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The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) ((フランス語:Banque de Développement du Canada)) is a federal Crown corporation wholly owned by the Government of Canada. Its mandate is to help create and develop Canadian businesses through financing, growth and transition capital, venture capital and consulting services, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.〔Canada's Department Of Justice. http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-9.9/FullText.html. Retrieved 2012-05-04〕 The bank was founded in 1944 and its corporate headquarters is located in Montreal. BDC has more than 100 business centres across Canada and more than 32,000 clients .〔Annual report 2015, p.4 http://www.bdc.ca/EN/Documents/annualreport/BDC_AnnualReport_2015.pdf Retrieved 2015-08-12〕 BDC's debt obligations, secured by the Government of Canada, are issued to the public and private sector institutions. ==History== The bank was established by an Act of Parliament〔Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pas-srp/remarks-observations_e.asp?id=34355. Retrieved 2012-05-04〕 as the Industrial Development Bank (IDB) in September 1944. IDB was initially an arm of the Bank of Canada, and the Governor of the Bank was also Chief Executive Officer of the IDB. During its first years, the bank’s main role was to help small “industrial enterprises” convert from military production to peace-time operations after the Second World War.〔Official website. http://www.bdc.ca/EN/about/overview/history/Pages/pioneer_years.aspx. Retrieved 2012-05-04〕 IDB was one of the first and largest development banks in the world.〔Official website. http://www.bdc.ca/EN/about/overview/history/Pages/pioneer_years.aspx Retrieved 2012-05-04〕 The Industrial Development Bank Act was first amended in 1952 to allow the bank to offer financing to companies in the commercial airlines industry. By the mid-1950s, one out of every 10 planes in Canada was financed by IDB.〔 Later, IDB’s Act was amended two more times to allow the bank to lend to companies in almost all industries. By 1964, twenty years after its foundation, IDB had 22 branches across Canada, covering main cities such as Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver and also had operations in relatively rural areas. In the mid-1970s, the bank added consulting and training to its financial offerings to help entrepreneurs better manage their businesses.〔Official website. http://www.bdc.ca/EN/about/overview/history/Pages/diversification_years.aspx. Retrieved 2012-05-04〕 In 1975, the name of the bank changed to Federal Business Development Bank (FBDB) and its venture capital operations were started. At the time, the bank was known as “a lender of last resort”—supporting businesses in difficulty. In 1995, Parliament passed the Business Development Bank of Canada Act, leading to a new name and mission for the bank. The Act mandates BDC to promote entrepreneurship, with a special focus on the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to fill the market gaps and maximize financing alternatives for businesses by offering services that were complementary to those available from other financial institutions.〔Canada’s Department of Justice. http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-9.9/FullText.html. Retrieved 2012-05-04〕 BDC is financially self-sustaining.〔Official website. http://www.bdc.ca/en/about/faq/Pages/general.aspx Retrieved 2012-06-06〕 Since 1998, it has been profitable and paid a total of $417 million in dividends to its sole shareholder, the Government of Canada.〔BDC 2015 Annual Report, p. 31. http://www.bdc.ca/EN/Documents/annualreport/BDC_AnnualReport_2015.pdf.〕 Every ten years, the Minister of Industry must conduct a review of the provisions and operations of the BDC Act. The last legislative review was completed in December 2014.〔Official website. Retrieved 2015-08-12 http://www.bdc.ca/EN/about/corporate_governance/Pages/legal_page.aspx.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Business Development Bank of Canada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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