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Fairstone Bank of Canada ("Fairstone Bank") and Home Trust Company ("Home Trust") today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to merge their respective businesses. This transaction will create the leading alternative lender in Canada and boast an extensive Canadian footprint servicing more than 2 million customers with more than 250 branches from coast to coast. The combined business will offer diversified product lines, including residential and commercial mortgage...

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is partnering with an infrastructure investment company to oversee its container firm SeaCube Container Leasing. The pension fund will enter into a co-control structure agreement with Wren House Infrastructure Management Ltd., which bought an equity stake in the Bermuda-based container operator. The financial details of the partnership haven’t been disclosed. […]

The purchase, made via the Kuwaiti sovereign wealth fund’s direct investment arm Wren House, comes ten years after Ontario Teachers’ took container le...

Ontario Teachers’ Reaches Agreement to Sell Equity Stake in SeaCube Container Leasing Ltd. to Wren House

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is providing an equity injection to help finance the acquisition of an automotive financing and insurance company. APCO Holdings, in which the pension fund holds a majority stake, is acquiring National Auto Care for an undisclosed sum. While a portion of the price tag was secured through third-party debt financing, APCO […]

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is acquiring the parent company of a Canadian reverse mortgage provider. The pension fund is buying HomeQ Corp., which owns the HomeEquity Bank, from Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc. and several minor shareholders. While the financial details of the acquisition weren’t disclosed, a press release noted it’s part of the […]