Layan Odeh

Buyout heavyweights are increasingly resorting to the old-fashioned way of making money — actually running the companies they've bought.

The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System will stop making direct private equity investments in Europe as the pension fund overhauls its operations there, according to people familiar with the matter.

Buyout heavyweights are increasingly resorting to the old-fashioned way of making money – actually running the companies they’ve bought.

(Bloomberg) -- Canada's Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. will acquire control of hockey-equipment maker Peak Achievement Athletics Inc. in a deal with an investment manager owned by Montreal's Desmarais family.

An industry that runs on debt is hoping better days — and more dealmaking — are ahead. Can lower interest rates set the stage for a comeback?

Langdon funds own around 6 million shares of Westaim Westaim to take full ownership of credit manager Arena

(Bloomberg) -- Canada's largest pension fund and Singapore's GIC Pte are in advanced talks to back PSG Equity's plan to transfer $1.8 billion of company stakes into a new vehicle designed specifically for this type of asset-shifting.

Brookfield Asset Management moved its head office to New York from Toronto to gain access to more US stock indexes and attract more investors.

Brookfield Asset Management raised $21 billion in the third quarter, most of it through Oaktree Capital and other parts of its credit business, underscoring the firm’s increased reliance on lending and insurance products for growth.