/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Press Conference - The Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal releases the results of the study "Transferring businesses to the succession: a major issue for the Québec economy and the sustainability of SMEs"/

MONTREAL, June 2, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - Michel Leblanc, president and CEO of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, and Gaétan Morin, executive vice-president, corporate development and investment at the Fonds de solidarité FTQ, invite media representatives to a press conference on Tuesday, June 3, at 10:20 a.m.

The results of a study by the Board of Trade about business transfers and the challenge of succession in Québec will be released. This is the first study to measure the economic impact of entrepreneurial succession. 

Date:	Tuesday, June 3, 2014
What:	Press conference - Release of a study
Time:	10:20 a.m.
Location:	Marriott Château Champlain
	1050 De La Gauchetière St. West
	Salon Neufchatel, Grand Hall level

The Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal study was sponsored by the Fonds de solidarité FTQ as part of the 2014 edition of RDV Relève inc. and conducted in cooperation with Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton.

About the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal
The Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal has some 7,000 members. Its primary mission is to represent the interests of the business community of Greater Montréal and to provide individuals, merchants, and businesses of all sizes with a variety of specialized services to help them achieve their full potential in terms of innovation, productivity and competitiveness. The Board of Trade is Quebec's leading private economic development organization.

About the Fonds de solidarité FTQ
The Fonds de solidarité FTQ helps drive our economy. With net assets of $9.7 billion as of November 30, 2013, the Fonds is a development capital investment fund that channels the savings of Quebecers into investments in all sectors of the economy to help further Québec's economic growth. Its investments, in all sectors of the economy, contribute to the creation and maintenance of businesses and development in Quebec. The Fonds is a partner, either directly or through its network members, in close to 2,400 companies. With its more than 615,000 owner-shareholders, it has helped, on its own or with other financial partners, to create, maintain and protect more than 170,000 jobs.

SOURCE: Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal

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