For the first time, the firm will be running a year-in-industry programme for university students, enabling it to engage high-potential talent earlier and create new routes into the sector. The nine-month placements, starting in September 2026, will help access into the 2028 graduate scheme, the firm said in a statement.

In addition, Rathbones is expanding its existing graduate scheme to include placements in Rathbones Asset Management for the first time. Graduates will start in September, joining other cohorts in the wealth sector.

Rathbones will also welcome summer interns across data and technology to its offices in London, Liverpool and Glasgow, a further group of school-leaver apprentices into wealth, and a contingent of interns through its partnership with the 10,000 Interns programme, which supports underrepresented graduates throughout the UK.

Rathbones said it is proud to invest in people to support of its long-term growth strategy and its ambition to be the best wealth manager in the UK. Placements and school-leaver apprenticeships throughout Rathbones’ business areas and locations will complement the graduate academy, creating more ways for people to build careers in the organisation while helping to develop a broad and resilient future workforce.

“This year marks an important step in how Rathbones is developing its future talent, building on a strong graduate foundation by creating new routes into the business,” Lorna Williamson, head of emerging talent, said. “This expansion reflects a deliberate approach to broadening access, creating opportunity and investing in the people who will help shape our future. Our people are at the heart of what we do, and we look forward to welcoming early career talent into the business."