I am Ruffolo-ing feathers again
Featuring former OMERS VC honcho John Ruffolo, now of Maverix Private Equity and drive-by smears of Jim Balsillie and Slippery Som.
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11 postsI don't care for John Ruffolo
The "tech ecosystem" won't be pleased with this one. Or will they?
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The Oracle of Ancaster - Doug Putman of Putman Investments
The Globe recently outed a retail turnaround artist and empire builder. He is largely unknown to Bay Street, so I put together his basic info here.
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American private equity giant likely ensnared in Gary Ng's loan fraud
Big name PE firm caught by rudimentary fraud!
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Anthony Melman and a parable on SPACs
Onex biggie Tony Melman and the Acasta SPAC misadventure.
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Walter Global Asset Management wants to back money managers...sad!
A wealthy Montreal family office wants to invest in emerging managers, for some reason.
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Cymbria: a Berkshire-like exit option for business owners looking to sell
I buried the lead in my previous story on EdgePoint Wealth. What I should have
said is that the founders
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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.
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Joe Lewis, Tavistock, Newton Glassman and Callidus Capital, the distressed investor that went meta
The saga of Callidus Capital as a public company is winding down with a
shareholder vote later this month on
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