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T. Rowe Price buys Oak Hill Advisors, Franklin Templeton buys Lexington Partners

mdunne — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 18:00:07 +0000

T. Rowe Price Group Inc. is buying Oak Hill Advisors for up to about US$4.2 billion with $3.3 billion payable at closing. The global investment management organization is buying the alternative credit manager with about 74 per cent in cash and 26 per cent in T. Rowe Price common stock and up to an additional $900 million in […]

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Hub acquiring Vancouver benefits firm

mdunne — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 13:00:10 +0000

Hub International Ltd. is acquiring Vancouver’s Rogersworks Inc. Rogersworks is an independent benefits brokerage firm specializing in employee group benefits and association group benefits. John Ash, benefits consultant and a partner at the company, will join Hub Coastal. Read: Hub acquiring Calgary benefits provider This is the latest of a string of Canadian benefits providers and consulting […]

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GroupHEALTH acquiring stake in B.C.-based benefits software developer

bwolfe — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:00:29 +0000

Group Health Group Holdings Inc. is acquiring a minority interest in CDAT Software Inc., the British Columbia-based maker of Oliver benefits administration software. In June, GroupHEALTH acquired a 75 per cent stake in Canadian Benefits Investment & Insurance Group Inc., a B.C.-based provider of group benefits and wealth management services. And in March, Germany-based Munich Re announced […]

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Caisse investing in vision-care company; Ontario Teachers’, AIMCo selling governance solutions firm

lbailey — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 05:00:28 +0000

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is part of an investment group acquiring New Look Vision Group Inc., a provider of eye-care products and services across North America. According to a press release, New Look Vision is valued at $800 million, and the Caisse, along with FFL Partners, LLC and the Dr. H. […]

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Green Shield Canada acquiring virtual mental-health platform, Inkblot Technologies

lbailey — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:37:59 +0000

Green Shield Canada is acquiring Inkblot Technologies, a virtual mental-health platform that uses artificial intelligence-assisted technology, network effects and advanced analytics to match patients with counsellors. “Building on our previous . . . digital-health investments and partnerships, the acquisition of Inkblot fits with our strategic objective of increasing access for our clients to leading health services — […]

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The case against hedge fund activism

mschmit — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 03:23:20 +0000

While shareholder activism is a hot topic among institutional investors, where hedge funds are concerned, it doesn’t seem to have much impact on investee company profitability, according to a paper by J.B. Heaton, an independent financial economics researcher. Hedge fund activism is a great story, one that investors can wrap their heads around, says Heaton. […]

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