Q: The PCMA is delighted that TMX dealLINX is now a member of Canada’s largest private capital markets community, what will you personally bring to it?
I am thrilled to be a new member of the PCMA and I’m looking forward to getting to know other members and participating in the Association’s education programs and member events.
I’m hoping that I bring a unique perspective with international experience – having worked in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and Canada – in finance, business development, and fintech.
I will be hosting a breakout session at the PCMA 2021 conference this week. Feel free to drop by to chat.
Q. Tell us about your company and its focus.
TMX dealLINX™, which was launched earlier this year, is an automated platform designed to make the non-brokered private placement process faster and more efficient.
Private placements are a common method for public and private companies, in all sectors, to raise capital. The traditional private placement process, however, is manually intensive and requires significant administrative resources from companies and their advisors.
TMX dealLINX — backed by TSX Trust, a subsidiary of TMX Group and an OSFI-regulated trust company — saves time and resources, mitigates risk, and allows companies and their executives to spend more time on building their companies than on the many administrative tasks involved in a private placement. You can learn more about TMX dealLINX here: tsxtrust.com/deallinx
Q: What is your company’s focus in the private markets?
TMX Group’s goal is to be an indispensable solution provider to companies around the world to facilitate their capital raising efforts and to be the preferred destination for traders and investors to prosper.
Over the past 16 months, we’ve seen significant growth in the value of private placements in Canada in both the public and private markets. Both public and private companies face the same challenges in closing private placements, including administrative burdens, satisfying regulatory demands, payment management, cost overruns, and delays in receiving signatures, to name a few.
So we’re focused on helping all companies, public and private, of any size, and in any sector, tackle those challenges with our platform. We want to help create a more efficient non-brokered private placement process in Canada, and assist our clients and their stakeholders in fueling their growth ambitions.
Q: With the adage, “Membership has its Privileges”, please finish this sentence: Joining the Private Capital Markets Association of Canada is imperative because…
It’s a great opportunity to cultivate meaningful relationships with private market professionals across Canada and to help generate engaging dialogue for a stronger Canadian capital markets ecosystem.
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