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<p>Rathbones has won Investment Week’s Gold Standard Award 2015 for Discretionary Portfolio Management for the second year in a row.&nbsp;<br><br> &nbsp;<br><br> The accolade, which was also given to Rathbones in 2012, was awarded based on five criteria: financial strength, overall expertise, client service, offering clients fair value and being a trustworthy adviser in which clients can have confidence.&nbsp;<br><br> &nbsp;<br><br></p>

<p>Rathbones today confirms the appointment of Natalie Merrens as Head of Investment Solutions for Rathbone Private Office. Natalie has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry and joins from Kleinwort Benson where she was Head of the Investment Solutions Group. At Rathbones, she will be responsible for building the Rathbone Private Office proposition and will work alongside the client-facing team to help them provide investment advice and service to Private Office clients. Natalie will report to Andrew Clark, Head of Rathbone Private Office.</p>

<p>Rathbone Investment Management (Rathbones), one of the UK’s leading providers of high quality discretionary investment management services, is once again opening its doors to six local school leavers and university graduates as part of the Rathbone Apprenticeship Programme.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Rathbones Group Plc (“the Company”) announces a trading update for the three months ended 30 September 2015.</p> <p><a href="http://www.rathbones.com/about-us/our-people/philip-howell">Philip Howell</a>, Chief Executive of Rathbones Group&nbsp;Plc, said:</p>

<p>Rathbones Group&nbsp;Plc (“Rathbones”) announces that it has agreed to purchase the remaining 80.1% of Vision Independent Financial Planning Ltd (“Vision”) and Castle Investment Solutions Ltd (“Castle”) (the “Vision Group”).&nbsp;</p>