundee Wealth to accelerate our growth” said Ned Goodman, Dundee Wealth’s president and CEO, in a release.

“We are delighted that Kym and Lorie have joined Dundee Wealth,” said Goodman. “Along with Mr. Tarek Himmo, who has been appointed as senior vp and head of credit investments, this adds three very experienced and capable individuals to our senior executive team.”

Kym Anthony, 50, sports a 25 year successful record in the financial services and investment banking industries. He rose though the senior executive ranks of CIBC and its investment bank unit, Wood Gundy, until he left to become the chairman and CEO of TD Securities and a vice chairman of TD Bank, where he led the creation and development of TD Securities.

For the past six years, Anthony was the president and CEO of National Bank Financial, the investment banking and capital markets unit of National Bank of Canada.

Haber joined Anthony at National Bank Financial five years ago as executive vp, corporate development and governance.

Most recently, Himmo acted as an external consultant to a major European financial institution regarding its alternative investments portfolio.