CURRENT INVESTMENTS

Armel Corporation
Armel is the real estate development arm of the Bayshore Group of Companies. Bayshore’s management has a substantial track record in sourcing private and public capital, in reviving under-performing assets, and in exploiting information technology to increase the profitability of business operations. Since its inception, Bayshore has established and maintained long-term business relationships with its business partners, banks and tenants.

Bayshore Capital Inc.
Bayshore Capital, Inc. finances and builds companies that create value at the intersection of financial services and information technologies. We assemble our portfolio from a variety of sources, including acquisitions of ongoing businesses, participation in strategic partnerships/joint ventures and capital injections into promising start-ups. Bayshore’s success is based on leveraging our proven strengths and strategic assets: experienced management, leading edge technology infrastructure, deal-making experience, worldwide contacts, and ready access to patient capital.

Bayshore Bank & Trust
Located in Barbados, Bayshore Bank & Trust is an offshore chartered trust and bank. The firm offers a variety of financial services designed for high net worth individuals and corporations.

RPM Technologies (founded in 1996)
RPM Technologies is a world leader in end-to-end financial management and transaction processing systems. The RPM platform enables large financial institutions to augment their existing systems with state-of-the-art portfolio administration, order processing and client-servicing features. For more than a dozen years, they’ve helped large, Canadian financial institutions and investment companies dramatically grow their assets under management by transforming their business from 'customer relationship management' to 'managed customer relationships'.

 

PREVIOUS BUSINESSES HIGHLIGHTS:

Bayshore established a joint venture with Barclays Bank UK to offer customers independent news and information, a comprehensive suite of interactive analytical features and integrated transaction processing. Bayshore’s interest in the joint venture was subsequently acquired by Barclays Bank.

Bayshore Leasing was one of the first Canadian leasing companies to harness the Internet as a primary means of business origination and delivering vendor support. It was acquired by Leasing Solutions, Inc. in 1998.

Bayshore Trust was one of the most technologically advanced financial institutions in North America. In 1996, it was sold to Trimark Financial Corporation, a leading mutual fund company (Trimark’s 1996 assets: US$11 billion).

Footprint Software Inc. grew to be a leader in the development of financial services software. It was sold to IBM Corp. in 1995.

i|money was the first independent website to allow consumers to research, compare and purchase a wide variety of financial products offered by Canada's leading financial institutions. In 1999, i|money was acquired by Quebecor, Canada’s leading printing and publishing conglomerate.

Bayshore launched Priority Brokerage, Inc., a pioneer in Canada’s on-line discount brokerage market. Bayshore sold Priority to Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. in 1999.

Bayshore was a founding shareholder in 724 Solutions (NASDAQ: SVNX). Other key investors include Citigroup, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Bank of Montreal. 724 Solutions completed Canada’s largest-ever technology IPO in January 2000.