The two units of Canaccord Genuity are wealth management and global capital markets, serving corporate and institutional clients. In April 2016, Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management announced a strategic partnership with Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM).
Transactions History 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 defense 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 to
Bain Capital. In 2012, it advised on Extorre Gold Mines' $404 million sale to
Yamana Gold. In 2013, the Canaccord Genuity team put together a consortium of major investors, including
Schroders and Threadneedle Investments, in participating in a takeover bid proposal for 316 bank branches of the
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Two buyout firms, Apollo Management and JC Flowers, also submitted a joint offer. In 2011, the firm advised the $3.2 billion sale of Converteam from
Barclays Private Equity and LBO France to
General Electric, growing the
GE Power Conversion business. In the same year, Canaccord Genuity also advised the
Bank of Ireland on the disposal of a c.£1.3bn UK commercial real-estate loan book to California-based Kennedy Wilson and institutional partners for consideration of c.£1.07bn, over 80% of par value despite both the poor UK commercial real estate and lending market conditions at the time. In 2025, Canaccord advised dentalcorp on its C$3.2 billion acquisition by American private equity firm GTCR. As for restructuring mandates, Canaccord Genuity advised
Yellow Media on its $2.7 billion debt recapitalization in 2012. ==Leadership==