Close Brothers - CEO and FD Video Interview on ...

LONDON, September 29 /PRNewswire/ --     Close Brothers, the independent 
merchant bank, today reported 'resilient'
financial results in a challenging environment.



    In a video interview, Colin Keogh, Group Chief Executive, said that 'as a
result of our long-standing policy of being conservative on our
capitalisation and conservative on funding' the group is well placed to see
good growth opportunities particularly, for the banking division.



    Jonathan Howell, Group Finance Director said that the increase in the
total dividend of 39p for the full year, "underscores our commitment to the
progressive dividend policy at Close Brothers."



    Also announced today, as part of an orderly succession process, is that
Colin Keogh will be stepping down as Group Chief Executive once a suitable
successor has been found.



    The interview, transcript and podcast are available now on
http://w3.cantos.com/close. Cantos interviews are also available on our CEO
Insight page on iTunes.



    It's free to view. All you need to do is register at
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