Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has completed the acquisition of Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC (“Brewin Dolphin”), a multi-award-winning wealth management firm. Brewin Dolphin will now operate as ‘RBC Brewin Dolphin’, as part of RBC, and will continue to be led by CEO, Robin Beer.
Brewin Dolphin – which has just renewed its exclusive Community Partnership with Legal News Wales – has been acquired for final consideration of approximately £1.6bn on a fully diluted basis, which equates to 515 pence per share.
RBC Wealth Management International and RBC Brewin Dolphin will continue to operate as separate businesses until integration over the coming months, with no immediate changes to the propositions that each business offers on day one. The respective leadership teams will now work closely together to deliver exceptional outcomes for clients, employees and shareholders.
David Thomas, CEO, RBC Wealth Management International said:
“We are delighted to complete the acquisition of Brewin Dolphin and excited to welcome its clients and talented colleagues to RBC. Brewin Dolphin brings outstanding experience, and an impressive track record of growth, innovation and investment performance.”
“Our shared client-centric culture and values have really shone through over the past few months, and we look forward to developing this further, increasing the depth and breadth of our offering to clients and intermediaries.”
Robin Beer, CEO, RBC Brewin Dolphin added:
“Our strategy to become a leading advice-focused, digitally enabled wealth manager is set to be accelerated by becoming part of RBC. What doesn’t change is our focus on providing the exceptional advice and client focus that has been the foundation of our success and which made us of interest to RBC.”
“In becoming RBC Brewin Dolphin we are combining two highly-regarded names and signalling our intention to further enhance our client proposition, and we are all incredibly excited about the future.”
Click here to hear more on the completion of the acquisition from David Thomas and Robin Beer.
RBC Wealth Management is a leading global wealth and asset manager with market leadership in Canada, and a growing position in the United States. Brewin Dolphin has more than 30 regional offices, over 2,100 employees and a long history of providing exceptional service to private clients. This is a transformative acquisition for both RBC Wealth Management and Brewin Dolphin, creating one of the largest wealth managers in the UK, Channel Islands and Ireland with £58 billion assets under management as at 31 August 2022.
About RBC Brewin Dolphin
RBC Brewin Dolphin is one of the UK and Ireland’s leading wealth managers and traces its origins back to 1762. It offers award-winning, personalised wealth management services from bespoke, discretionary investment management to retirement planning and tax-efficient investing.
It’s qualified investment managers and financial planners are based in 33 offices across the UK, Jersey and Republic of Ireland, and has a Welsh office in Cardiff. RBC Brewin Dolphin is committed to the most exacting standards of client service, with long-term thinking and absolute focus on clients’ needs at the core.
