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Rathbones Group PLC
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Rathbones Group PLC provides individual investment and wealth management services for private clients, charities, trustees and professional partners. The company has been trusted for generations to manage and preserve its clients' wealth. Rathbones has over 1,900 staff in 15 UK locations and Jersey; its headquarters is 8 Finsbury Circus, London
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London shares are ‘very very cheap’ says Rathbone UK Opportunities fund manager
"The UK has many game-changing, world-leading companies that are as good or better than their global peers," says fund manager Alexandra Jackson
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Rathbone Greenbank Global Sustainability Fund celebrates third anniversary on a high note
“We find sometimes the biggest companies have the biggest sustainability budgets and will have done a great job of repackaging what they do to make it more sustainable. But when you dig into the detail, it's not there,” says fund manager Da
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Rathbone Brothers enjoys solid growth in the first quarter
"Total funds under management and administration rose 2.0% in the first quarter to £55.8 billion reflecting continued good organic growth," said Paul Stockton, Rathbone's CEO
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Rathbones launches sustainable multi-asset fund range offering a wide choice of risk and return
“What we wanted to do is enable clients to achieve their financial objectives without compromising their values,” says fund manager Will Mcintosh-Whyte
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Rathbone Brothers sees investment management outflows offset by unit trusts
“Whilst the medium term impacts of the pandemic are likely to weigh on investor sentiment for some time, we continue to convert more client assets to our discretionary service, invest in technology, and attract high quality investment profe
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Rathbone Brothers underappreciated by the market, says RBC as it upgrades to ‘outperform’
The bank said the firm's franchise was currently being overlooked alongside what it said were highlighted “constructive underlying themes” in UK wealth management
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Rathbone Brohers snaps up Barclays personal injury division
Barclays' personal injury business comprises approximately £500m of funds under management on behalf of approximately 600 clients
Wealth manager Tilney confirms it is in merger talks with rival Smith & Williamson
In 2017 Smith & Williamson – also a top ten UK accountancy firm - held unsuccessful merger talks with listed wealth manager Rathbone Brothers
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FTSE 100 closes higher as US president talks up trade deal
The UK index of leading shares closed up around ten points at 7,271, while the FTSE 250 added 66 points at 19,531
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ITV to take spotlight on Wednesday as updates arrive from several blue-chip firms
Tobacco firm Imperial Brands and insurer Direct Line are also scheduled to report at the mid-point of the week
FTSE 100 closes in the red as US stocks take a hit; Centrica tanks
Risers on the Footsie were outnumbered 3 to 1 by fallers
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Barclays to round off trio of UK banking results on Thursday
Barclays will be a highlight in Thursday's schedule.
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Banking results to flow faster, with Barclays, Lloyds, and HSBC all set to report 2018 numbers
Aside from the banking results, the week ahead will bring updates from other blue-chips firms such as BAE Systems, Anglo American, Pearson, and Reckitt Benckiser
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Rathbone Brothers falls after weak markets hurts its investment performance in the final quarter of 2018
In a trading update or the three months ended 31 December 2018, the FTSE 250-listed firm said its investments fell by £3.52bn in 2018, after a £2.86bn gain in 2017
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Former finance director of Lloyds corporate bank to join Rathbone Brothers
Jennifer Mathias held various senior positions at Lloyds over a 16-year period, including as finance director of corporate banking
FTSE 100 closes down as market awaits Trump/Juncker meeting
The UK blue-chip index closed around 50 points lower at 7,658, while FTSE 250 was also down - over 99 points at 20,753
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ITV, GlaxoSmithKline and Indivior to be among the highlights for Wednesday
Among Wednesday's names are ITV, GlaxoSmithKline, Indivior, and Tullow Oil
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Rathbone to acquire Scotland's largest independent wealth manager Speirs & Jeffrey for £104mln
Rathbone said the initial considerationcomprises £79mln in cash - funded from internal cash resources and a proposed £60mln equity placing - and the issue of 1.0mln new Rathbones shares worth £25mln
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Rathbone Brothers in talks to buy Scottish wealth manager Speirs & Jefferey
Rathbone Brothers and Permira were reportedly preparing a bidding war for Speirs & Jefferey
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FTSE 100 closes in red, despite US market turnaround
In London, the FTSE 100 closed down around 29 points at 7,252
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Another day, another bank reporting results - Barclays the next up to the oche
Day ahead includes a swathe of FTSE 100 results, including from the likes of Barclays PLC, British American Tobacco PLC, BAE Systems PLC, and Centrica PLC
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How will Tesco and Marks and Spencer follow Morrison Supermarkets and J Sainsbury’s when they report on Thursday?
