Canadian buyout-PE transaction values double in first quarter
Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association and Thomson Reuters have announced the results of Canadian buyout and related private equity market activity in the first quarter of 2014. The report found 77 PE deals with disclosed values totaling $4.6 billion in this period, or effectively double the values reported at the same time in 2013. Higher dollar flows owed partly to completed acquisitions of Mississauga, Ontario-based Patheon and Québec City-based Atrium Innovations. The fundraising activity of Canadian PE firms, totaling $3.5 billion in the first three months, was also more than triple the amount committed to funds in Q1 2013. A full report of Canadian buyout-PE market trends in Q1 2014 can be found here.
20 May 2014•4 mins read
