Rathbones

Manager sees little interest to be earned from cash, believing buybacks would be more beneficial to investors

Rathbone Unit Trust Management Income fund manager Carl Stick has hit out at short-termism.

Rathbone Unit Trust Management suffered a £230m net outflow in 2009, taking its total funds under management down to £940m at 31 December.

Fixed income managers prepare for sharp increases in UK interest rates over longer term, with move towards high-yield and floating-rate instruments

With the northern hemisphere still reeling from the effects of the recession, attentions are heading south as now more than ever investors need to adapt a broader perspective to their investments

Former Invesco Perpetual CEO Mike Webb will take over as chief executive of Rathbone Unit Trust Management, replacing Peter Pearson Lund.

This week's Conjecture panel concludes there are decent returns to be had in equities over the next 12 months and the upswing we are witnessing among developed and emerging economies is synchronised and solid

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Rathbones has agreed to acquire up to £1.27bn in private client funds from Lloyds Banking Group for a cash consideration expected to be about £35.4m.