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 Breakfast
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Opening Comments
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Mark Cecil, Associate Editor, Buyouts
The Outlook for Canadian LBOs
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
» Are venture-only Canadian investors expanding
into this asset class?
» What are prospects for the market in 2007?
» How are mezzanine funds helping drive activity?
» Are Canada's middle market companies looking to sell?
| Moderator: |
Nick Dietrich, Partner, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP |
| Panelists: |
Perry Golkin, Director, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co |
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Mark Hilson, Managing Director, Onex Corporation |
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Peter Gottsegen, Managing Partner, CAI
Managers |
Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Exit Opportunities: In Trusts We Trust?
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
For anyone looking to sell a company, today's PE market is ripe with opportunity. Credit standards remain loose, and strategic and financial buyers are competing aggressively for acquisitions. But in Canada there’s another way to exit: via Income Trusts. They have emerged as ominous competitors to buyout funds and strategics, but are they the best option for sellers and how can private equity firms compete?
| Moderator: |
Michael Kennedy, Regional Director, Merrill Corporation |
| Panelists: |
Brent Belzburg, Founder, Torquest |
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Justin Abelow, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey |
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Stephen Marshall, Partner, Edgestone Capital Partners |
Lunch
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Partnering with the U.S. and Europe
2:00 p.m. — 3:00 p.m.
Recently, leading European and U.S. institutions including California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and fund-of-funds Hamilton Lane made their first investments in Canadian buyout funds. Meanwhile, prominent U.S. buyout firms like Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and Bain Capital, and middle market firms like Sentinel Capital Partners continue to scour the Canadian landscape for deals. Even conservative Canadian pension funds that have traditionally shunned the private equity market have perked up to the opportunity and are now investing in the home-grown buyout industry. This panel will discuss the benefits and negatives of investing in the region.
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Ian Palm, Partner, McCarthy Tetrault LLP |
| Panelists: |
John Young, Vice President, OMERS |
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John Colby, Managing Director, Carlyle Group |
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Eric Bommer, Partner, Sentinel Partners |
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Stephen Stewart, Managing Director, McKenna Gale Capital |
Coffee Break
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
LP Roundtable
A panel of institutional investors from both Canada and the U.S. discuss their appetite for Canadian-focused funds, where private equity fits within their alternative asset strategy and the shifting balance within private equity between venture and buyouts.
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
| Moderator: |
Mark Cecil, Associate Editor, Buyouts |
| Panelists: |
Timothy Kelly, Partner, Adams Street
Partners |
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Chris Walker, Vice President, Harbourvest |
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Stuart Waugh, Managing Director, TD Capital |
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Paul Denning, Chief Executive Officer, Denning & Company |
For more information about this event, please call Rob Mills, (646)
822-3574.
robert.mills@thomson.com
Sponsorship opportunities are available.
Please call David Harkey on + 1 (646) 822 3507 or email david.harkey@thomson.com for
more information.
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