Canada's PE market slows in 2018 with $22.3 bln deployed: CVCA
The pace of deal activity in Canada's private equity (PE) market slowed in dollar terms in 2018, according to a report by the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA). Disclosed PE deployments to some 543 deals totalled $22.3 billion last year, down 15 percent from $26.4 billion invested in 2017. Dollar values in 2018 were 62 percent higher, however, compared to 2016 values. PE investment activity showed signs of recovery in Q4 2018, when values reached nearly $6 billion in all, or triple the amount on a quarter-over-quarter basis. More than one-fifth of PE deals done in Canada in 2018 were located in industrial and manufacturing sectors, while IT sectors accounted for a 16 percent share.
13 March 2019•5 mins read
