Wealthsimple CEO warns on 'very bad outcomes' amid Reddit frenzy Ian Vandaelle, BNN Bloomberg VIDEO SIGN OUT The head of Canadian online trading platform Wealthsimple Financial Inc. said there's no plans to curb or throttle investors' ability to trade in certain securities. In a television interview, Wealthsimple Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mike Katchen said the Canadian platform will do what it can to make users aware of the risks of certain volatile securities, but wonât bar clients from making trades. âWe see our role as really providing a safe and reliable brokerage platform for people and we donât plan to restrict trading in any of these securities,â he said.