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Rathbones Folio Mentorships
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Since it was established in 2014, the Rathbones Folio Prize has sought to set itself apart from existing literary awards. This means not just championing the finest contemporary writing, but looking to the future to promote a diverse and inclusive literary culture and nurture outstanding new talent.
A brand new world
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The future of brands in a rapidly changing consumer landscape
Could UK equities spring forth?
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
After a long, cold winter for UK stocks, spring could be just around the corner.
Saving the planet from plastic
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The environmental damage that plastic waste causes has become a global problem. Steps to address the issue are now being taken worldwide, with a reduction in non-biodegradable plastics a key goal. But how close is science to offering us viable solutions?
How diversification can help returns through all conditions
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Ten-year gilt yields rose steadily in the first two months of 2018 to a high of more than 1.6% (figure 6). They fell back slightly from late February, but even at these levels UK government bonds are once again looking like a viable alternative to holding cash in portfolios.
We have long believed that with yields so low, gilts offered little advantage over cash for a typical diversified portfolio and were vulnerable to capital losses.
The Future of Banking
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Banks have proved unusually resilient to the disruptive forces reshaping almost every field of business, yet the gradual transformation of the sector is becoming ever harder to deny — and to resist. Are our traditional banks now under threat?
Rathbones Review Summer 2018
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The drama that unfolded in drought-ravaged Cape Town during the first months of 2018 focused worldwide attention on one of the biggest challenges facing humanity today: water scarcity.
Rathbones win Private Client Asset Manager of the Year
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Rathbones win Private Client Asset Manager of the Year for third year in a row at the Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2018
The game of politics
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
With the influence of politics on the global economy growing, could game theory provide a model for success?
Ghosts of the Tsunami wins the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
At a ceremony at The British Library on Tuesday 8 May, Rathbones CEO Philip Howell hailed the “incredible books” on the shortlist and presented Richard Lloyd Parry with a cheque for £20,000 for his work, Ghosts of the Tsunami.
Meet the 2018 shortlisted authors
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Listen to the authors talk about their shortlisted works – what they are about, and what they would like readers to take away with them.
UK equities look attractive across various valuation measures
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
UK stocks have underperformed other major developed markets so far in 2018, extending a pattern that has been in place since the June 2016 vote to leave the EU. A longer-term analysis also suggests Brexit isn’t the only thing weighing on UK companies, so why should investors be interested in UK equities now? We think investors are pricing in a fairly negative Brexit scenario, and see UK shares as offering fundamental value and opportunity in differing economic outlooks.