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Bond life
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Bad news is feeding many pessimists at the moment. Head of fixed income Bryn Jones sees a different, more optimistic, picture – and he’s investing in it.
Responsible Capitalism in the US: Part III Renewable energy
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Renewable energy has always played a minor role in the US. Despite the film industry often portraying California as being awash with wind turbines, the reality is that wind only accounts for just under 10% of energy production in the country.
Responsible Capitalism in the US - the complete report
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
It can’t be understated how quickly the world can change. In the few short months since Rathbone Global Sustainability Fund Manager David Harrison travelled to the US to meet with current and potential investments, the world as we know it was flipped upside down. As the coronavirus spread around the globe, entire countries went into lockdown and economies ground to a halt. From that point forward, governments dedicated their resources to containing the outbreak and mitigating its economic fallout.
Running hot
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The thermometers are popping all over the country, so our mad head of fixed income decides to do a marathon. Bryn Jones takes action on climate change and assesses the US.
Review of the week: Independence Day lockdown
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
People are extremely adaptable as prolonged lockdowns have shown. Yet chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth ponders how changes to the way we live will shake out in the coming months and years.
Beware passively seeking yield
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Helping clients find income has been a tough gig for many years now, yet pandemic-induced dividend cuts have made that task even harder. Business development executive Julianne Smith explains why chasing yield in ETFs could be painful.
Investment Update Q3 2020
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The groundwork has been laid for a rapid recovery, but significant risks remain.
The price of everything, the value of nothing
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Sparring with travel providers over COVID kerfuffles brings home the importance of customer service for head of multi-asset investments David Coombs. For him, it’s worth paying for.
Review of the week: Tally ho!
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Call it pluck or devil-may-care recklessness, the UK has committed to diving out of the EU completely in 2021, deal or no deal. Chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth takes stock of the situation.
Rathbones expands DFM sales team with new hire
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Rathbones, one of the UK’s leading providers of investment management services for individuals, charities and professional advisers, has appointed Peter Hooker as a DFM specialist within Rathbones’ distribution team.
Peter will report to Philip Turner, head of DFM specialists.
Investment Insights Q3 2020: The healing process
Last Updated: January 13, 2026
Markets have rallied strongly as investors look forward to better days ahead. It’s often difficult to work out what’s happening in the middle of a crisis, and we don’t know what will return to normal and what will have changed forever.
Review of the week: Looking ahead
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The situation is a bit foggy right now, so investors are trying to figure out whether economies and companies are generally heading in the right direction. Chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth rounds up earnings and inflation.