Canadian buyout-PE deal values up 5% in 2013, funds raise record $16.1 bln
Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association and Thomson Reuters announced the results of Canadian buyout and related private equity deal-making in 2013. The report found a total of 320 transactions announced or completed last year, with disclosed values totaling $12.3 billion, up 5% from 2012, and the highest level since 2008. Canadian buyout-PE market activity received a significant bounce in the fourth quarter of 2013, when 105 deals attracted dollar flows of $7.7 billion, or over 60% of the 2013 aggregate. As reported by peHUB Canada in Dec. 2013, the domestic market also saw record fund-raising. The final tally was $16.1 billion in new capital commitments, the highest level of activity since 2006. Full reports of Canadian market trends in 2013 can be downloaded in English and in French.
