{"id":54141,"date":"2026-06-02T03:38:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T03:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/54141\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T03:38:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T03:38:54","slug":"evelyn-partners-will-not-become-coutts-following-natwest-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/54141\/","title":{"rendered":"Evelyn Partners \u2018will not become Coutts\u2019 following NatWest takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A managing partner from Evelyn Partners has assured the company will keep its identity following its \u00a32.7bn takeover by NatWest Group.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on a panel at the Dynamic Planner conference, Fergus Caheny, <br \/>managing partner, investment management at Evelyn Partners, said the firm was \u201cvery excited\u201d about the acquisition by NatWest.<\/p>\n<p>The deal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftadviser.com\/content\/8766269a-5733-4a1c-97df-ec08af2e07ef\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced on Monday<\/a>, is expected to create the UK\u2019s \u201cleading\u201d private banking and wealth management business, combining Evelyn Partners\u2019 \u00a369bn in assets under management and administration with the \u00a359bn from NatWest Group\u2019s existing Private Banking and Wealth Management business, which includes Coutts.<\/p>\n<p>            Recommended<br \/>\n            <a class=\"recommended-article-link\" data-trackable=\"recommended-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ftadviser.com\/content\/6e17da8f-962a-4206-925c-a678b55ac1e3\" data-articleid=\"6e17da8f-962a-4206-925c-a678b55ac1e3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9604cc5d-b384-4efd-8703-f6fedad2ff61.jpg\" width=\"290px\" height=\"290px\" alt=\"Recommended article's image\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>OneFamily and Scottish Friendly propose merger<\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was always the plan to do this so we are pretty happy that this has happened,\u201d said Caheny. <\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWe are not turning into Coutts by the way, we will stay as Evelyn Partners and specialise in investment management.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of the agreement, which is subject to regulatory approval NatWest announced a share buyback of \u00a3750mn.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn Partners was created in 2020 through the merger of Tilney and Smith &amp; Williamson.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the news on Monday, a Coutts spokesperson said: \u201cThis will further strengthen the Coutts wealth management offering and we are excited about the opportunities and benefits this will bring for all our clients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether, we will be the UK\u2019s leading private banking and wealth management business, with in excess of \u00a3120bn assets under management and administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>tara.o\u2019connor@ft.com<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s your view?<\/p>\n<p>Have your say in the comments section below or email us: ftadviser.newsdesk@ft.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A managing partner from Evelyn Partners has assured the company will keep its identity following its \u00a32.7bn takeover&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21386],"tags":[22737,22616,5483,7955,8176],"class_list":["post-54141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-natwest","tag-coutts","tag-evelyn-partners","tag-ft-adviser","tag-natwest","tag-natwest-group"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116678437335653668","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}