The Beta of Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC is 1.04
BETA indicates whether a stock is more or less volatile than the market as a whole. A beta less than 1 indicates that the stock is less volatile than the market, while a beta more than 1 indicates that the stock is more volatile. Volatility is measured as the fluctuation of the price around the mean.
Beta is a measure of the risk arising from exposure to general market movements as opposed to idiosyncratic factors. The market portfolio of all investable assets has a beta of exactly 1. A beta below 1 can indicate either an investment with lower volatility than the market, or a volatile investment whose price movements are not highly correlated with the market. A beta greater than one generally means that the asset both is volatile and tends to move up and down with the market. Beta is important because it measures the risk of an investment that cannot be reduced by diversification. It does not measure the risk of an investment held on a stand-alone basis, but the amount of risk the investment adds to an already-diversified portfolio. In the capital asset pricing model, beta risk is the only kind of risk for which investors should receive an expected return higher than the risk-free rate of interest.
Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides private and commercial banking products and services in the United Kingdom. It operates through Private Banking, Mortgage Portfolios, Commercial Banking, Renaissance Asset Finance, Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending, Arbuthnot Specialist Finance Limited, and All Other Divisions segments. The company offers private banking services, including current and deposit accounts, loans, overdrafts, and foreign exchange; financial planning; investment and asset management; asset finance funding; and short-term secured lending solutions. It also provides commercial banking services, such as guarantees and charge cards; property finance for property investments and developments; individual secured lending; and asset based lending solutions. In addition, the company offers wealth structuring, tax mitigation, estate preservation, and retirement planning services, as well as mortgage portfolios. Further, it provides insurance, specialist finance, and property development and investment services. Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC was founded in 1833 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.