BUZZ-Train endorsement stirs interest in Rathbone

Rathbone Brothers (LSE: RAT.L - news) shares traded twice their average daily volume in the first hour of trade making them the most active among UK midcaps following a vote of confidence from fund manager Nick Train.

** April commentary: http://link.reuters.com/sud59v

** Train says recent deal to acquire a private client business from Jupiter offered value.

** Rathbone shares stuck in narrow range since hitting life high a month ago.

** Train manages the Lindsell Train UK Equity Fund and has beaten the Lipper benchmark every year since 2009.

** Fund managed £937.6 mln ($1.58 bln) as of April 30.

($1 = 0.5935 British Pounds) (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : vikram.subhedar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)