Archive for December 5th, 2007
YTD stats for Venture / Sub / Mezz debt
5 December 2007Here are the year-to-date marketshare statistics for all reported & drawn venture debt, sub debt, and mezzanine debt provided to Canadian-based companies. The data is from public and industry sources. The timeline is January – November 2007.
(in millions; marketshare figure in right column; full credit to lead where known)
BDC Subordinate Finance $87.8 21.0%
BMO [...]
Teck Cominco IR strategy harkens back to Air Canada mess
5 December 2007On October 5, 2000, the life of an investor relations executive named Valerie Peck changed forever. Her boss at Air Canada, Bob Peterson, approved a script that she would read into the voicemails of the equity research analysts that covered the stock. The price of oil had been moving up, and Air Canada’s [...]
BDC Fact #4
5 December 2007If you’ve ever watched “Finding Nemo“, you’ll recall the shark scene where Bruce runs a 12 step program with two shark friends, Anchor and Chum. Each shark is to bring another fish to the session, where they repeat the mantra “Fish are friends, not food.” Bruce escorts both Dory and Marlin to the [...]