Canadian financial firm Canaccord Financial has brought its global wealth management businesses, including Collins Stewart, under the Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management brand.
The move means that the company's wealth management businesses in the UK, Europe and offshore locations, previously known as Collins Stewart Wealth Management, and Eden Financial, have been rebranded as Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management. Canaccord acquired Collins Stewart Hawkpoint for £253m in 2011.

As a result of renaming, the company says that its wealth management operations in the UK, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Switzerland, Canada and Australia now share the same brand. In the UK and Europe, Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management has six offices, providing on and offshore wealth management services to individual investors, charities and institutions.
The company's investment professionals and portfolio managers in the region oversee £10bn of client assets. Globally, Canaccord Genuity manages and administers approximately £17bn of client assets.

Paul Reynolds, President and chief executive of Canaccord Financial, said: "Today marks a significant milestone for the firm, as we go to market under a unified global wealth management brand. We put our clients at the centre of all our services, and we recognize their needs will become increasingly global in nature."

Neil Darke, chief executive of Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management (UK & Europe), added: "This brand change has been known to our clients for the past year and we believe that they will increasingly benefit from enhanced exposure and access to a global offering. We're committed to providing best-in-class financial solutions to our clients, through investment opportunities available both domestically and abroad."

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In the last two years Canaccord has integrated its brands around the world and the revamp means integration of the following brands:
• Collins Stewart Wealth Management (UK and Europe)
• the wealth management business of Eden Financial (UK)
• Canaccord Wealth Management (Canada)
• BGF Equities (Australia)

The initiative completes the global integration of all wealth management businesses on Canaccord's platform. The company says the name Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management also better aligns the division with the brand of Canaccord Genuity, the company's investment banking and capital markets division.