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Tax-efficient ways to give
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The coronavirus is hurting the pockets of many charities, but the British tax system is remarkably generous to those who want to help.
When a habit becomes a trend
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
His heart is in Santorini, his head is in rural Wiltshire and his cash is in the freezer. Head of multi-asset investments David Coombs grapples with lockdown realities and the changes they could bring to shopping.
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.
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.
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.
Review of the week: Harder than you think
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
For months, the American economy has shrugged off a muddled response to the pandemic, posting better-than-expected numbers. Reality may finally have caught up, notes chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth.
Where the wind blows
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Rathbone Global Sustainability Fund manager David Harrison discusses the rise of renewable energy and how it is making a more sustainable world.
Review of the week: Foxes and storks
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Investors have piled into gold as the reality of US-China diplomacy starts to resemble Aesop’s fabled fox and stork. Chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth also ponders whether US tech shares are priced for perfection as he looks ahead to some big earnings results this week.
Review of the week: Control the message
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Corporate results fared well during lockdowns, yet they are still well below pre-pandemic levels. Chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth examines why gold has hit record highs and why ‘riskier’ banks have done better than vanilla ones.
There may be a silver lining to the cloud hanging over income
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
For the first time in modern history, the world has experienced a synchronised shutdown of the majority of economic activity and the enforced quarantine of almost entire populations. This situation has created an unprecedented dilemma for companies, with large numbers of them withdrawing completely from providing any estimate of their future sales and profits.
Review of the week: White House rescue
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Congress failed to seal a benefit extension for unemployed Americans or figure out how to support cash-strapped states as the summer recess looms. It fell to the President to come up with a contested stopgap.