Coutts & Co – Private banking since 1692
Coutts & Co is part of the UK private banking arm of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, serving over 70,000 high net worth clients in the UK and internationally, through a network of 32 offices. Founded in 1692, Coutts offers a holistic service to clients, through a variety of products and services, covering sophisticated investment products together with expertise in trust and fiduciary services, and UK tax and banking services. Coutts commercial banking arm also provides a full banking service to UK businesses.
In addition to providing expert banking and wealth management services to private clients, Coutts has a dedicated philanthropy team helping clients create their own giving strategy and a dedicated family business team that is able to advise family business owners.
Client understanding
By being innovative, we have proved extremely good at making our services relevant to the changing needs of our clients, from the 17th century to the 21st and have maintained our traditional values such as trust, integrity, respect and discretion.
Our clients come from all walks of life and include city executives, people in the professions and boardrooms, stars from the worlds of entertainment and sport, successful entrepreneurs and the wealthy from all over the world, so we take what we believe to be the best of the new and the best of the old to provide our clients with the products and services that best suit their needs and requirements. So, whilst we have embraced the latest technology to provide the speed, accessibility and convenience expected by today’s consumers,we have not abandoned our commitment to providing the kind of truly bespoke personal service that so many people desire, yet struggle to find.
In order for our private bankers to develop a wealth of knowledge, expertise and solutions to benefit the client, we have grouped them into areas which include entrepreneurs, professionals, executives, landowners, sports and entertainment, commercial, private office and international.
Our approach
Coutts philosophy is based on understanding our clients’ financial objectives in order to design a wealth strategy to meet their goals.We also provide clients with access to world-class investment managers through our discretionary and advisory investment services.The Coutts investment approach uses strategic and tactical asset allocation at its core, with the aim of improving the performance of our clients’ portfolios.We can also provide a range of structured investment products and liquidity management.
Today, highly successful entrepreneurs count for almost one third of Coutts client base, and we have always attracted an extraordinary variety of fascinating and often distinguished people, with whom we have nurtured long and satisfying relationships. In times gone by, these included Charles Dickens, William Pitt, the Duke of Wellington, David Livingstone, Phineas Barnum and Frederick Chopin.The clients looked after by Coutts private bankers can be just as inspirational; they range from industry leaders to the worlds of sport and entertainment.
In essence, Coutts is a dynamic and modern private bank which maintains its tradition of offering a highly personal wealth management service to a spectrum of diverse and fascinating clients.
