Financial Highlights

Each quarter, our strategic asset allocation committee meets to identify the key themes that could affect global financial markets. This quarter’s key themes include:

1. Monetary policy - Why investors should not fear rising interest rates
2. A postcard from Beijing - China's old and new economies diverge
3. Real estate - Increasing risks in UK commercial property
4. Pay day - Wage inflation and the UK economy
5. Fixed income - Signs of stress in high yield bond markets

Read the key issues shaping current investment strategy.

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The nominations for the 2018 Jazz FM Awards have been announced.

Rathbones has won for another year the five Stars Online Innovation and Service award in the investments category at the FTAdviser Online Innovation and Services awards.

The awards were held on 29 June 2017 at OXO2 and showcased those providers who, in the opinion of intermediaries, deliver great service and are developing technologies to help advisers do business more effectively.

We won this award by being rated from over 1,100 advisers based on a poll which took place in 2016 and examined the following areas:

- Overall functionality and design (including mobile)

- Ease of transaction

Rathbones’ charity team was delighted to win the Investment Manager of the Year award for the second year running at the 18^th Annual Charity Times Awards on 4 October.

The awards celebrate best practice in the UK charity and not-for-profit sector and Rathbones were one of seven investment management firms shortlisted. The ceremony, run by Charity Times, took place at the Park Plaza on Westminster Bridge with winners announced by comedian Shappi Khorsandi. 

Rathbones today announces the opening of its new office at The Athenaeum, 8 Nelson Mandela Place in Glasgow, increasing its presence in Scotland. This complements Rathbones’ established operations in Edinburgh and Aberdeen, bringing its total number of offices across the UK and Channel Islands to 15.

The office will be led by regional director, Angus Kerr. Angus is a key figure in the Glasgow investment management sector and has over 18 years’ experience managing client portfolios. He will be supported by:

• Lindsay Strachan, investment director  
• Lorraine Bryceland, investment manager  
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Preliminary results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2020