Rathbones

After 40 years in the financial industry, Rathbones chief executive may take on non-executive roles and retains same desire to continue to face the markets

The probability of an economic recovery is very good, but the promised pay-off could be disappointing because, in many instances, we are being asked to pay happy prices for happy outcomes.

Peter Pearson Lund, chief executive of Rathbones Unit Trust Management, says he would go "straight back into markets" now given the outlook for them, if he were not retiring from the City after 40 years at the end of this month.

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