Sharps Pixley began as Sharps & Wilkins, brokers in furs and pearls, in the
18th century and started brokerage in gold in 1811. Pixley and Abell was founded
in 1852 by Stewart Pixley, a senior clerk in the cashiers office at the Bank of England.
The two brokers merged as Sharps Pixley in 1957, which later became a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Kleinwort Benson, the merchant bank. Sharps was acquired by Deutsche
Bank in 1993, and the name was discontinued in 1996, and the fixing membership
and business are conducted as Deutsche Bank.