Paul Ziff, a steady, analytical voice on energy in downtown Calgary, says he has been through enough Alberta recessions and will sit the rest of this one out by retiring at the end of next month.
He has also now overseen a smooth transition in his Calgary office following Ziff Energy Group's acquisition by Munich Re's Solomon Associates in 2013. It has been "a pretty long run" for the 64-year-old.
Mr. Ziff, executive vice-president at Solomon Associates, founded Ziff Energy in the midst of a previous oil price downturn and has advised clients including TransCanada Corp., Royal Dutch Shell PLC, BP PLC and ConocoPhillips through more than three decades of crude price highs and lows. Story
DAILY DEALS
TD sells home improvement financing assets
Toronto Dominion Bank has sold home improvement financing assets to financial technology company Financeit and Concentra, a provider of services to credit unions, the buyers said on Thursday.
While the size of the deal was not announced, Financeit and Concentra said TD's assets had a book value of about $339-million.
Under the terms of the deal, Concentra bought about 45,000 TD loans, and more than 800 merchant dealers were assigned to Financeit. Story
ON THE MOVE
Infor Financial lands mining banking veterans
Infor Financial Group Inc. has recruited a pair of renowned mining banking veterans as the boutique investment bank makes an aggressive push into the competitive resources market.
Jens Mayer, former global co-head of investment banking with Canaccord Genuity Group Inc., and Mark Wellings, former co-head of mining with GMP Capital Inc., have joined Infor as principals and equity holders. Also joining the independent is mining banker Neville Dastoor, who left Canaccord earlier this week, after a 12-year run. Story
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