Anyone who has ever bought or sold a business — or has even thought about it — has likely heard the term “due diligence.” Most people, however, don’t fully understand it or tend to underestimate its value. Due diligence is defined as “reasonable...
Mergers and acquisitions are a thriving part of the Canadian business landscape. In the first half of 2018, M&A activity was worth $93 billion CAD, and it has been growing quite steadily since 1985. Clearly, small- and medium-sized businesses in Canada are alive...
By the end of 2015, there were 1.14 million small businesses in Canada, making up 98% of Canada’s business landscape. Collectively, these businesses employed over 8 million people. And, each and every one of these businesses needed financing to get off the ground and...
Mergers can be exciting to talk about but in many cases the new partners will be larger than the other partners. While this disparity in size could cause problems, it doesn’t have to. A lot of this comes down to the planning before the transaction and the execution...
Private equity. It is a broad term used to describe the funds that invest in businesses large and small. While the media generally focuses on big players such as KKR and the Carlyle Group, there is an entire ecosystem that specializes in small-to-medium sized...
