The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday, Sept. 18, edition that Canaccord Genuity Group is strengthening its equity capital markets unit with the hiring of veteran institutional salesman Derek Ham. The Globe's Niall McGee writes that on Monday, Mr. Ham joined Canada's largest independent broker-dealer as director, capital markets origination. Canaccord capital markets origination boss Graham Saunders says, "He has a proven track record of increasing revenue by developing and maintaining strong relationships with institutional buy side accounts and corporate issuers." Mr. Ham is well known on the street, having worked for a number of independents in senior sales roles. He spent more than 14 years at GMP Capital in institutional equity sales before moving to DRH Capital in 2013. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ham worked on the sales desk at Gordon Capital. Separately, in its wealth management division, Canaccord announced last week it had recruited a group of high-net-worth advisers from Vancouver-based LePoidevin Group. Headed up by portfolio manager David LePoidevin, the group is expected to add about $1-billion in client assets to Canaccord's wealth platform.