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<p><a href="http://www.rathbones.com/team-member/paul-stockton">Paul Stockton</a>, chief executive, said:</p> <p><em>“It has been a busy first half for Rathbones as we successfully migrated our largest acquisition to date, underwent a smooth<br> leadership transition and posted the highest funds under management and administration in our history. Investment<br> markets look likely to remain volatile in the second half but we retain a cautiously optimistic outlook. The UK wealth<br> industry continues to present positive opportunities for future growth which we will actively pursue.”</em></p>

<p>Investment Director at Rathbone Investment Management, Robert Hughes-Penney, has today become the Master of the Guild of Investment Managers.</p> <p>Robert Hughes-Penney, Deputy Head of Rathbones London, is a founding member of the Guild of Investment Managers, which was established in 2015.</p> <p>The Guild was created to bring together like-minded individuals from across the City of London’s investment management industry as well as to promote the importance of the sector within London.</p>

<p>The 33-year old spoken-word poet Raymond Antrobus has been named the winner of the £30,000 Rathbones Folio Prize, for his debut collection, ‘The Perseverance’. It is the first time the prize – which rewards the best work of literature of the year, regardless of form – has been awarded to a poet.</p>

<img alt height="333" src="https://d2fbaur19mkdj9.cloudfront.net/sites/rathbones.com/files/imce/matthew_sutton.jpg" width="500"> <p><a href="https://www.rathbones.com/about-us/our-people/matthew-sutton">Matthew Sutton</a>, a client director of Rathbone Investment Management International, has been recognised in Citywealth's 'Top 20 professionals in Jersey' list alongside other highly respected wealth managers, lawyers, and trust directors.</p>

<p>A Hampshire Scout has successfully completed the world’s first Scout expedition to Antarctica.&nbsp; The polar expedition, sponsored by Rathbones Winchester, saw Joe Doherty, (25) become the first to ski to the South Pole and to complete the return leg of his journey by wind-powered kite ski.&nbsp;</p> <p>After man-hauling food and kit, enduring average temperatures of -27 degrees Celsius and regularly climbing to an altitude of 2900 metres, Joe reached the South Pole after a gruelling 45 days. He successfully completed the expedition in just 61 days.</p>