Archive for March, 2008
Goldman bonds are on fire
31 March 2008Whether it is a result of calmer credit markets or the Fed’s open chequebook on Wall Street, Goldman Sachs bonds have enjoyed a scorching rally of late. You may recall a post here three weeks ago that pointed out that Goldman’s A-rated bonds were trading below the bonds of sub-investment grade BB-rated Brazil (see [...]
Richard Scott golf news
30 March 2008For those of you wondering when Spring will arrive, here is a nice piece on Canadian Professional golfer Richard Scott.
Richard was a three time Canadian Amateur champion, and had a victory on the Tar Heel Tour last year. Although he didn’t get past the 2nd round of PGA Q-School (see prior post “Q-school [...]
Bay Street Buzz
29 March 2008This information courtesy of Bill Vlaad of Vlaad & Co.:
Recent Thomas Weisel Partners’ hires:
Eamon Hurley joins the Energy Investment Banking practice in Calgary. Most recently, Hurley was the Vice President & General Counsel at TAQA North Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company. Dan Bruno left GMP Securities to [...]
Dalsa’s unnecessary putsch
28 March 2008Saavas, I hate to say I told you so…. (“Saavas, keep your chin up!“, January 31-08).
A few short weeks ago, Dalsa’s (DSA:TSX) board agreed to turn itself inside out with the appointment of three new directors: Eric Rosenfeld (aka “The Crooner”©), Mark Burton and Colin D. Watson. This was in response [...]
Clear Channel ruling will boost BCE shares
27 March 2008BCE Takeover Part 29
The decision by a Texas judge last evening that would obstensibly force the banking syndicate to proceed with the Clear Channel LBO (CCU:NYSE) cannot go unnoticed by every lender (and bank shareholder) in North America. According to the WSJ yesterday, a key sticking point for the private equity firms was that [...]