OPM WIRE

Minor tidbits on key players in the CI Financial - Mubadala Capital tie-up.

Mo Lidsky has led his UHNW-focused Prime Quadrant (”PQ”) out of the bondage of private equity ownership.

A long deep dive into another problematic investment by Teachers Venture Growth, ApplyBoard.

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?

A polemical discussion of Heather Reisman's career from her first job in business to her comeback prospects at Indigo.

Teachers Venture Group falls short of its 30% annual return target, not surprisingly.

MAGA fever is spreading in Canada. I inject the usual polemics.

This is the story of a textile entrepreneur who has raised US$250m, wants to transform the Western world into building more, but still needs a little help from a small, impoverished provincial government. Featuring drive-by smears of VC Allen Lau and Paul Desmarais III.

Victims of this $200m fund implosion include Kensington Capital for $2.5m and Micheal Lee-Chin's Mandeville Private Client.

Amber Kanwar has left BNN.

How TEC managed to lend money to a borrower that went into creditors' protection twice under its watch.

Illuminati-grade strategic advice.