Rathbone Brothers Plc announced that Philip Howell will retire as chief executive by 9 May 2019 and Paul Stockton, current group finance director and managing director of Rathbone Investment Management, will take on the role of chief executive. Jennifer Mathias will take on the role of group finance director when she joins the company on 1 April 2019.

The board recommends a final dividend of 42 pence for 2018 (2017: 39 pence), making a total of 66 pence for the year (2017: 61 pence), an increase of 8.2% on 2017. A final dividend is payable on 14 May 2019 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 20 April 2019. The final dividend is subject to approval by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on 9 May 2019 and has not been included as a liability in the financial statements.