KBL EPF makes U with acquisition of NW Brown

Pan-European private banking group KBL European Private Bankers (KBL epb) announced that its UK affiliate, Brown Shipley, has signed an agreement to acquire wealth manager boutique NW Brown. The acquisition of NW Brown, which employs some 75 staff in two UK offices, marks the KBL epbgroup's fourth acquisition in the UK in the past four years - over a period when the group has also made major acquisitions in Belgium and the Netherlands. The acquisition - which remains subject to regulatory approval - is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of this year, increasing Brown Sh...