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Close Brothers Group plc is a British specialist financial services group based in the City of London. The company makes loans, trades securities and provides advice and investment management solutions to a wide range of clients. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. ==History== Close Brothers was founded in 1878 by William Brooks Close who initially provided farm mortgages in Iowa and financed Alaska's first railway the White Pass and Yukon Route.〔(Close Brothers History )〕 It was the subject of a management buy-out in 1978 and was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1984.〔 In the 1980s and 1990s the company began a phase of significant expansion through the acquisition of a large number of specialist businesses which included Winterflood Securities in 1993,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Winterflood Home - Winterflood Securities )〕 Hill Samuel's Corporate Finance Division in 1996〔(Era ends as Hill Samuel loses its deal-makers ) The Independent, 1 June 1996〕 and Rea Brothers in 1999.〔(The Independent: City People ) The Independent, 2 August 1999〕 In March 2008 Close Brothers acquired UK short-term and bridging lender Commercial Acceptances Group for around £31m.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=City A.M. - Business With Personality )〕 In May 2009 it was announced that the corporate finance business was to be acquired by Daiwa Securities SMBC, a Japanese investment banking venture, leaving Close Brothers focused on capital markets, securities trading, lending and investment management solutions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Login )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Close Brothers Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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