Our business

Arbuthnot Banking Group

The Arbuthnot Banking Group is a financial services group with a 175 year history of serving customers, as well as a long track record of profitability against the background of a continually changing environment. The group is made up of three principal subsidiaries: Arbuthnot Latham, Arbuthnot Securities and Secure Trust Bank. The group is listed on AIM and is 53% owned by its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Henry Angest.

Mr Angest effected a management buyout of Secure Trust in 1985. The business subsequently listed in 1988 as Secure Trust Banking Group (STB). In 1991, the group acquired Arbuthnot Latham and Arbuthnot Fund Managers. During the course of the 1990s, the group continued to develop the brand and made a number of acquisitions. In 2002 the group acquired Old Mutual Securities, and rebranded the business as ‘Arbuthnot Securities’. In 2005 the group changed its name to ‘Arbuthnot Banking Group’ and moved to AIM.

Arbuthnot Securities

The history of the Arbuthnot Securities business goes back before Old Mutual: In 1997 Old Mutual acquired Capel-Cure Myers, and in 1998 it acquired Albert E Sharp. It merged the two, forming Capel-Cure Sharp, although the corporate finance and broking business continued to trade as Albert E Sharp.

In 2000, Capel-Cure Sharp merged with Greig Middleton, the Private Client business of Gerrard Group. Albert E Sharp merged with the institutional broking and corporate finance operations of Greig Middleton, and this business was named Old Mutual Securities.

After the group's acquisition of Old Mutual Securities in 2002, the business was renamed Arbuthnot Securities Ltd (ASL).

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.