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Hunting the red October
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
October was a brutal month for investors, with a simultaneous rise in bond yields and sharp correction in equity markets. In English, this means the value of both bonds and stocks headed the same way: down
All the tea in China
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Markets were dominated by US politics last week, with investors first holding their breath and then pondering how America will fare with a split Congress.
Changes to our dual priced funds
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
We are making some important changes with respect to those of our funds that have dual (offer and bid) prices; namely a switch to ‘swinging’ single pricing.
UK Christmas dealing notice 2020
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
In line with The London Stock Exchange Rathbone Unit Trust Management Limited will be open for dealing as follows:
Luxembourg SICAV Christmas dealing notice 2020
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Note dealing dates and times for the Luxembourg SICAV funds
Backseat drivers
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Investors took a second referendum on the UK’s Brexit deal last week: the result was a resounding no.
Safe harbours
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Equities took another battering last week, with oil and technology stocks hit hardest.
All I want for Christmas
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
US Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell all but dressed up in a Santa suit when he spoke at the New York Economic Club last week.
Santa and the Grinch
Last Updated: February 4, 2026
I am a tariff man.
Emerging market debt is attractive despite some isolated problems
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Trouble in some emerging markets (EMs) has pushed yields for EM debt in general to attractive levels relative to safer developed market bonds. The crucial question for investors is whether the problems in Argentina and Turkey are localised or could spread to other regions. Investors have been spooked and EM currencies remain under pressure, but have markets over-reacted?
Shedding light on Brexit ‘unknowns’ part II
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
With the Brexit decision tree we shared earlier this year we aimed to make sense of what at times has seemed a senseless situation. There are still many unknowns, but with new information starting to shine through in the last month, we are now publishing an update.
Power to the people
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Polls suggest that a majority of the British public would like to see rail, energy and water services renationalised. We look at the history of nationalisation in the UK and consider what a return to state control would entail and whether it is genuinely viable.