Canadian private equity firm Fairfax Holdings Ltd. said that it would acquire a controlling stake in Keg Restaurants Ltd. Keg president and chief executive officer David Aisenstat will retain a minority stake of 49%.
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FinanceIt bags USD13 million in Series A funding
Canada-based finance company FinanceIt raised USD13 million in a Series A funding round to be used for the expansion of its services to the United States.
Top deals of the day - Bids, Mergers and Acquisitions
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Tuesday including Nokia, IntercontinentalExchange Group, Goldman Sachs and others.
CEPSA takes over Coastal Energy Co. For CAD2.3 billion
Spanish multinational oil firm CEPSA bought Canadian Coastal Energy Co. for CAD2.3 billion (USD2.21 million) including debt. CEPSA will pay CAD19 per Coastal Energy share in cash.
La Caisse, BMO Capital Partners invest USD 20 million in Novacap's Nautilus Plus
Institutional fund manager La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and investment firm BMO Capital Partners invested USD 20 million in Nautilus Plus, a Quebec-based fitness center chain owned by Novacap.
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Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Canada's largest single-profession pension plan, said it would be buying British Burton's Biscuit Co. for an unspecified amount from the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and affiliates of Apollo Global Management.
A VentureBeat article urged startups to push for involvement in the drafting of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement to ensure that provisions in the trade agreement are not biased.
Investors remain inclined to take markets higher in the absence of anything that would suggest equities should fall. The market seems to have hit a stage where strong data helps and weak data affirms the Fed's intentions to keep policy accommodative, which also helps stocks.
Canadian large-scale gold mining companies Barrick Gold and Goldcorp have separately hired banks to explore the sale of their jointly owned Marigold mine in Nevada.
The Board of Directors of Income Streams III Corporation announced the final regulatory approval for its merger into Dividend Split Corp which is set to take place on December 1, 2013.
Clean-technology company Therma-Flite recently closed a major funding round with Canadian private equity and venture capital firm XPV Capital. Therma-Flite said it raised USD7.5 million in financing.
Invesco Canada Ltd added eight new funds for its Private Investor series or Series P for investors or advisors who wish to invest in one of Invesco's broad range of products at discounts.
Canadian dairy company Saputo Inc was one step ahead of clinching the win to take over Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Co Holdings Ltd, when the former's revised bid received the recommendation of the latter's board of directors.
Australian investment firm Private Equity Partners had put up for sale 25% of its stake in Link Administration Holdings for AUD200 million. The holding company was acquired by PEP for AUD132 million.
