Collins Stewart plc provides institutional and private client stockbroking, market making, corporate advisory, and fund management services. It operates in four divisions: Securities, Capital Markets, Wealth Management, and Hawkpoint. Securities division offers research, sales, and execution service to approximately 300 institutional clients in Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. It also includes trading in Australian securities, convertible and preference shares, and smaller companies stocks. Capital Markets division offers stockbroking services for small/mid-cap equity fundraising in London. This division provides advice on proactive communication and investor relationship management, including the planning and co-ordination of investor marketing programs. Wealth Management division provides stockbroking and investment management services, such as discretionary, advisory, and execution services to private clients, trusts, charities, pension funds, and private companies. Hawkpoint division provides a range of advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, debt, restructuring, and strategic advice to companies, financial institutions, private equity houses, and governmental bodies. In addition, the company supplies online financial information to institutional investors through the quantitative research system, Quest, an online share evaluation system for analyzing corporate value creation and valuation. It operates in European Union, Channel Isles, and North America. Collins Stewart plc was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.