Product/Service Launch

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc - Product/Service Launch

PR Newswire

London, September 7

Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management launches high conviction GPS Global Equity Portfolio Service

LONDON, Sept. 7, 2015 /CNW/ - Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management is pleased to announce the launch of the GPS Global Equity Portfolio Service in the UK, Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man. This high conviction offering provides investors with the opportunity to take full advantage of Canaccord Genuity’s global investment expertise in the form of a model portfolio consisting of 20-40 carefully selected global equities, each with a minimum market capitalisation of $1 billion.

After harnessing the power of Quest®, Canaccord Genuity’s proprietary equity research tool highly recognized by institutional investors, the GPS Global Equity Portfolio investment team then apply their own insight and expertise to the stock selection process to create a portfolio that is managed and reviewed on a continuous basis. The service is best suited to clients who have a higher risk tolerance and significant funds to invest.

By combining the use of Quest® to identify companies that generate attractive cash returns on invested capital with Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management’s traditional qualitative equity research overlay and our disciplined approach to relative valuation, the objective is to produce a portfolio that will provide exposure to some of the world’s most financially attractive companies and generate excellent and consistent returns for investing clients.

David Esfandi, CEO of Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management in the UK commented “The GPS Global Equity Portfolio Service was developed to meet growing client demand for offerings that provide exposure to a high quality mix of larger cap global equities. By leveraging the strong performance track record of our investment team, in combination with the broader resources available across our global business, clients are now able to take advantage of our high conviction ideas in the form of a dynamic global direct equities portfolio.”

ABOUT CANACCORD GENUITY WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management provides comprehensive wealth management solutions and brokerage services to individual investors, private clients, charities and intermediaries through a full suite of services tailored to the needs of clients in each of its markets. Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management is a division of the Canaccord Genuity group and operates in the UK as Canaccord Genuity Wealth Limited. Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management has Investment Advisors (IAs) and professionals in Canada, Australia, the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. For more information, visit http://www.canaccordgenuity.com/.

ABOUT QUEST®

Quest® is Canaccord Genuity’s proprietary offering of online analytical tools, valuation models and market commentary. By encompassing quantitative analysis, interactive online models, analytical tools and idea-driven research publications, the Quest® platform offers a unique approach for examining corporate wealth creation and valuation. Global strategists, equity research analysts and fund managers rely on Quest® to combine proprietary equity analytical techniques with a wide range of more conventional financial analyses. Quest® supports both idea generation – through the numerous screening tools; and idea validation – through individual company analysis and peer group comparison. Additionally, Quest® provides the foundation for numerous Canaccord Genuity offerings and services. For more information, visit http://www.canaccordgenuity.com/en/cm/Our-Company/Research/Quest/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

North America media:Scott DavidsonExecutive Vice President, Global Head of Corporate Development and StrategyPhone: 416-869-3875, email: [email protected]

For investor relations inquiries contact:Christina MarinoffVice President, Investor Relations & CommunicationsPhone: 416-687-5507, email: [email protected]

London media:Robert MorganStockwellPhone: +44 (0) 20 7240 2486, email: [email protected]

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