Private Equity
3 min read · 20 December 2017
US managers navigating changes to interest deductibility rules can turn to their British and German counterparts for advice and, if they’re lucky, hope.
3 min read · 18 December 2017
6 min read · 11 December 2017
The private equity market in Europe remains at least as buoyant as in Canada and the United States and, despite political and market uncertainty, PE M&A activity remains high, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Partner Mary Abbott writes. However, the realities of sourcing and executing on deals remains a challenge, as it does globally. Despite this shared reality, deal-making in Europe has some features or norms not common in North America that prudent businesses (and investors) can leverage to their advantage. Some of them arguably make deal execution more predictable and completion more certain.
5 min read · 04 December 2017
5 min read · 06 November 2017
A recent edition of the Globe & Mail featured the following eye catcher: “Canadian M&A Craters in the Third Quarter”. While it’s true that mega-deals cratered in the third quarter, mid-market activity, the bread and butter of Canadian mergers and acquisitions, remained strong, writes Karen Fisman of Toronto boutique M&A advisory firm Valitas Capital Partners. In an exclusive feature article for PE Hub Canada, Fisman says Valitas and other market sources believe 2017 is in fact shaping up quite well for Canada's mid-market, with the fourth quarter already off to a strong start.
3 min read · 03 November 2017
Investors in the continent’s private equity market should be considering other parts of the capital structure, writes Syntaxis Capital’s Africa head.
3 min read · 31 October 2017
4 min read · 23 October 2017
4 min read · 18 October 2017
US GPs do not seem too concerned about a tax reform limiting interest expense deductibility.
2 min read · 12 October 2017
