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Ice cream is for eating
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Some companies are confused about the purpose of purpose, argues David Coombs, our head of multi-asset investments. Products and services should be tailored to their customers, not to fuzzy marketing slogans.

How to handle hammer time…
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
When markets get hammered, everything trades together explains business development executive Julianne Smith. And this may open up opportunities for savvy investors.

In process we trust
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
A strong investment process is what gets you through ragged markets without making hasty, terrible decisions. But have you actually got a process, or is it simply a bunch of preferences?

Hydrogen – the fuel of our future?
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Hydrogen is the simplest and most prevalent element in our universe. Yet turning it into clean energy is complicated indeed, notes our sustainable multi-asset investment specialist, Rahab Paracha.

It’s the economy, Cupid!
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Investor affections are proving fickle. But our multi-asset portfolios manager Will McIntosh-Whyte argues that in love and markets, it’s the things that last that really matter.

Crypto Bowl 2022
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Our multi-asset investment specialist Craig Brown is an old-school New Englander from the northern tip of Essex. His penchant for gridiron leads him into a blitz of crypto ads.

Is it time for a financial Plan B?
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
It’s been many years since inflation has given investors something to worry about. Rathbone Income Fund co-manager Carl Stick believes UK equity income sector may be an attractive antidote.

Dialling it down
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The war in Ukraine has impacted virtually all commodity prices. Households and businesses are already feeling the effects, notes David Coombs, our head of multi-asset investments.

ESG: three confusing letters
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The ESG acronym is everywhere now. But these three letters can spell a lot of confusion. Our sustainable multi-asset investment specialist Rahab Paracha explains why the recent war in Ukraine has prompted a new debate on what belongs in ESG funds.

Geopolitics and energy
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggering sanctions and potentially cutting off supplies of fossil fuels, the transition to clean energy just got more complicated.

Food 2.0
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
How innovative companies are finding sustainable ways to feed the world in challenging circumstances.

A difficult balancing act
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The UN-backed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were created to balance the economic, environmental and social pillars of sustainability. Yet the recent energy and food crises show just how difficult this can be, notes our sustainable multi-asset investment specialist Rahab Paracha.