The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo have agreed to buy network equipment maker Riverbed Technology for US$3.6 billion ($4.2 billion).
A consortium led by private equity firm BC Partners has reached a deal to acquirer retailer PetSmart for about US$8.7 billion ($10.1 billion).
Canada’s private capital industry is poised to have its best year for deal activity in buyout and related private equity (PE) markets since 2007, says the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association’s (CVCA) report.
In an increasingly competitive private equity environment, sector-focused managers’ intimate knowledge of specific industries often enable them to outperform generalists invested in the same sectors, says a Cambridge Associates report.
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has agreed to acquire Bridon Ltd., a wire rope manufacturer, from Melrose Industries PLC.
OMERS Private Equity, the private equity arm of OMERS, has invested in DTI, the largest private U.S. provider of legal process outsourcing and managed services.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Onex have completed the sale of Gates Corp., Tomkins’ principal remaining business, to private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone for US$5.4 billion ($5.7 billion).
A group that includes the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has agreed to buy global property services company DTZ from Australia's UGL Ltd. for A$1.2 billion ($1.2 billion).
Brookfield Asset Management and Fulcrum Capital Partners are the recipients of Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association Deal of the Year Awards for the private equity category.
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is getting into the restaurant business by investing about US$300 million in Flynn Restaurant Group, the largest restaurant franchise group in the United States.