The Globe and Mail

Rivals took two big bites out of the RBC Dominion Securities institutional equities team last week.

Maria Abwunza, part of the sales squad, left for TD Securities, which has established itself as the top domestic equity sales desk in the past year.

And trader Nicole Swartout departed RBC Dominion for CIBC World Markets, which has lost two traders to employee-owned houses since the beginning of the year.