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Rathbones, one of the UK’s leading providers of investment management services for individuals, charities and professional advisers, confirms the launch of the Rathbone Managed Portfolio Service to clients of financial advisers, with effect from 3 April, 2017. The service is offered on an execution-only basis whereby Rathbones implements client instructions following advice received from a financial adviser.

The investment service consists of six actively managed strategies, designed to preserve and grow wealth over the long term.

The six strategies, which suit different risk and return

Rathbones are one of the sponsors of the dot-art Schools competition, an annual art event for primary and secondary schools in the Liverpool City Region. dot-art Schools is an interactive, online competition, culminating in an exhibition at St Georges Hall from the 5th to the 21st June. The competition is designed to nurture talent, raise ambition, and take art out of the classroom and into the real world.

Each school creates and selects 25 pieces of student work which they feel best represent the talents of their students. These art works are then submitted by February half term and put on

Rathbone Investment Management is pleased to announce it has been shortlisted for the Charity Investment Manager of the Year award at the Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2014. The awards will be held on the 8 May at the Grange Hotel.

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. Investing in technology - Great tech-spectations

2. Looking up - Europe: from problem child to investor's favourite?

3. Measuring Abenomics - Are Shinzo Abe's arrows flying true?

4. Brexit uncertainty - Still lots of heat but little light

5. Active vs passive - The unintended consequences of passive investing

Read the key issues shaping current investment strategy. 

This statement, issued on the day of the Annual General Meeting, is an Interim Management Statement in accordance with the UK Listing Authority’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules. It covers the period from 1 January 2014 to 13 May 2014 and includes trading results for the three months ended 31 March 2014.

At the Annual General Meeting later today, Mark Nicholls, Chairman of Rathbones, will say:

“Our first quarter was positive with total funds under management at the end of the quarter reaching £22.8 billion, up 3.6% from 31 December 2013. The recent acquisitions of Jupiter Asset Management

Rathbones Group Plc (“the Company”) announces a trading update for the three months ended 30 September 2015.

Philip Howell, Chief Executive of Rathbones Group Plc, said:

“Third quarter net operating income increased 13% compared to a year ago in spite of subdued investment markets. Although our outlook remains cautious in light of recent markets, our agreement in early October to purchase the remaining 80% of the Vision group is an example of the investment we continue to make to take advantage of future growth opportunities.”

Highlights:

• Total funds under management (FUM) were £27.6