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- Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. (TSX: CF) operates as a leading independent full-service financial services firm focused on wealth management and capital markets for growth companies and institutional clients. The company provides investment banking services including mergers and acquisitions, equity underwriting, fixed income, debt advisory and restructuring; sales and trading; equity research across sectors such as technology, life sciences, metals and mining, energy, industrials, consumer and retail, and sustainability; brokerage services; comprehensive wealth management solutions encompassing investment advice, financial planning, estate planning, insurance, and legacy planning; and specialized offerings like Quest equity analysis, Pinnacle Correspondent Services, and fund management in UK small-cap and multi-cap equities. Canaccord Genuity maintains operations across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe, Australia and Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East with wealth management offices in Canada, the UK, Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man, and Australia. Founded in 1950 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, the company traces its origins to a regional broker-dealer serving post-war resource sectors. Recent developments include the April 2025 agreement to sell its U.S.-based global wholesale market making business to Cantor, expected to close by Q4 2025; the August 2025 acquisition of Australian financial services firm Wilsons Advisory, enhancing its wealth management and capital markets scale in Australia with A$17 billion in fee-generating assets and A$41.8 billion under advice; the February 2025 acquisition of Brooks Macdonald Asset Management International, bolstering UK Crown Dependencies operations; the October 2024 acquisition of Cantab Asset Management Ltd. in the UK; the April 2024 acquisition of Intelligent Capital in Scotland; and the March 2024 issuance of $110 million in convertible debentures to fund employee share purchases and growth initiatives.