Canada

US midstream giant Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) is set to buy retailer, refiner and pipeline operator Sunoco for US$50.13 a share, or US$5.3bn. The deal is further evidence that... 2012-05-02

Canadian borrowers are busy tapping the leveraged loan market. In the 2012 y-t-d, Canadian borrowers have inked a record US$15.2bn in leveraged loans, up by 39% y-o-y from the previous... 2012-04-11

On March 19 Bell Canada revealed plans to acquire Astral Media for CAD3.38bn. The transaction will see Bell take ownership of 100% of Astral's non-voting shares at nearly a 40% premium... 2012-03-20

Pembina's acquisition of Provident is further evidence that midstream gas specialists are looking to capitalise on the price differential between liquids and natural gas in North America.... 2012-01-17

In the Caribbean this week it was a case of big meets small. Canadian Stock Exchange owner TMX Group made its latest move to expand its international footprint by snapping up a minority... 2012-01-04

The sale of BP's Canadian assets to Plains Midstream will help raise cash for the company's divestment programme. However, it remains well short of its target of US$45bn in asset divestments,... 2011-12-02

Canada's Magnotta Winery Corporation is set to delist from the country's stock exchange after the firm's founding family decided to take the company private. The family owns around... 2011-11-23

Chinese state run oil companies are likely to be in the running as Cenovus seeks a partner for its Telephone Lake development. The potential farm-out would be the latest in a series... 2011-10-28

The Sinopec-Daylight Energy deal is the latest in a series of acquisitions by Chinese state-run oil companies seeking to gain control of upstream assets. The deal indicates that, despite... 2011-10-10

Shares in Canada's Research In Motion (RIM) rose by US$2.60 on October 4 2011, the largest jump since July 2009, following a disastrous first three quarters of the year. The rise... 2011-10-06