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  • Canadian PE thrives, VC dives(2)
    Amanda Janis- 4 January 2013

    As Canada’s venture capital investments suffered a 12 percent year-over decline in the second quarter, private equity deals surged to a record C$55.6 billion, well outperforming last year’s total deal volume of C$11.6 billion.

  • Merrill to buy C$475m BCE stake
    Amanda Janis- 4 January 2013

    Five weeks after shareholders approved the C$49 billion BCE buyout, the largest proposed LBO to date, Teachers, Providence and Madison Dearborn have agreed to sell a C$475 million stake in the Canadian telecom to Merrill Lynch.

  • Boston Ventures in telecom deal
    Amanda Janis- 4 January 2013

    Boston Ventures is to buy a local US cable and telecom company, marking the middle market firm’s fifth investment from its seventh, $500 million fund.

  • Canadian PE thrives, VC dives
    Amanda Janis- 4 January 2013

    As Canada’s venture capital investments suffered a 12 percent year-over decline in the second quarter, private equity deals surged to a record C$55.6 billion, well outperforming last year’s total deal volume of C$11.6 billion.

  • Onex to pay C$960m for plastics molding company
    Jennifer Harris- 4 January 2013

    Onex will pay C$960m for TSE-listed Husky Injection Molding Systems, offering shareholders a 38.6 percent premium over the company’s closing price on 27 September.

  • Alternative assets boost CalSTRS returns(3)
    Jennifer Harris- 4 January 2013

    Alternative assets returned 27.6 percent to CalSTRS last fiscal year. Though less than last year’s 32 percent return, CalSTRS’ alternative assets outperformed the portfolio as a whole by around 7 percentage points.

  • Shareholders approve $49bn BCE buyout
    Amanda Janis- 4 January 2013

    BCE shareholders have approved the Canadian telecom company’s sale to Teachers, Providence and Madison Dearborn. But the $49 billion transaction, the largest proposed buyout to date, still faces regulatory hurdles.

  • Alternative assets boost CalSTRS returns(2)
    Jennifer Harris- 4 January 2013

    Alternative assets returned 27.6 percent to CalSTRS last fiscal year. Though less than last year’s 32 percent return, CalSTRS’ alternative assets outperformed the portfolio as a whole by around 7 percentage points.

  • Alternative assets boost CalSTRS returns
    Jennifer Harris- 4 January 2013

    Alternative assets returned 27.6 percent to CalSTRS last fiscal year. Though less than last year’s 32 percent return, CalSTRS’ alternative assets outperformed the portfolio as a whole by around 7 percentage points.

  • Linden invests $40m in psychiatric health chain(3)
    Jennifer Harris- 4 January 2013

    The Chicago-based, healthcare focused firm has acquired a controlling stake in Behavioral Centers of America, helping the chain to finance its expansion.