Close Brothers Group plc

10 Crown Place
London
EC2A 4FT, United Kingdom (Map)
Phone: +44-20-7655-3100
Fax: +44-20-7655-8917
http://www.closebrothers.co.uk

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Overview

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, but if you're talking about Close Brothers, you can add asset management to that list. The company manages investment funds and wealth for retail, corporate, and institutional clients. Other activities include securities trading, asset-based financing for small to midsized businesses in the UK and Germany, and deposit and treasury services. It also owns small- and mid-cap market-maker Winterflood Securities. In 2009 the company sold its Close Brothers Corporate Finance unit to Japan's Daiwa Securities for £75 million ($115 million).

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