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A strong first half.

Paul Stockton, chief executive, said:

"An acceleration of net inflows in the second quarter helped our funds under management and administration reach £49.4 billion at 30 June 2020, down 2.0% over the half year against a backdrop where the FTSE 100 index decreased by 18.2%. Total net inflows were £1.3 billion in the first half, representing an annualised growth rate of 5.3%, while Investment Management generated annualised net organic growth of 1.4%. Our Unit Trusts business delivered another outstanding performance with net inflows of £0.6 billion, 68.7% ahead of the

The entire team at Rathbone Investment Management International is celebrating after being named ‘Investment Management Company of the Year – Channel Islands’ for the third time in four years at the annual Citywealth International Financial Centre Awards, this week. Managing Director Jonathan Giles also took the title of ‘Outstanding Individual of the Year’ at the prestigious ceremony.

Jonathan Giles, Managing Director, and Grant Hamilton, Director, attended the event, which was held at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Wednesday evening, where they received the awards from former English rugby union

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

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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With little over a month until the UK’s largest elite women’s sporting event this year, the FIL Rathbones Women’s Lacrosse World Cup, Rathbone Investment Management hosted three world title winning British sportswomen and Eleanor Garnier, BBC Political Correspondent and ex-England lacrosse player, for a celebration of women in sport.

Paul Stockton, chief executive, said:



“It has been a busy first half for Rathbones as we successfully migrated our largest acquisition to date, underwent a smooth

leadership transition and posted the highest funds under management and administration in our history. Investment

markets look likely to remain volatile in the second half but we retain a cautiously optimistic outlook. The UK wealth

industry continues to present positive opportunities for future growth which we will actively pursue.”

Financial highlights:

• Total funds under management and administration reached a record £49.2