Tech/VC Constellation Software copycat valued at over US $1B Billion dollar software consolidator founded only in 2015. OPM Jan 20, 2024 1 min read
Pension funds The Caisse's crypto fiasco Please note that I want to occasionally write about topics of interest to Montreal people. (I usually focus on Bay OPM Jun 13, 2022 1 min read
Tech/VC Move over Anthony Lacavera, Canada has a new telecom messiah OXIO is trying to disrupt Bell and Rogers at providing Internet service. OPM Mar 2, 2022 5 min read
Fintech Mogo, Moka, some Montreal players and the El Mocambo's Michael Wekerle From zero to $50m exit in 4 years. OPM Apr 29, 2021 1 min read
Hedge funds GameStop: Two Montrealers among biggest winners: Richard Mashaal of Senvest and Ryan Cohen My sister publication, The Wall Street Journal, has reported on a $700m gain on GameStop, now fully realized, by a OPM Feb 4, 2021 2 min read
Family offices Montreal family office conned by American She-Wolf Montreal entrepreneur Ariel Shlien is the victim of a Ponzi scheme. OPM May 2, 2020 3 min read
Family offices Walter Global Asset Management wants to back money managers...sad! A wealthy Montreal family office wants to invest in emerging managers, for some reason. OPM Apr 25, 2020 3 min read
Hedge funds Barrage Capital : The One Direction of Hedge Funds Montreal Buffett disciples with intriguing performance. OPM Mar 3, 2020 3 min read
Fintech Philip Fayer of Nuvei - Move over Mike Katchen, there's a new king of fintech - with unicorn status A financing last week minted Canada’s first fintech unicorn. Nuvei, a Montreal based payments processor, raised US $270 million OPM Dec 16, 2019 2 min read
Money Managers Francois Rochon of Giverny Capital: The real Warren Buffett of Canada Calling a successful investor the "Warren Buffett" of X is a journalistic cliché. Often, the people so described OPM Nov 27, 2019 4 min read
Private Equity Sagard Holdings, Power Corp's answer to Blackstone, has made $27 million since 2005 Who is providing capital to media darling Wealthsimple? Power and affiliates? Wrong! Companies don’t make decisions, humans make decisions. OPM Oct 26, 2019 2 min read