Hoare Govett

Hoare Govett
IndustryFinance
FoundedGovett, Sons & Co 1869
Hoare & Co. Govett 1969
Hoare Govett 1976
SuccessorJefferies Group
HeadquartersCity of London
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
Francis Algernon Govett
Christopher "Kit" Hoare
Peter Meinertzhagen
ProductsStockbroker
Business broker
Data broker
ParentSecurity Pacific 1984-92
ABN Amro 1992-2007
Royal Bank of Scotland 2007-2012
Jefferies Group 2012-

Hoare Govett was a major British corporate brokerage firm based in London, England. The business was created by a merger between two well established stockbroker firms, Hoare & Co and Govett, Sons & Co.[1] From 1984, the business had been a subsidiary, firstly owned by Security Pacific, until its own near collapse and purchase by Bank of America in 1992, when ABN Amro duly purchased the business. ABN Amro itself was purchased by Royal Bank of Scotland in 2007, before the business was sold on to the Jefferies Group, becoming their corporate broking arm in 2012.[2]

  1. ^ "Any other business: Third time lucky? Hoare Govett is the history of the modern City writ small". The Spectator. 4 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Jefferies buys RBS' historic UK broker Hoare Govett". Reuters. 2 February 2012.