Canadian Income Trusts: An Alternative Exit Strategy for US Portfolio Companies of Private Equity Sponsors
- Topics:
- Commercial Banking
- Tags:
- Finance,
- Financial Services,
- Investment,
- Portfolio Company,
- Private Equity,
- Private Equity Company,
- Strategy
- Source:
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges
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Overview: The global private equity industry over the last two years has been characterized by a lack of exit opportunities open to private equity firms. Canadian investment banking firms have been aggressively marketing the "Canadian Income Trust" structure to private equity firms as an alternative exit strategy for their US-based portfolio companies. This article illustrates how private equity firms should look at Canadian Investment Trusts as a means of exiting their US portfolio companies.
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Format: HTML | Date: Oct 2003 | Pages: 4
