Finding the key : Trouver la clé : les investisseurs institutionnels canadiens et les capitaux propres

Private Equity explores the role of institutional investors This appetite is expressed in the substantial volume of (i.e., corporate and public sector pensions, insurance compa- assets currently committed by American institutions, and nies, endowments and foundations, and so forth.) in Canada by the assets they intend to commit in the years ahead. [...] In addition, Canadian institutions can already avail investment professionals on the one side and a solid base themselves of the highly advanced infrastructure based of entrepreneurial and business management talent that in the U. S. inspires deal flow on the other — must continue to evolve More Canadian institutional exposure to the market may to give Canadian institutions sufficient confidence a [...] Qualitative research goes to the heart of structural issues relevant to both institutional management This OECD report confirmed the global relevance of research and private equity activity by providing a better understand- previously conducted in the U. S. by Peter Drucker and ing of the attitudes and perceptions that underlie the Harvard Business School, among others. [...] Data on Trends in Institutional Activity in Private Equity In an effort to fully understand the variables that determine To add insight to the input received from key informant whether an institution allocates assets to private equity, the interviews, Finding the Key also relied on comparative, Canadian survey targeted both institutions active in the quantitative market data assembled from assorte [...] It is also important to clarify that some of the institutional These levels reflect a consistent pattern in broad private resources entering the Canadian venture industry during this equity exposure in the U. S. over the past ten or more period went into the internal programs of institutions for the years.