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Brookfield expands home-improvement holdings with $6.5-Billion acquisition of U.K.’s HomeServe

Dye & Durham may be forced to sell British business after review by British competition regulator

Competition Bureau’s bluster about Rogers-Shaw deal is a big gift for Quebecor

Manulife, Sun Life saw sales slump in first quarter as COVID-19 spiked

Brookfield says it will spin off stake in asset management business

Merger of Canadian investment industry regulators heads to final stages with new board

Quebecor declares interest in buying Freedom Mobile but says could also push on with own wireless offering

Mortgage stress test rules may change as interest rates climb and housing market cools, says regulator

David Singh sentenced for OSC fraud conviction

Why Rogers’ crucial ‘hell or high water’ clause adds more confusion to Shaw takeover

Blackstone targets Canadian real estate, opens office in Toronto

Quebec maple syrup company Bernard & Fils aims to tap into global market with Bain Capital’s takeover

Calgary’s Neo Financial raises $185-million led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures

Canadian Securities Institute approved to provide financial planner credentials in Ontario

BMO appoints new co-heads of its private wealth management business in Canada

Interfor takes toehold in GreenFirst Forest Products, continuing expansion in eastern Canada

Ontario court certifies class action lawsuit to proceed against Horizons ETFs

Laval-based pharmaceutical company Bausch + Lomb plans US$788-million IPO

EDC launches program with Bank of Montreal to guarantee loans to companies in carbon intensive sectors

Suncor’s safety record helped make it a target for activist investors

Four of the biggest Canadian pension funds have stakes in companies that transport Russian gas

Regulators propose rules to improve how cost of investing is reported to clients

Telecom analyst Jeff Fan named head of research at Scotiabank

Barclays lands tech, media and telecom banker James McKenna from RBC Capital Markets to head diversified industries unit

Critics question approval of Ontario group to certify financial advisers, planners

RBC and CIBC join banking group helping to finance Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter

TD’s AI chief quits to start health care firm, backed by bank and Inovia Capital

Why more bankers are leaving stable jobs for the high-flying world of cryptocurrency

Canada’s largest federal employee pension plan doesn’t aim for net zero in new climate strategy

Ontario regulator makes deal to sell core business of PACE credit union

Nuvei gives CEO Philip Fayer US$112-million in 2021

Alberta pension manager AIMCo posts double-digit return

Canadian tech stocks have crashed. Experts predict a wave of privatizations is coming

Canada’s big banks have big role to play in ‘greening’ the oil and gas sector

Rogers deal would see Xplornet take over Freedom Mobile

Shopify restructuring boosts Lutke’s power rather than curtailing it