The Canadian private equity market raised $4 billion through 140 deals in the first quarter of 2024, a 52 per cent increase in deal values from the previous quarter, according to a new report by the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. It found the average deal size in the Canadian private equity market […]
Renowned American businessman and investor Charlie Munger once said, “You have to keep learning if you want to become a great investor. When the world changes you must change.” The world has changed and institutional investors will need to have a plan and be ready to face new challenges. The 30 years prior to the […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing $12 million to facilitate the acquisition of Vancouver-based CWA Engineers Inc. by engineering consulting firm Norda Stelo Inc. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the next six months and the Caisse’s investment will “help drive [Norda Stelo’s] activities to its next stage of growth,” […]
Institutional investors are entering a golden period ripe with opportunities in current global and emerging markets, said Karl Dasher, president of Polen Capital, during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2023 Global Investment Conference. From early 2020 to the end of 2021, the market was flooded with liquidity from the unprecedented combination of fiscal stimulus, U.S. Federal Reserve […]
Historically, the structural case for investing in emerging markets was centred around the idea of convergence — that over time, relatively poor countries will grow their economies and the corporate base in those countries can take advantage of superior returns, said Nicholas Field, emerging markets strategist and fund manager at Schroders, when speaking at the […]
Institutional investors are grappling with the long-term implications of how the coronavirus pandemic will affect demand for various real estate sectors. Many real estate assets will remain under pressure even as establishments across sectors are once again able to welcome customers, says Jeff Olin, president and chief executive officer at Vision Capital Corp., noting that […]
Vietnam has been growing at an impressive pace for several years, since it began to liberalize its economy in the mid-1980s. But there are still areas of friction for foreign institutional investors, namely the country’s relatively small scale capital markets and the ensuing issue of limited liquidity within them, says Sriyan Pietersz, an investment strategist […]