Large-caps push Canadian PE values to $33.4 bln in 2017
Deal-making in Canada’s buyout and private equity market was especially robust in 2017, according to final data released by Thomson Reuters. Last year, 360 deals captured $33.4 billion in disclosed values, up 91 percent from 2016 on a dollar basis. Additionally, 2017 was in dollar terms the second most-active year in the Canadian market on record, falling only slightly behind 2007. Domestic deal volume increased at a more moderate 15 percent from 2016, pointing to the key influence of large-cap transactions. Canadian PE investors were active in 121 global deals in 2017, up 17 percent year over year, though disclosed values for these deals fell 33 percent.
5 February 2018•3 mins read
