Canadian PE deal values hit $35.3 bln in 2019’s first nine months

Deal values in the Canadian buyout and private equity market were especially strong in Q3 2019, according to final data released by Refinitiv, with a total of $21.1 billion invested across 136 transactions. That result brought total deployments for the first nine months of the year to $35.3 billion in 377 deals. Values at the end of September were up 41 percent compared to the same time in 2018, while transaction volumes increased 23 percent. Canadian investors participated in global deals worth $118 billion in the first nine months, the largest amount ever recorded.

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