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Plans for new U.S. cryptocurrency regulations are an encouraging move for Canada’s sector, experts say

Loblaw is buying Lifemark Health Group for $845-million in biggest deal yet to expand presence in healthcare services

Canada’s IPO market has shut down amid stock-market turmoil

Rogers has begun talks with prospective buyers of Shaw’s Freedom Mobile

‘Techflation’ is here to stay. Canada must adapt or risk a heavy premium

Power Corp’s Portage Ventures closes one of the world’s largest venture capital funds focused on early-stage fintech companies

Canadian pension funds are selling off Russian investments

Bombardier could face investment ban by Norway’s sovereign wealth fund

Canada’s big bank CEOs earned a combined $70-million, 23% more than 2020

Rogers will work with regulators to ensure Shaw takeover doesn’t eliminate fourth player, CEO says

Former PI Financial owner Gary Ng charged with fraud and money laundering

Indigenous investment fund backs Nuu-chah-nulth in first bet

Canada’s private debt funds face a reckoning after retail investors jolted by redemption freeze

Mackenzie Investments names new CEO as McInerney announces retirement

The world’s biggest companies are pulling out of Russia. A look inside the global corporate shunning

Canadian audit regulator dings two of the Big Four accounting firms

Cannabis producer Tilray acquires US$211-million in Hexo debt

Canadian banks see growth in lending after long pandemic slump

Executives from Rogers questioned on how Shaw merger would affect local news

Canadian fund managers likely facing uphill battle to sell their shares in Russian companies

Sunwing deal is just the first as hospitality sector faces consolidation pressures

WestJet set to buy vacation airline Sunwing

Private debt manager Ninepoint freezes investor redemptions on four funds

Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montreal report surging profits as lending drives stronger banking revenue

Terms of TD’s First Horizons takeover reflect regulatory scrutiny, staff turnover

Bank of Nova Scotia signs $1.3-billion deal to increase stake in Scotiabank Chile

CIBC and National Bank report soaring profits as revenues climb

Onex sees profit double to US$1.4-billion in 2021

Caisse de dépôt says tech stock price crash spreading to private firm valuations

Dutch investor to take majority stake in CannTrust

Real-estate turnaround gives Caisse benchmark-beating returns

Caisse sells Russian stocks that Canada placed sanctions on in 2015

B.C.’s biggest forestry companies target U.S. lumber barons

Onex sells stake in Texas-based AIT to Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund

Buy-now-pay-later firm Klarna to launch in Canada

Bridging Finance investors to lose $1.3-billion after sale process terminated because of unsatisfactory bids