Private Debt Partners Appoints Six New Members to Advisory Board
News provided by
Share this article
Share this article
TORONTO and MONTREAL, Jan. 27, 2021 /CNW/ - Private Debt Partners ( PDP or the Company ) is pleased to announce the nominations of Mr. Mario Charpentier, Mr. Daniel Gallivan, Mr. Paul Hill, Mr. Richard Kanemy, Ms. Kristi Miller and Dr. Par Nijhawan, to its Advisory Board. The newly appointed Advisory Board members bring diverse finance, banking, legal, operational, governance and leadership experience that will complement and enhance PDP s core competencies as the Company deploys its Senior Direct Lending Fund and its Senior Opportunities Fund, which are focused on lending capital to high-quality Canadian mid-market businesses.
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited (the Company ) is pleased to announce its intention to launch an initial public offering and to admit its shares on the Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. The Company will seek to generate attractive total returns over the longer term, comprising capital growth and a progressive dividend, through investment in the core infrastructure of the digital economy (the plumbing of the internet ): data centres, fibreoptic networks and mobile towers in the UK, Europe and North America. The Company is targeting an issue of 300 million Ordinary Shares at an Issue Price of 100 pence per Ordinary Share to raise £300 million pursuant to the Initial Issue comprising the Initial Placing and the Offer for Subscription. Subscription Shares will be issued for nil value to IPO investors subscribing for Ordinary Shares on the basis of one Subscription Share for every eight Ordinary S
University ‘mega’ donations of more than $10-million are on the rise Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
Getting audio file . This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer
In the past two years, David Palmer has landed two of the largest philanthropic gifts in Canadian history, one of $100-million and one of $250-million.
The donations are a windfall for the University of Toronto, where Mr. Palmer is vice-president of advancement. They may also herald a new era in philanthropic giving.
What would have happened if the Irish had conquered and controlled a vast empire? Would they have been more humane rulers than the English? Using the Caribbean island of Montserrat as a case study of “Irish” imperialism, Donald Akenson addresses these questions and provides a detailed history of the island during its first century as a European colony.
Montserrat, although part of England s empire, was settled largely by the Irish and provides an opportunity to view the interaction of Irish emigrants with English imperialism in a situation where the Irish were not a small minority among white settlers. Within this context Akenson explores whether Irish imperialism on Montserrat differed from English imperialism in other colonies.