Rathbones

Bryn Jones, fund manager of the £62m Rathbone Ethical Bond fund, shares his top five picks for ethical fixed income.

Managers running UK-focused portfolios have turned to international stocks for returns as the UK's recovery continues to disappoint.

Manager sells off high yield exposure and looks to equities amid UK recession fears

Carl Stick, manager of the £486m Rathbone Income fund, reveals his top five stock picks for income seekers.

Rathbones has poached Jeremy Stanyer, a specialist in private client investment management from Williams de Broe, for the position of investment director at its Aberdeen office.

Rathbones' David Coombs is adding Japanese stocks to his portfolio in the view its economy will rebound quickly from the aftermath of last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami.

Investors' growing appetite for emerging market debt is a cause for concern as the asset class could be set for a correction, says Rathbones' David Coombs.

Carl Stick has totally sold out of bank holdings in his £483m Rathbone Income fund, looking instead to stocks in the insurance and retail sectors.

Rathbones saw an increase in assets under management to £15bn in the year to December 2010, but profits were hit by a £3.6m FSCS levy.

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