TORONTO, Feb. 9 /CNW/ - Highwater Capital Management hires Mohsin Bashir, CFA as Research Analyst joining from TD Securities. While at TD he worked as Senior Analyst covering preferred shares, convertible debentures, fixed income and structured products. Mohsin has also held positions at Sentry Select Capital and RBC Royal Bank.

Through a challenging market environment, the Highwater Diversified Opportunities Fund has outperformed the S&P 500 Total Return (C$) Index by over 30% since its inception in December 2007, and generated a return of 50% for the calendar year ended December 31st 2009; placing it among the top performing funds in Canada.

Highwater Capital Management Corp. is an Asset Management firm focused on achieving consistent absolute returns throughout various market conditions by employing a disciplined, fundamental, value biased securities selection approach with an emphasis on generating consistent portfolio income through varying sources including dividends, income generating option strategies and active portfolio management.