Private equity and Canadian partnerships: tax considerations
Canada continues to be an attractive market for private equity (“PE“) investors with recent transactions highlighting significant investments into Canadian real estate and energy infrastructure assets....
View ArticleQ1 2018 review: record deal values for the power and utilities sector
A recent report by Ernst & Young (the Report) has concluded that the power and utilities (P&U) is thriving, as global deal value in the first quarter of 2018 reached an all-time high of US$97...
View ArticleParties to M&A must be diligent about climate change
Climate change has become a high profile issue that is expected to have significant implications for M&A transactions going forward. As public awareness and scientific understanding of climate...
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M&A activity is booming in Asia’s renewable energy market
The first half of the decade has seen a swift rise in green-house gas (GHG) emissions in Asia. Consequently, China is now the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide from the consumption of energy,...
View ArticleAn overview of global M&A activity: 2015 into 2016
2015 was an extraordinary year for global M&A activity. Mergermarket recorded almost 17,000 transactions worth a remarkable US$4.3tn. This topped the previous record set in 2014 by over 30%. The...
View ArticleGlobal M&A continues decline through May 2016
According to MergerMarket’s Monthly M&A Insider Report, global M&A activity continued to wane throughout May 2016, maintaining the trend reported on earlier this year. May 2016 resulted in a...
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A global overview of M&A activity: August 2016
MergerMarket Group recently published its September edition of Monthly M&A Insider which reported on mergers and acquisitions activity around the world for the month of August 2016. More than two...
View ArticleM&A trends for 2017: Canada a likely target
According to a year-end report on M&A Trends published by Deloitte, corporate and private equity executives surveyed in the last quarter of 2016 anticipated significant M&A activity in 2017....
View ArticleTrend report: increased M&A deal values across the Americas for Q1 2017
On April 25, Mergermarket released its Q1 2017 Regional Flash Reports describing the M&A climate, trends and developments throughout the Americas during the first quarter of 2017. The Canada’s...
View ArticleCanadian M&A activity at 10-year high due to oil-sands sell-off
The value of Canadian M&A activity in the first half of 2017 was the highest in a decade, according to a recent report from Bloomberg. The approximately $132 billion in total transaction value is...
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