Finance
BCBusiness + Pacific M&A and Business Brokers Ltd. Ian Houghton, senior M&A advisor for Pacific M&A and Business Brokers Ltd., notes that, “all business deals are difficult to complete, which is why less than 25 percent of business transactions actually close.” But businesses that...
BCBusiness + CoPower This time last year, Canadian clean energy investment company CoPower and geothermal installer GeoTility began a conversation about financing. The B.C.-based company was seeking $6.4 million in refinancing for a portfolio of 658 residential geothermal installations they had recently...
1. How much does Genus Capital manage, and how do you approach investing? Genus manages about $1.5 billion of assets, and we’ve been around for coming up to 30 years [in 2019]. We’re a quantitative firm; we have models that help us...
Ask many American, German or Canadian businesses or investors about Asian business opportunities, and they’ll probably think China and perhaps India. Southeast Asia—home to countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore—is likely to be an afterthought. Indeed, only about...
ATTACK VECTOR Telephone (recorded message) THE SCAM “Canada Revenue Agency” calls to inform you that you owe thousands of dollars in back taxes and/or fines; if you don’t pay them right away, you’ll be prosecuted or jailed THE GOAL Money THE TELL The real...
BCBusiness + Manning Elliott LLP It’s a temptation for Canadians with U.S. vacation property to seek tax advice from fellow Canadians who have spent years adhering to regulations and paying taxes on their homes down south. But while getting input from other property...
BCBusiness + Pacific M&A and Business Brokers Ltd. One doesn’t normally associate business matters with music, but when it comes to the task of selling a business, Pino Bacinello, president of Pacific M&A and Business Brokers Ltd., is compelled to associate the...
In 2014, after 30 years with Vancouver’s Ventures West Capital, where he focused on cleantech and communications investments, Sam Znaimer founded Locarno Capital, a private equity fund manager that invests in the fast-growing cannabis industry. He once advised clients in Canada and the U.S., but the latter is no longer part...
BCBusiness + Pacific M&A and Business Brokers Ltd. Developing any business takes years of effort, but a recent survey by the International Business Brokers Association, in co-operation with M&A Source and Pepperdine University, found that 88 percent of business owners in the...
BCBusiness + BMO Only a financial organization operating with BMO’s “One Bank” approach can navigate the diverse challenges of today’s business world. BMO is Canada’s oldest incorporated bank—and BCBusiness caught up with its B.C. & Yukon executive team to speak to their...