Description: The best performer of the biggest publicly traded private-equity firms this year won’t be found among U.S. giants such as Blackstone Group LP or KKR & Co. The leader is Canada’s own contender, the dark horse in the race, Gerry Schwartz’s Onex Corp. With a 15% stock gain, Onex is running well ahead of Blackstone’s 3.8%. KKR and Carlyle Group LP are both down more than 2% while Apollo Global Management LLC has dropped 15%.

Source: FinancialPost.com

Date: June 26, 2014

Link: http://business.financialpost.com/2014/06/26/onex-corp-gerry-schwartz/

Questions for discussion:

• What is the formula used by Onex and other take-over firms?
• Why do you suppose Onex has outperformed others in the same business?