An enormous painting of an urban scene strewn with bin bags and graffiti, and overgrown with twisted plants and weeds, is the winner of the John Moores Painting Prize Visitors’ Choice 2014, sponsored by Rathbones.

Since the exhibition opened in July, visitors have been voting in their thousands for their favourite work. With such a varied selection people were spoilt for choice between eerie photorealist works, stunning portraiture, landscape and figurative work or intriguing abstract paintings.

However it was the overwhelming Vinculum by London-born Losq which captured the imagination of

Rathbones is pleased to announce that four of its team members have been listed in the Citywire Wealth Manager Top 100. The awards highlight those individuals “who are the locomotives behind the UK’s thriving private client investment management industry.”

Head of Multi-Manager Investments David Coombs, Liverpool-based Investment Director James Hedley, Head of Research Elizabeth Savage and Research Analyst Mona Shah were all singled out for inclusion in the list of the top 100 most influential people in private client fund selection.

Commenting on the awards, Paul Chavasse, Head of

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 - Negative interest rates: bad for banks?
2. Economic data and sentiment - Markets overreacted to concerns about the global economy
3. Inflation-linked bonds - The markets UK inflation expectations are too low
4. Divisifiers - Finding sources of uncorrelated returns
5. Dividends - The income challenge is getting tougher

Read the key issues shaping current investment strategy.

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Rathbone Brothers Plc (Rathbones), the FTSE 250 wealth management company, announces its extended partnership with Lacrosse Scotland until 2017. The partnership comes during an exciting time for the sport with confirmation that U19 World Championships 2015 will be held in Edinburgh.  

Rathbones' sponsorship has enabled Lacrosse Scotland to set up the Rathbones Fund, a body which offers grants to lacrosse players, and also clubs which are aiming to develop the sport in Scotland. This partnership between Rathbones and Lacrosse Scotland aims to increase participation and facilitate greater

To celebrate the extended partnership of Rathbones Group Plc (Rathbones) with English Lacrosse until 2017, a charity match was held between Rathbones’ employees and the English Lacrosse players on 7 February in Hyde Park.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced that Julie Walters CBE, the multi-BAFTA-winning actress, will discuss her career and craft at a special ‘BAFTA A Life in Television’ event at BAFTA headquarters, 195 Piccadilly in London, on Wednesday 3 December. The event is supported by Rathbone Investment Management.

‘BAFTA A Life in Television’ is a new strand of live onstage events that will celebrate leading figures from the world of television, shining a light on their talent and their contribution to British television and culture. 

The event with Julie Walters