Scotiabank has closed the transaction to buy 40% of Aurion Capital Management shares.
People Corporation has purchased the group benefits business of Bryan H. Lupe and Associates for an undisclosed amount.
Homewood Health has acquired Organizational Health Inc. and Organizational Health (Ontario) Inc., providers of disability management services, employee and family assistance programs, substance management services and organizational wellness services.
Gluskin Sheff + Associates has entered into an agreement to acquire the parent company of Blair Franklin Asset Management.
The London Stock Exchange Group has confirmed that it's considering a possible transaction involving Russell Investments.
BMO Financial Group has completed the acquisition of F&C Asset Management.
Shearer's Foods—a company owned by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and private equity firm Wind Point Partners—has agreed to buy a private label manufacturer of cookies, crackers and wafers from Snyder's-Lance for US$430 million ($468.5 million).
Scotiabank has agreed to purchase the remaining 40% of Aurion Capital Management shares that were owned by Aurion Capital employees for an undisclosed amount.
Pfizer has announced that it made a preliminary bid to acquire U.K.-based AstraZeneca in January and it tried to restart merger talks over the weekend, but was rebuffed.
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, along with partner Swander Pace Capital, has reached an agreement to sell Insight Pharmaceuticals to Prestige Brands Holdings for US$750 million ($828 million).