Archive for June 12th, 2007
Tech IPOs coming back
12 June 2007As mentioned here, the Canadian tech market has seen more IPO activity so far this year than it has in a long time. Now the NVCA reports that the US VC-backed IPO market is also stronger than it has been since 2000.
So far 33 companies have raised almost $5.2 billion so far this [...]
Warning for Canadian hedge fund managers
12 June 2007At last month’s CVCA annual meeting in Halifax, there were but twelve different “Limited Partners” represented (27 people registered for the conference from those 12 different entities). I’m referring to the pension funds, life insurance companies and Fund of Funds that dedicate money to general partners such as Wellington Financial.
The turnout seemed light to [...]
BCE Takeover part 10
12 June 2007A couple of weeks ago our internet service went down at the firm. At some point during the evening a card was changed (“upgraded”) at Bell Canada’s Central Office and the card itself was faulty. So much for “Inspector #8″, or whomever sent Bell the card from the overseas EMS shop. Our [...]