Robert Colliver, Partner and Co-CEO, will be a guest speaker at the 8th annual Canadian Alternative Investments in Pensions (“CAIP”) Forum

Robert Colliver, Partner and Co-CEO, will be a guest speaker at the 8th annual Canadian Alternative Investments in Pensions Forum held in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario on April 18th and 19th, 2016. Bob will be speaking at the “Private Debt: Investing in the Real World?” session taking place at 10:10AM on April 18th.

Stonebridge Infrastructure Debt Fund, managed by Stonebridge Financial Corporation is proud to again be a Silver Sponsor at the CAIP East event, a leading event for Senior Pension Investment Executives to engage in a high level dialogue around the current risks and opportunities within alternative investments, leading to more confident investment decisions.

Stonebridge is pleased to announce that Ivan Konczynski has joined the portfolio administration team

Stonebridge is pleased to announce that Ivan Konczynski has joined the portfolio administration team as a Credit Analyst- Relationship Officer.

Ivan has worked in the finance and insurance sector for several years, most recently as an Account Manager with Business Development Bank of Canada (“BDC”). Ivan has recently relocated to Toronto from Montréal and looks forward to bringing his past experience to the team.

He holds a Bachelor Business Administration (B.B.A.) with a concentration in Finance from Bishop’s University.

In joining Stonebridge Ivan will complement an existing team of financial professionals and will be a valuable resource in our continued effort to provide high quality and trusted portfolio administrative services.

Stonebridge is pleased to announce that Cathy Chen has joined the portfolio administration team

Stonebridge is pleased to announce that Cathy Chen has joined the portfolio administration team as a Portfolio Administration Clerk.

Cathy holds a Bachelor of Economics degree, majoring in Statistics, from Guangdong University of Business Studies in China. She has worked in the banking sector for more than ten years, starting with one of the leading banks in China then with a local Credit Union in Toronto after moving to Canada.

In joining Stonebridge Cathy will complement an existing team of financial professionals and will be a valuable resource in our continued effort to provide high quality and trusted portfolio administrative services.

Yvon J. Jeghers, CPA, CA has joined Stonebridge as Vice President & Managing Director

Stonebridge is very pleased to announce that Yvon J. Jeghers, CPA, CA has joined Stonebridge as Vice President & Managing Director, responsible for the Stonebridge Infrastructure Debt Funds.

Yvon joins us after a very successful career in commercial, corporate and investment banking, most recently as Senior Vice President, Corporate Financing with Business Development Bank of Canada (“BDC”) for the past 5 years. Prior to that, he spent 5 years as Managing Director at Societe Generale where he developed, implemented and led the strategy in the Canadian P3 and power project financing markets. Yvon also spent nearly 10 years at ABN AMRO Bank Canada and 7 years at Bank of America (Canada).

Yvon earned a B.Sc. degree from Concordia University in Montreal and a post graduate degree in Accounting from the same University. He was later awarded CPA and CA professional designations, having articled at KPMG.

Stonebridge is proud to be a Silver Awards Sponsor at the 23rd Annual CCPPP Conference on Public-Private Partnerships

Stonebridge is proud to be a Silver Awards Sponsor at the 23nd Annual CCPPP Conference on Public-Private Partnerships to be held at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel in Toronto on November 2 & 3, 2015.

This marks the 8th consecutive year that Stonebridge has served as a Sponsor of the event. “We  are proud of our continued sponsorship relationship with the Canadian Council of Public-Private Partnerships. This annual P3 event is an unique opportunity for Stonebridge to showcase our financial services to participants from all levels of government and a wide range of private sector professionals .” stated Denis Bourassa, Partner and Co-CEO of Stonebridge Financial Corporation.

The Annual CCPPP National Conference is now recognized as the premier event on public-private partnerships (P3) in the world. It began in 1992 and has since grown to include over 1,200 senior public and private sector participants, making it the largest annual gathering of P3 decision-makers.

 

Moncton Events Centre Project

Stonebridge Financial Corporation (“Stonebridge”) is pleased to announce the achievement of financial close by Bird Capital Limited Partnership of a $77.0 million debt financing for the construction of the Moncton Downtown Centre Facility project, a 9,000 seat multi-purpose sports and entertainment facility to be built in downtown Moncton, New Brunswick (the “Project”).

The two-phase project includes the design, construction and financing of the facility (phase 1), followed by operation and maintenance of the facility over a 30 year period (phase 2). Stonebridge acted as Financial Advisor to the Consortium, which was led by Bird Capital Limited Partnership and included Bird Construction Inc. and SMG. Construction financing for the Project was provided by TD Bank Financial Group and BMO Bank of Montreal.

Stonebridge Financial Corporation is a specialized financial services company with a proven reputation and expertise in financial advisory and arranging and structuring debt financings for syndication in the Canadian institutional marketplace, with a focus in the energy, infrastructure, and health care sectors. Stonebridge has arranged and syndicated over $3.3 billion of project debt financing.

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Stonebridge is pleased to announce that Brittany Rollins has joined the portfolio administration team

Stonebridge is pleased to announce that Brittany Rollins has joined the portfolio administration team as a Credit Analyst – Relationship Officer.

