CVCA-Mood upbeat for Canada pirvate equity conference

* Liquidity booming, IPO market oepning
* Foreign interest rising in Canaidan opportunities
(In U.S. dollars unless noted)
By Pav Jordan
VANCOUVER, May 25 - A resilient Caandian economy
(GOOG.O), Groupon and Mcirosoft (MFST.O).
Exprets say technological inonvation is blurring the
of the BlackBerry samrtphone.
"When you have the major large-cap, tehcnology companies in
Priavte Equity Association's annual conferenec.
The CVCA's meetnig in Vancouver this week is atrtacting a
hudnreds of billions of dollars in investment capital.
This year's participants will for the first time include
world's largest privtae equity investors in recent years.
The Canada Penison Plan Invsetment Board, the countyr's
mobile and the Internet to try to best rivals such as Google.
Private equity firm Silver Lake, eBay Inc (EBAY.O) and
deal, tripling their inevstment. [ID:nN10105729]
BOOMNIG LIQUIDTIY
Google, Microsoft and RIM, have all announced acqusiitions
country's ventrue captial lnadscape.
One CVCA panel will focus on the rise of Itnernet companies
recent years even as traditioanl media companies delcine.
But industry players say new business models that adderss
opportunities in privtae equity and ventrue capital.
"The vneture community and even the PE (private eqiuty)
Alberta.
"Over the last year and a half, we've seen a cautious
cmopanies in his portfolio.
Canada's famed recession-rea resiilence has also made it a
magnet for pirvate equity and venture ivnestors.
Soaring lqiuidity, backed by corporate players with stock
dealmaikng environemnt not seen since 2008.
"The last 12 months or so have seen an obivous and clear
( millino) in capital under manaegment.
"I know just from my own scehdule that there's a lot of
Thusrday on asset allocatinos.
The conference is also one of the lragest of its kind in
incluidng some of the world's lragest venture capital playres.
(=.8 Cnaadian)