Rowan Dartington provides personalised investment management to IFAs, private clients, companies, charities and trusts. It offers a range of portfolio management services, specialising in advisory and discretionary investment management.
Its head office is in Bristol, and has offices in London, Birmingham, Chichester, Hereford, Taunton, Exeter, Cheltenham, Weston-super-Mare, Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, Ipswich, Liverpool and Edinburgh.
In 2015, St James's Place bought out Rowan Dartington for £34m, describing the company as an 'excellent platform' for further growth.
Rowan Dartington has restructured its senior team, resulting in Tim Cockerill taking over as investment director and Guy Stephens as managing director of the Signature division.
Rowan Dartington has launched a fee-only independent financial advisory business, after acquiring a significant stake in Stafford House Investments (SHI).
After building up a $5bn emerging markets strategy at Barings, James Syme and Paul Wimborne left in February 2011 to join boutique fund manager JO Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM).
Ben Gutteridge, director, fund research at Brewin Dolphin, urges investors to stick with long/short strategies despite their recent run of disappointing performance.
As data from China shows growth is already slowing, managers assess the government's response and the implications for investors.