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Dean Layzell
Last Updated: January 20, 2026
Dean has over ten years’ experience in the investment management industry and joined Rathbones in 2024. Dean has experience in managing multi-asset discretionary portfolios for private clients and offshore trusts. Dean is a CFA Charter holder and holds the designation Chartered Wealth Manager, following completion of the Level 7 Chartered Wealth Manager Qualification (CWM). Dean has also completed the IMC and PCIAM qualifications and is a Chartered Fellow of the CISI.
Investment Update: Iran attack
Last Updated: March 3, 2026
We summarise events in the Middle East, with thoughts about what might happen next and the consequences for financial markets and your investments. This is a fast-moving situation, so please keep in mind any future developments as the media reports them.
VAT on school fees could raise cost of private education to £667,900
Last Updated: March 3, 2026
Parents sending a child to private school face paying up to £111,300 extra.
Rathbones Group Plc First Quarter Trading Update
Last Updated: March 3, 2026
A trading update for the three months ended 31 March 2025 from Rathbones Group Plc.
Retirement planning drives demand for bespoke investment services
Last Updated: March 3, 2026
Financial advisors expect demand to rise for bespoke portfolios
High earners face £7k extra tax if thresholds freeze extends to 2030
Last Updated: March 3, 2026
Legal complexity deters wealthy families from leaving gifts to charity in wills, despite tax benefits and rising philanthropic intent, finds Rathbones.
Probate delays forcing charities to sell assets and cut services
Last Updated: March 3, 2026
Senior charity executives have warned that almost nine in 10 charities (87%) are being forced to sell assets and cut back on services as a result of continued delays in probate grants.
One in eight business chiefs set to leave UK
Last Updated: March 3, 2026
The leaders of one in eight (12%) small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) - equivalent to around 680,000 businesses out of the UK’s 5.67 million - are actively planning to relocate themselves, their businesses, or both due to the current tax burden, according to a new poll by Rathbones, one of the UK’s leading wealth and asset management groups.
Is the UK doing better than you think?
Last Updated: March 4, 2026
UK Opportunities Fund Manager Alexandra Jackson is busting the winter blues. Great stuff is being made in the UK – and it’s being made exceptionally well.
Lean machine
Last Updated: February 11, 2026
A tough few years for the healthcare industry have seen one US laboratory supplier bolster its market position. In the first of a series about his trip to meet companies on the east coast of the US, Multi-Asset Fund Manager Will McIntosh-Whyte explains why pressure can sometimes help make diamonds.
Custody of client assets and cash by Rathbones Investment Management Limited
Last Updated: January 28, 2026
2026: A good start for markets
Last Updated: February 4, 2026
Stay informed with our 9-minute investment update video, setting out our reasons to be cheerful and prepared as the year begins. We observe how January has gone well for many markets and economies.