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Shareholder notice: FCA approves changes to unit classes
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
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Review of the week: Strange signs of optimism
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
US stock markets reached new high last week, and other less conventional signs of optimism also appeared. In our latest Review of the Week, chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth considers what it all means for the longer term.
Why sustainable investing is here to stay
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Consumers, companies and investors alike are increasingly recognising that environmental, social and governance considerations are becoming vital to businesses’ long-term success. The benefits for wider society are also likely to be far-reaching.
Review of the week: Skulduggery in the Strait
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Iran and the UK clash in the Gulf, squeezing the supply of oil worldwide. Chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth notes that fading global growth should keep the crude price from spiking.
Shedding light on Brexit ‘unknowns’ part III
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Meet the new boss; same challenges as the old boss
Review of the week: Here comes the Fed
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
As the US central bank prepares to make its first interest rate reduction since 2008, many investors see the move as the end of an era. Our chief investment officer, Julian Chillingworth, thinks the impending death of the economic cycle may be greatly exaggerated.
Review of the week: How to cut rates and influence people
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
US President Donald Trump keeps rattling trade markets and keeping investors antsy. Our chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth asks, is he using the markets to pressure the US Federal Reserve to cut interest rates?
Review of the week: So much for summer
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The UK went backwards in the second quarter as businesses trod water ahead of the Brexit deadline. Our chief investment officer, Julian Chillingworth, ponders what it means for interest rates.
The weight of a pound
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
A ghoulish Brexit is weighing on sterling and Donald Trump trade war with China is weighing on the Federal Reserve. Chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth looks at the effects of both.
Spend it with care
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Fast isn’t always good. The rise of ‘fast fashion’ may have brought short-term happiness to some, but its long-term impacts are potentially devastating.
The six principles
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Then-UN secretary general Kofi Annan convened a group of the world’s largest institutional investors in early 2005, inviting them to start a process to develop the Principles of Responsible Investment. This panel drafted The Six Principles, which were launched in April 2006 at the New York Stock Exchange.
Review of the week: Welcome back
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Action and adventure abounded in the summer holidays and it wasn’t all between the covers of a Robert Louis Stevenson novel. Our chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth takes stock.