Arbuthnot Securities is an integrated Investment Bank servicing small and medium sized companies. The business offers a full range of services from corporate finance through to research, sales, trading and market making business. The Securities business is the investment banking subsidiary of Arbuthnot Banking Group, which has a 175 year history of serving its customers, as well as a long track record of profitability against the background of a continually changing environment.

The Securities business has gone through substantial change in the last year. One third of the employees are new since 1st June 2008. We have added several new research sectors, revamped our distribution and made new management appointments. We now act for c.95 corporate clients.

The Arbuthnot Securities management team have extensive experience of the banking sector, with each member having served on average 15 years in the securities industry.

The team is led by Neil Kirton, who joined the firm in 2006 and became Chief Executive in 2008. His previous roles include Global Head of Equity Sales at ABN Amro NV, Head of UK Equity Sales at Hoare Govett and Deputy Chief Executive at Hoare Govett Securities (UK), and Head of Equities at Bridgewell Securities.

Mar 2010 - Arbuthnot appointed Nominated Adviser and Broker to Crimson Tide plc (AIM:TIDE)  Arbuthnot is pleased to announce that it has been appointed as Nominated Adviser and Broker to Crimson Tide plc, the AIM-quoted mobile software technologies company.

Feb 2010 – Arbuthnot appointed Nominated Adviser and Broker to Viridas plc (AIM:VIR)  Arbuthnot Securities is pleased to announce that it has been appointed Nominated Adviser and Broker to Viridas plc, the AIM quoted company which is planning to plant 30,000 hectares of a dedicated energy crop in Brazil, to produce EU compliant sustainable biofuels including oil and biomass.

Feb 2010 - Arbuthnot appointed Nominated Adviser and Broker to WYG plc (AIM:WYG)  Arbuthnot Securities is pleased to announce that it has been appointed Nominated Adviser and Broker to WYG plc, the AIM-quoted international multi-skilled consultancy business. The admission of the Company's shares to AIM marks the end of WYG's financial restructuring and the beginning of the next stage of the Company's development.

Jan 2010 - New Sales Trader   Michael Harrison joined as a Director, Sales Trading in January 2010. Previously a buy-side dealer at Dresdner RCM, then New Star Asset Management and most recently at Pali International.

Jan 2010 - New Corporate Broker  Sarah Jukes joined as an Associate Director, within the Corporate Broking team in January. Sarah spent 12 years at Dresdner Kleinwort within their Investor Relations team

Jan 2010 - New Sales Person  Steve Yelland joined as a Director, Equity Sales in January 2010. Steve has 25 years of experience of equity sales.  Latterly with Pali International in London, but previously with Bridgewell and HSBC.

Jan 2010 - Arbuthnot appointed joint Broker to Vatukoula Gold Mines plc (AIM:VGM)  Arbuthnot is pleased to announce that it has been appointed joint Broker to Vatukoula Gold Mines plc, the AIM-quoted Fijian gold mining producer.

Arbuthnot Latham provides a high quality and personalised banking and wealth management service. Secure Trust Bank provides retail financial products, predominantly in the West Midlands through a retail branch network and directly via a callcentre.

The Arbuthnot Banking Group website can be found here.