90 cross-border deals – or almost 40% of M&A deals - Finance Post

Canadians are buying foreign companies. In fact, in this last quarter, Canadian firms did 90 cross-border deals – or almost 40% of all M and A deals.

Barry Critchley, doyen of the finance industry, has the details on his interesting blog over at the Financial Post. Worth the read:

According to Crosbie & Co. Inc. 224 transactions representing $44.7-billion in total value were announced in the second quarter — or 9.4% more activity and 52% more value than in the first quarter.
“While the increase in announcements was not overwhelming, it represents a break from a declining multi-quarter trend and a return to a more normal range of quarterly activity,” said Colin W. Walker, the managing director at Crosbie & Co.: “Business conditions continue to remain relatively favourable for M&A in most industry sectors and could support much higher levels of activity.”