Welcome to The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Annual Review and Summary Financial Statement.

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Wealth management

A member of RBS staff and a private banking customer

Private Banking

RBS and NatWest have the largest market share of affluent current account holders and in the past three years have seen a 30% increase in the number of customers who earn over £100,000. Private Banking has been re-launched to meet the needs of this customer group with dedicated relationship managers, and 24 hour telephone support.

  • Coutts & Co is the leading private bank in the UK and strengthened its position with income growth of 20% and a 9% increase in customer numbers. Coutts has continued its regional expansion and now has 23 offices in the UK.
  • Coutts International has a network of offices in Switzerland and a presence in selected jurisdictions around the world. In 2006 the headquarters for this business was moved from Switzerland to Singapore.
  • Sustained investment in Asia has seen Coutts grow its client base by 13% and revenues in the region by 24%.
  • Working with GBM we have enhanced our derivatives and FX capacity which is proving attractive with ultra high net worth clients elsewhere in the world.
  • RBS International is one of the largest UK offshore banks with 39 offices across the world in nine jurisdictions and achieved double-digit income and profit growth in 2006.
  • RBS International launched a new internet banking service, i-banking, providing an online personal multi-currency, multi-jurisdiction service with access to international and same-day UK payments.
  • Adam & Company have five offices in the UK and one in Guernsey, and achieved a 14% growth in income, its twelth successive year of double-digit income growth.

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