Fairbank Investment Management is an independent investment advisory firm founded in 2009 to provide discretionary investment management services to private clients, charitable foundations, and smaller institutions. Fairbank’s strategy employs the "value" approach to the management of investments. It emphasizes the long-term and it focuses on the selection of individual common stocks using a bottom-up approach. It is our belief that each investment must be based on thorough research, offer safety of capital, and promise a satisfactory long-term rate of return. The objective of our research is to discover excellent businesses selling at attractive valuations. We focus on companies that meet our standards of investment quality including a history of above average financial performance, a secure financial position, reputable management, and a growth opportunity in terms of sales, earnings, and share price. Fairbank is based in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada,