Public | |
Traded as | : CF : |
Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 1950 |
Headquarters | Vancouver, Canada |
Area served
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Worldwide |
Key people
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Daniel Daviau (Chief executive officer) |
Services | investment banking, private banking, wealth management |
Revenue | C$ 855 million (FY 2014) |
C$ 51 million (FY 2014) | |
AUM | C$ 31.3 billion (FY 2014) |
Total assets | C$ 5.01 billion (FY 2014) |
Total equity | C$ 1.38 billion (FY 2014) |
Number of employees
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2,031 (2013) |
Website | www |
Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. is a global, full-service investment banking and financial services company that specializes in wealth management and brokerage in capital markets. It is the largest independent investment dealer in Canada. The firm focuses on growth companies, with operations in 10 countries worldwide and the ability to list companies on 10 stock exchanges. Canaccord Genuity, the international capital markets division, is based in Canada, with offices in the US, the UK, France, Germany, Ireland, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Australia and Barbados.
Canaccord Genuity provides mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, restructuring, debt advisory and strategic advice for corporate, government and private equity clients globally. The firm's practice covers a broad range of industries including: aerospace & defence, agriculture, clean technology & sustainability, consumer & retail, energy, financials, health care & life sciences, infrastructure, leisure, media & telecommunications, metals & mining, real estate & hospitality, technology, transportation & industrials, and private equity.
Landmark transactions have included advising Amaya Gaming Group in its $4.9 billion acquisition of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, advising Yamana Gold's $3.9 billion joint acquisition with Agnico Eagle of Osisko Mining, advising Primaris REIT's hostile defence and $5.0 billion sale to H&R REIT and KingSett Capital led consortium, advising Viterra's $6.1 billion sale to Glencore, and advising the $2.2 billion cross-border sale of Daylight Energy to Sinopec, a unit of China Petrochemical Corp. It has also advised on GLENTEL's $670 million sale to Bell Canada in 2014, and the sale of Canada Goose (clothing) to Bain Capital. In 2012, it advised on Extorre Gold Mines' $404 million sale to Yamana Gold.