Chartered Business Valuators Optimistic Amid Challenges: CBV Institute 2025 M&A Outlook Survey

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 28, 2025--

Chartered Business Valuators Institute (“CBV Institute” or “the Institute”), the not-for-profit and self-governing valuation professional organization providing training and accreditation in business valuation and leading the Chartered Business Valuator (CBV) profession, released today the results of its 2025 M&A Outlook Survey.

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With the cost of debt generally declining, inflation easing, and exchange rates fluctuating, the Institute’s 2025 M&A Outlook Survey reveals growing confidence in the Canadian M&A market. Conducted amongst CBV Institute Members active in M&A transactions in 2024, the survey indicates that over half (56 per cent) of respondents anticipate an increase in M&A activity in Canada over the next 12 to 24 months compared to 2024. Specifically, survey respondents identified the industrial products and services, healthcare, technology, and energy sectors as those most likely to experience increased M&A activity in the coming months.

“This is an interesting time for M&A, with numerous economic and geopolitical factors impacting the quantum and size of deals,” said Dr. Christine Sawchuk, MEd, EdD, CPA, CA, CBV, President & CEO, CBV Institute. “CBVs bring a wealth of experience and a comprehensive understanding of business health, providing trusted insights that drive the successful execution of M&A transactions.”

Additional highlights from the survey include:

Cross-Border M&A: Optimism Amid Challenges

Deal Size Expected to Remain Steady

Acquisition Focus

Buyers and Sellers

This survey was developed in close collaboration with Dr. Howard Johnson, DBA, FCPA, FCA, FCMA, CPA, CFA, ASA, CF, C.Dir., FCBV, Canadian Market Leader and Managing Director in Kroll’s M&A Advisory Practice.

Survey Methodology
The 2025 M&A Outlook Survey was conducted by CBV Institute between January 13, 2025, and January 19, 2025. The online survey was completed by CBV Institute’s Members who were involved in M&A activity in 2024.

About CBV Institute
CBV Institute is a not-for-profit accreditation body and professional oversight organization leading the Chartered Business Valuator profession, Canada’s only designation dedicated to business valuation since 1971.

CBV Institute upholds rigorous training and accreditation standards. With 4,000 Members and Registered Students across Canada and around the world, the Institute is dedicated to advancing the profession in the public interest and upholding the highest standards of business valuation practice through education, accreditation and governance.

For more information on CBV Institute, visit: www.cbvinstitute.com

About the CBV Designation
The Chartered Business Valuator (CBV) designation is a globally recognized business valuation accreditation and the benchmark of excellence in the profession. Holders of the prestigious CBV designation have the skills and expertise to meet the challenging and ever-evolving dynamics and complexities of business valuation. The integrity of the CBV designation is grounded in CBV Institute’s world-class Program of Studies and Membership Qualification Examination. Stringent Institute standards are upheld through annual professional requirements, including adherence to a Code of Ethics, participation in a practice inspection program, and continuing professional development requirements.

CBVs are internationally recognized by Courts, tribunals, and securities regulators as experts in business valuation and related financial matters.

For more on the CBV accreditation, visit: www.cbvinstitute.com/become-a-cbv/
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ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court on Thursday issued a ruling that effectively removed the head of the country’s main opposition party by annulling a 2023 congress that elected him.

The move deals a serious blow to the beleaguered Republican People’s Party, or CHP, as it struggles under waves of legal cases targeting its members and elected officials.

An appeals court in Turkey’s capital Ankara declared the CHP congress that picked Ozgur Ozel as chairman to be null, ordering that he should be replaced by his predecessor, Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

Last year, a lower court ruled against claims of irregularities and misconduct surrounding Ozel’s election but Thursday’s decision overturned the original verdict.

The ruling led to frantic meetings at the CHP’s Ankara headquarters, further threatening the opposition’s chances of unseating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after more than two decades in office. Large crowds gathered outside the office block and police erected barriers.

The next presidential election is due in 2028 but Erdogan can call for an early vote. His main challenger, the CHP mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, has been imprisoned since March last year and is currently on trial on corruption charges.

The appeals court's decision suspends Ozel and members of the party’s executive board from their duties. They will be “provisionally” replaced by Kilicdaroglu and those who held office before the November 2023 congress.

In comments to broadcaster TV100, Kilicdaroglu called for party members to remain calm. “Our party is a very large party and it will solve its own problems internally,” he said. The 77-year-old was removed following a 13-year tenure as leader, during which the CHP failed to win any national elections.

Ozel, meanwhile, attempted to rally supporters.

“I am not promising you a path to power through a rose garden,” he posted on X following the ruling. “I am promising you the ability to endure suffering but never surrender. I am promising you honor, dignity, courage and struggle!”

The CHP is expected to challenge Thursday’s ruling in the Supreme Court in the coming days.

Justice Minister Akin Gurlek, who oversaw several cases against the CHP in his former role as Istanbul’s chief prosecutor, described the court’s ruling as one that “reinforces our citizens’ trust in democracy.”

Many observers have said that the legal cases against the CHP — mostly centered on corruption allegations — are politically motivated and aimed at neutralizing the party ahead of the next election. The government, however, insists that Turkey’s courts are impartial and act independently of political pressure.

Erdogan has ruled Turkey, first as prime minister and then as president, since 2003. His electoral record suffered a serious blow in 2019 when the CHP seized control of several major cities in local elections. In Istanbul, Imamoglu emerged as a popular and charismatic figure that many felt could successfully topple Erdogan.

FILE - Republican People's Party or (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel gestures to party members during his speech during a CHP convention, in Ankara, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ali Unal, File)

FILE - Turkish CHP party leader and Nation Alliance's presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, center, joins legislators elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey as they attend their first parliamentary session, in Ankara, Turkey, June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Ali Unal, File)