Jameson Berkow

Hundreds of locations across Canada from big-name companies such as Suncor, Ivring and Parkland are up for sale and struggling to find buyers

M&A involving Canadian businesses amounted to US$28.1-billion in Q1, a 23-per-cent decline from the same period in 2023

Despite a dearth of initial public offerings – historically among the most common private equity exit strategies – investors in the space are increasingly making money by re-privatizing public companies

Until Oct. 25, 2025, small businesses raising up to $3-million and not-for-profit angel investor groups will be exempted from having to register with the Ontario Securities Commission as a dealer

Brookfield head Bruce Flatt predicted that within the next 10 years, more than 30 institutional investors around the world will prefer private markets

The move will increase market efficiency and potentially allow for lower trading fees

Canada’s Real-Time Rail system was scheduled to be fully operational in 2022, but after several delays the system is expected to begin testing in 2026

Founder Jean-Guy Desjardins, CEO Maxime Ménard and others have acquired 6.8 per cent for roughly $53-million

Shareholders at Aimia’s annual general meeting will decide whether to re-elect the board of directors or replace one or more of them with rivals nominated by investment fund Mithaq Capital SPC

Private capital is playing a bigger role in growing startups into mature companies, robbing average Canadians of the opportunity to participate in homegrown success stories

Toronto-based media company has until Sept. 1 to negotiate some form of debt relief with its lenders or it may no longer be able to meet its debt commitments

Ottawa appears to be in no hurry to make legislative changes despite data showing dozens of individuals and companies have had tens of millions of dollars in penalties wiped out through the bankruptcy process

If successful, the deal would be Couche-Tard’s largest and would likely face regulatory scrutiny in both Japan and the United States

The offer from Alimentation Couche-Tard comes after Japan issued new mergers and acquisitions guidelines intended to make it easier for foreign buyers to make deals in Japan

The Quebec-based convenience-store giant is still pushing to acquire 7-Eleven’s Japanese parent company, Seven & i Holdings, despite it rejecting Couche-Tard’s initial offer on Friday

The source did not specify terms of Quebecor’s offer nor any details around how the deal would be structured

Ascension to top job is the culmination of a goal Chun has pursued since joining the bank’s management training program in 1992

Bank will pay US$30-million to the CFTC and US$12-million to the SEC; Canaccord Genuity also fined by SEC

Travis Machen, who joined Scotiabank from Morgan Stanley in May as chief executive and group head of global banking and markets, informed staff in an internal memo on Tuesday of multiple staffing changes

Canadian deal-making activity has been subdued since the recent peak in early 2022, with third-quarter activity coming in well below the most recent 10-year average