Rathbones Group Plc is a UK provider of personalised investment management and wealth management services for private investors and trustees. This includes discretionary investment management, unit trusts, tax planning, trust and company management, pension advice and banking services. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
History
18th century
The business was founded by William Rathbone II by 1742 as a Liverpool-based timber trading business.[2] During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the firm expanded into broader international merchanting, developing a commission-based trading role and participating in transatlantic trade between Liverpool and the eastern United States.[3]