 In 1993, following substantial foreign-exchange related losses, Adam and Company was acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland who provided the capital needed to rebuild the Bank's weakened balance sheet.After the Royal Bank of Scotland acquired NatWest in 2000, restructuring of the group saw Adam and Company placed in the Bank's Wealth Management Services Division, alongside rival Coutts, the largest private bank in the UK.In 2002, Adam and Company acquired Stewart Ivory Wealth Management.