Attitude to property investment sure has changed in recent months
Rathbones has reported a 15% increase in pre-tax profit for 2013, to £44m, but its interest in a potential purchase of Jupiter's private client business remains uncertain.
Analysts at Numis have compared charges from the likes of Barclays, Brewin, Coutts and Rathbones to investigate how industry fees stack up against platforms' newly-unveiled clean prices.
Multi-asset managers are finding renewed opportunities in UK government bonds as they try to eke out value for their portfolios at the start of 2014.
Jupiter is looking at a sale of its private client business after receiving an unsolicited bid for the division, according to reports.
Rathbone Brothers chief executive Andy Pomfret is to retire on 28 February 2014 after ten years in charge of the wealth manager.
Rathbones' veteran income investor Carl Stick on price risk, asset quality, and the importance of protecting on the downside.
David Coombs, head of multi-asset investments at Rathbone Unit Trust Management, has bought a number of new funds in the last few months as he rejigs his portfolios to focus on global growth.