The deal left former parent Toronto-Dominion Bank with a 33% stake (it has since increased that to a predetermined maximum of 39.9%).

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The deal left former parent Toronto-Dominion Bank (nyse: TD - news - people ) with a 33% stake (it has since increased that to a predetermined maximum of 39.9%).

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But it is fascinating that more-or-less the entire Canadian financial establishment - including Toronto-Dominion, CIBC, Bank of Nova Scotia, Ontario Teachers' Pension Fund and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, among others - has grouped together to keep TMX Canadian.

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Waterhouse, the industry number two, owned by Toronto-Dominion bank, is ahead in offering bank accounts that carry federal deposit insurance.

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And TD Ameritrade, formed in 2006 after the bank acquired the stake, is an important link in Toronto-Dominion's U.S. expansion strategy, together with the expansion of a Portland, Maine-based commercial bank, TD Banknorth.

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And TD Ameritrade, formed in 2006 after the bank acquired the stake, is an important link in Toronto-Dominion's U.S. expansion strategy, together with the expansion of a Portland, Maine-based commercial bank, TD Banknorth (nyse: BNK - news - people ).

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