Investment - Articles - Rathbones crowned 'Investment Management House of the Year'

 Rathbone Investment Management (Rathbones) has been named ‘Investment Management House of the Year' at the Citywealth annual Magic Circle Awards.

 The awards, now in their sixth year, were held at London's prestigious Landmark Hotel and brought together 400 key figures in wealth the management industry as well as over 150 organisations including law firms, tax advisors and trust companies.  

 Commenting on the award, Richard Lanyon, head of investment management said; "At Rathbones we aim to be the leading provider of personalised discretionary investment management services and this award reflects our hard work meeting this objective.  We genuinely believe in building long-term, face-to-face relationships with our clients and we are delighted that the judges of the Citywealth awards have recognised this key element of our service."

 The judges of the Citywealth Magic Circle awards included:

 David Rosier, Chairman, Thurleigh Investment Managers LLP

 Joe Donohoe, Director, RBC Wealth Management

 David Kilshaw, Chairman of UK Private Client Advisory, KPMG

 Lesley Lintott, Head of Private Clients, Penningtons Solicitors

 Kate Leppard, Head of Private Clients, Schroders Private Banking

 As well as the judges, over 7,500 online votes were cast by clients and professional intermediaries for the awards.

 Concluding, Richard said; "Being named ‘Investment Management House of the Year' reflects Rathbones' continued success and growth over the last year. We recently announced that our funds under management have grown to over £16 billion in the first quarter of 2011, demonstrating the attractiveness, quality and efficiency of our service".