Schroders today turned in a second consecutive quarter of record inflows for the first three months of the year, continuing the return to growth for the blue-blooded investment manager, just a week after new figures showed it soared from into second place from 1,527th place in net fund sales across Europe,

The company revealed net inflows across its institutional, retail and private banking businesses of £9.7bn (€11.4bn ), an improvement on the previous quarter's record of £6.3bn, which had been at the time a record intake for a three-month period.