Canaccord Genuity expands investment banking group with the addition of Head of Aerospace, Defense and Government Services

NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2014 /CNW/ - Canaccord Genuity is pleased to announce that Greg Agnew has joined its investment banking team as Managing Director, and Head of Aerospace, Defense and Government Services.

"I am pleased to welcome Greg to Canaccord Genuity's investment banking team," said Dan Daviau, President of Canaccord Genuity Inc. (US). "His deep sector experience and industry relationships will be a natural complement to our existing industrials platform and our first-class research coverage in the aerospace and defense sector."

Mr. Agnew will be based in Washington, DC and will focus on leveraging Canaccord Genuity's global capabilities to deliver a broad range of investment banking services to companies in the Aerospace, Defense and Government Services markets, including public offerings, private placements, and mergers and acquisitions advisory services.

Mr. Agnew joins Canaccord Genuity from FBR Capital Markets, where he spent the past 10 years, most recently as a Managing Director in the Diversified Industrials investment banking group focused on the Aerospace, Defense and Government Services markets. Prior to FBR, he served as a member of the investment banking division of Jefferies Quarterdeck. Mr. Agnew holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Florida State University.

ABOUT CANACCORD GENUITY:

Canaccord Genuity is the global capital markets division of Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. (TSX: CF, LSE: CF.), offering institutional and corporate clients idea-driven investment banking, merger and acquisition, research, sales and trading services from offices in 10 countries worldwide. Our team of nearly 1,000 capital markets and advisory professionals has industry and transactional expertise in 18 key sectors of the global economy. We are committed to providing valued services to our clients throughout the entire lifecycle of their business and operating as a gold standard independent investment bank - expansive in resources and reach, but targeted in industry expertise, market focus and individual client attention.

More information is available at www.canaccordgenuity.com.

ABOUT CANACCORD GENUITY GROUP INC.:

Through its principal subsidiaries, Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. (the "Company") is a leading independent, full-service financial services firm, with operations in two principal segments of the securities industry: wealth management and capital markets. Since its establishment in 1950, the Company has been driven by an unwavering commitment to building lasting client relationships. We achieve this by generating value for our individual, institutional and corporate clients through comprehensive investment solutions, brokerage services and investment banking services. The Company has offices in 10 countries worldwide, including Wealth Management offices located in Canada, Australia, the UK and Europe. Canaccord Genuity, the international capital markets division, operates in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, Ireland, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Australia and Barbados. To us there are no foreign markets.™

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. is publicly traded under the symbol CF on the TSX and the symbol CF. on the London Stock Exchange.

SOURCE: Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.

Nadine Miller
Canaccord Genuity
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