Brittany holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Economics, from the University of Alberta. Upon graduation she started her career in corporate finance where she spent 3+ years specializing in commercial real estate lending. Brittany has recently relocated to Toronto from Alberta and looks forward to bringing her credit experience to the team.

In joining Stonebridge Brittany Rollins will complement an existing team of financial professionals and will be a valuable resource in our continued effort to provide high quality and trusted portfolio administrative services.

Omer Malik, Vice President, Project Finance- Infrastructure will be a guest speaker at the 10th annual Canadian Infrastructure Finance Forum

Omer Malik, Vice President, Project Finance- Infrastructure will be participating as a guest speaker at the 10th annual Canadian Infrastructure Finance Forum in Whistler, British Columbia on July 8th and 9th, 2015. Omer will be speaking at the “How can we make PPPs more efficient?” session taking place at 10:40AM on July 9th.

Stonebridge is proud to again be a Bronze Sponsor at the IJ Global event that covers the major issues facing Canadian federal, provincial and municipal governments, as well as private sector investors in the financing of transport, healthcare, government accommodation, municipal, water, waste and social infrastructure projects.

Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Stonebridge Financial Corporation (“Stonebridge”) is pleased to have been appointed as lender agent, to provide construction monitoring services for the Emily Carr University of Art + Design (“ECUAD”) campus redevelopment in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The new campus will accommodate more than 1,800 students and provide state-of-the-art facilities that will attract national and international students and will enhance B.C.’s reputation for world-class postsecondary education.

“Stonebridge is very pleased to offer our experience and expertise in construction monitoring to the institutional lenders on the ECUAD Campus Redevelopment project and to provide them ongoing administrative support and counselling during the construction process. Construction monitoring is just one of a host of administrative services Stonebridge offers our clients to efficiently and effectively manage their financial relationships.” stated Darrell Salter, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Stonebridge Financial Corporation.

Stonebridge Financial Corporation is a specialized financial services company with a proven reputation and expertise in arranging and structuring debt financings for syndication in the Canadian institutional marketplace, with a focus in the energy, infrastructure, and health care sectors. Stonebridge has arranged and syndicated over $3.0 billion of project debt financing.

 

Stonebridge Financial Corporation (“Stonebridge”) is very pleased to announce the launch of Stonebridge Infrastructure Debt Fund II L.P. (“Fund II”) with initial capital commitments totaling approximately $201.5 million.

Stonebridge Financial Corporation (“Stonebridge”) is very pleased to announce the launch of Stonebridge Infrastructure Debt Fund II L.P. (“Fund II”) with initial capital commitments totaling approximately $201.5 million.

Inspired by the overwhelming success of our first Fund, Fund II will be open-ended for a period of up to 10 years.  The initial capital commitment is provided by a number of Canadian institutional investors including pension funds, insurance companies and the Business Development Bank of Canada. Fund II, like its predecessor, has an investment objective to invest in long term, fixed rate, senior debt financings for the purpose of the construction, operation, ownership or maintenance of infrastructure assets that include, but are not limited to:

Social infrastructure: which includes, among other things, hospitals, long-term care facilities, schools, universities, correctional facilities, courthouses, subsidized housing, community centres, recreational facilities, roads, bridges, airports, mass transit and water and waste management systems, and;

Energy infrastructure: which includes, among other things, public or private producers of non-merchant based energy, pipelines, transmission and distribution lines.

“Stonebridge is very proud to be launching Fund II to again enable Stonebridge, as fund manager, to leverage its market expertise, experience and relationships to generate high quality, predictable investment cash flow and returns that are well suited for long-term, liability-driven investors. Stonebridge believes that private infrastructure debt is an ideal asset class for providing institutional investors with incremental yield, portfolio diversification, credit enhancement and liability matching characteristics not otherwise available in the public fixed income market.” said Robert Colliver, Co-CEO and Partner of Stonebridge.

“Our participation in this second Fund will increase senior debt availability for entrepreneurs developing smaller projects within the Canadian infrastructure ecosystem,” said Yvon Jeghers, Senior Vice President, Corporate Financing at BDC.

“La Capitale Financial Group Inc. is pleased to partner with Stonebridge and participate in its second debt fund in Canadian infrastructure”, said Mr. Michel Lévesque, Vice-President, Investments. “With over 15 years experience in this market, Stonebridge is for us a partner of choice in our search for quality investment opportunities.”

Stonebridge also manages Stonebridge Infrastructure Debt Fund I L.P. (“Fund I”), a closed-end fund established with the support of PPP Canada Inc. in 2012. With total capital commitments of $201.5 million, Fund I was fully invested in less than 15 months in 12 unique social infrastructure and energy debt transactions.

Stonebridge is an independent financial services company with proven expertise in arranging and structuring debt financings for syndication in the Canadian institutional marketplace, with a focus on the energy and social infrastructure sectors. Stonebridge was founded in 1998 with the support of three major Canadian life insurance companies, with a view to establishing a reliable origination vehicle for high quality private debt investment opportunities and portfolio administrative services. Today, those institutions remain as minority preferred shareholders of Stonebridge and continue to be key loan syndication relationships.