Sell-side activity dominated Canadian private equity deal-making in 2015. Despite the slight decline in domestic M&A deal volume involving a financial buyer or seller, PE investors continued to seize on favourable market conditions to exit their investments. Over 60 percent of transactions in 2015 involved sell-side activity, which is in line with trends reported in 2014. Many Canadian businesses are being sold to strategic buyers. In 2015, strategic sales accounted for the majority of private equity exits, representing 58 percent of domestic M&A transactions involving financial players. On the rise since 2013, acquisitions continue to appeal to strategics as a way to...