The Som Seif dossier
An introduction to Som Seif, aka Slippery Som, aka Kevin O’Leary with a widow’s peak, aka the Great Satan, aka The Supreme Leader of Complete Horsecrap.
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A blog about Bay Street, money managers, funds, moguls, who's killing it, who's getting killed. No stock picks, no macro.
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Som Seif's Driven is in a state of flux
A $200m acquisition seems to be a shell of its former self.
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Som Seif and Purpose Investments
Deep investigative work reveals that Som Seif launched Purpose Investments to make as much money as he possibly can.
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The Som Seif dossier
An introduction to Som Seif, aka Slippery Som, aka Kevin O’Leary with a widow’s peak, aka the Great Satan, aka The Supreme Leader of Complete Horsecrap.
8 min read
Third Eye Capital: The disastrous results of its workout playbook
Things are going from bad to worse for Third Eye, with a loan wipeout and the loss of a key lieutenant.
4 min read
Billionaire Stephen Smith buying more EQ Bank shares
Stephen Smith keeps doubling down on the Canadian economy. His bet on Home Capital appears to be going well so far.
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Daniel Debow, the Forrest Gump of Canadian tech
A profile of the tech entrepreneur and angel investor Daniel Debow, an important node in the Canadian tech cognoscenti.
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White Falcon Capital Management and Balkar Sivia
A sensible emerging manager with good pedigree and fee for performance only model.
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Montreal Emerging manager B-CAP
Bouthillier Capital (B-CAP) is an emerging manager based in Montreal with international pedigree.
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Money Managers
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CI Financial minor tidbits from the Mubadala takeover
Minor tidbits on key players in the CI Financial - Mubadala Capital tie-up.
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Prime Quadrant leaves American private equity owner
Mo Lidsky has led his UHNW-focused Prime Quadrant (”PQ”) out of the bondage of private equity ownership.
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Teachers Venture Growth and the ApplyBoard debacle
A long deep dive into another problematic investment by Teachers Venture Growth, ApplyBoard.
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CI Financial: guide to moving parts of the empire
CI Financial has many different constituent parts, put together over a very acquisitive history. Will this empire survive intact under its new private equity owners?
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Heather Reisman origin story
A polemical discussion of Heather Reisman's career from her first job in business to her comeback prospects at Indigo.
6 min read
Ontario Teachers Venture Growth and Captain Olivia Steedman
Teachers Venture Group falls short of its 30% annual return target, not surprisingly.
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