Kleinwort Benson in new hands

Saturday 17th October 2009, 3:00PM BST.

Angus Taylor, the managing director of Kleinwort Benson in Jersey

Angus Taylor, the managing director of Kleinwort Benson in Jersey

KLEINWORT Benson is to be sold to a Belgian company for £225m cash.

RHJ International is buying the whole Kleinwort Benson business, which has offices in Jersey, Guernsey and the UK, from Commerzbank AG.

Up to 668 people are employed across the private bank and wealth management group, with 213 staff in Jersey.

Angus Taylor, the managing director of Kleinwort Benson in Jersey, said that there were no plans to cut jobs as a result of the sale.


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    Thicko Micko

    “KLEINWORT Benson is to be sold to a Belgian company for £225m cash”.

    Wow that’s a lot of cash, you’d think they would pay by cheque, I wouldn’t want to be walking around town with £225 million in my pocket.

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