Close Brothers Group PLC

  Close Brothers is a specialist financial services group which makes loans, trades securities and provides advice and investment management solutions to a wide range of clients.  Close Brothers’ Banking division provides specialist lending to small and medium-sized businesses and individuals across a diverse range of asset classes, and also offers deposit taking services. The Securities division provides trading services to retail brokers and institutions principally through Winterflood, a leading market-maker in the UK.  The Asset Management division provides a full range of advice, investment management and self-directed services to private, institutional and corporate clients and professional advisers. Close Brothers was established in 1878 and today employs over 2,500 people, principally in the UK.