Rathbones on the acquisition trail
Rathbone Brothers said today it intends to make acquisitions this year as it pursues growth of its business.
Rathbone Brothers said today it intends to make acquisitions this year as it pursues growth of its business.
Head of investment management at Rathbones Paul Chavasse has been made redundant after 15 years at the company.
Rathbones head of multi asset investment David Coombs has decided to keep his Japanese equities holdings steady rather than bank profit from the recent good run the asset class has had.
Rathbones asset allocation strategist Edward Smith has argued that investors should “pay close attention to the insidious creep of protectionism, as US politicians and elsewhere look to harness the disenfranchised.”
David Coombs, head of multi-asset investments at Rathbones and senior research analyst Mona Shah have co-authored a report making the case for US equities versus their European counterparts.
Rathbones has appointed Sanjiv Tumkur as head of equity research, based in London.
With a bit more than a week to go to the referendum on the UK’s EU membership, Ed Smith discusses the investment implications of a vote to leave.
Rathbones has reiterated its commitment to long-term growth, despite ongoing volatility within the markets it serves.
Carl Stick’s Rathbone Income Fund is to be excluded from the Investment Association’s UK Equity Income sector, having fallen foul of the controversial 110% yield rule.
Negative interest rate policies have started to unnerve investors, even though Sweden, Denmark, the eurozone and Switzerland have all had negative policy rates for over a year.
Rathbones has said it continues to favour risk assets including an overweight to United States equities despite recent volatility, due to a belief that investors are overreacting to negative news headlines.
Rathbones has upped its weighting to inflation-linked debt and gold, alongside an overweight to the US.