Tesco, Marks & Spencer and ASOS are next on the agenda.
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Updates from UK food retailers on the menu, as well as high street stalwart M&S in coming week
Week ahead includes trading updates from supermarkets Wm Morrison Supermarkets, J Sainsbury, Tesco, John Lewis's Waitrose, plus clothing retailer Marks & Spencer
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Rathbone Brothers rallies on third quarter growth in assets and net inflows
Rathbone Brothers said it is well positioned for the future and will to continue to pursue growth opportunities, including acquisitions
FTSE 100 closing in on record high; Pearson top riser
FTSE 100 closed at 7,542, below last Thursday’s closing high of 7,556.24 while the Dow soared above the 23,000 level today
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Lagging UK wage growth to be highlighted in labour market data
Day ahead includes latest UK average earnings and unemployment data, plus third quarter trading updates from Reckitt Benckiser PLC and Rathbone Brothers PLC
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UK inflation and jobs data to show real wages remain under pressure
The Week Ahead includes economic data on UK jobs, inflation and retail sales along with full year results from ASOS and Bellway and trading updates from Travis Perkins, Merlin Entertainments, Unilever and Intercontinental Hotels Group
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Smith & Williamson resumes plan to float after merger talks with Rathbone Brothers collapse
Rathbone Brothers has ended its merger talks with Smith & Williamson after carrying out due diligence
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Money goes to money: Another potential merger in the wealth management sector is no surprise
Ryan Hughes, head of fund selection at AJ Bell, comments: “The news of a potential merger between Rathbones and Smith & Williamson is the latest evidence that we are in a period of consolidation in the asset management industry”
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Rathbone Brothers confirms £2bn all-share merger talks with financial services provider Smith & Williamson
Sky News had reported that the merger would be structured as a takeover by Rathbone – which has a £1.4bn market value - of independently-owned Smith and Williamson
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FTSE 100 pares losses to close modestly lower
The FTSE 100 traded in a narrow band all day, finishing 5 points lower at 7,319
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PZ Cussons among few features on a summery Tuesday
The agenda for Tuesday is distinctly summery, albeit PZ Cussons is among a few features in the books.
FTSE ends lower as Wall St adds to ex-divi stock blues
With around half-an-hour of trading to go in London, the FTSE100 index was almost 20 points lower at 7,282, the day’s worst levels, well below an earlier peak of 7,310.
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Barclays next in to bat as banking results season continues
Will Barclays' results be duff, like HSBC's, or buff, like Lloyds'?
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Week ahead: Housebuilders and banks dominate agenda with slew of earnings
Housebuilders and banks will take centre stage with a slew of London-listed corporate earnings to be published.
Corporate earnings aplenty, including LSE, Verizon and more
A look at some of the corporate offerings coming up
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Brooks Macdonald looking ahead with confidence
The group offers investment services to private high-net-worth individuals, pension funds, institutions and trusts and provides financial planning.
Investors hoping Mothercare will lift UK gloom
Mother and baby retailer is due to report first quarter trading
Wednesday's agenda: Barratt Developments' focus on margins
Happy days are set to continue for Barratt Developments but Interserve might be finding the going a bit tougher