Letko Brosseau
Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc. is an investment management firm. It was founded in 1987 by Daniel Brosseau and Peter Letko who met while working at the investment division of CN. As of 30 June 2021, the firm managed $19 billion in assets for more than 420 institutional investors and several thousand private clients. The firm has offices in Montreal, Toronto and Calgary. Investment history. Letko Brosseau has a long track record of successful investing and is generally considered among the top independent investment firms in Canada. Letko Brosseau has added $13.2 billion in excess return over  the weighted average of all clients' benchmarks since inception. Letko Brosseau exited the ownership of WestJet in 2019, after Onex Corporation took the company private for $31 a share. It was once a significant investor in the ill-fated British construction firm Carillion. In December, 2019, the firm rejected Jim Pattison's $16-a-share cash bid to acquire lumber company Canfor, saying the offer undervalued the company. Letko Brosseau held 4.8% of Canfor stock as of December, 2019. Letko Brosseau has been a major shareholder of Air Transat for many years owning nearly 20% of the company , while currently owning 12%. Letko Brosseau helped guide the firm through acquisition negotiations with Air Canada which had raised its offer from $14 per share to $18 per share in 2019, the deal fell through in 2021 due to regulatory issues in the EU as well as impacts of covid-19 on travel.