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Review of the week: Federal foresight
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The US central bank’s nod to the surging American recovery frightened markets last week. These wobbly moments could become a longer-term fixture of the global recovery.
Review of the week: Midsummer mojo?
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Stock markets have regained their positive momentum, but don’t expect a balmy and tranquil summer ahead.
Review of the week: Celebrations, American style
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
US markets make new records just in time for Independence Day. While Americans take a day off, it seems a good time to take a look at a tough corner of the UK labour market.
Review of the week: Reaching for the heavens
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Virgin Galactic pushes the frontiers of tourism yet higher with a successful passenger shuttle flight into the mesosphere. Miles below, COVID-19 continues to spread.
Sustainable Investment Festival: Green Infrastructure – Long term opportunities and how to find them
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Review of the week: Breakout
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
England dispenses with all restrictions as infections multiply. At home, as overseas, completing the vaccination drive becomes crucial.
Review of the week: Up and down
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Stock markets are bouncing between good news and bad. Meanwhile, crunch time approaches for US lawmakers on the nation’s infrastructure revamp.
Runaway prices are unlikely but the outlook is uncertain
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Though May’s inflation-induced spike in market volatility had subsided by June, uncertainty remains: will it be a fleeting inflation spike or are there more profound underlying causes that could make it a lasting trend?
Review of the week: Red dawn
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
China reminds everyone that communists like to meddle in markets. Meanwhile earnings are booming in the West as the recovery rolls on despite investor nervousness.
Review of the week: Are labour markets working?
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Labour markets are struggling to get to grips with new post-pandemic supply and demand dynamics. Meanwhile, tighter scrutiny is increasing tech companies’ costs of doing business.
Why stewardship matters
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Unchecked decisions at high levels were at the heart of the global financial crisis. Today, a decade later, there is a far sharper focus on how organisations are governed, with institutional investors expected to take a much more robust stance in calling to account the companies whose shares they own. As a leading asset manager, Rathbones takes its stewardship responsibilities seriously.
Review of the week: Breathing space
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The children have returned to classes and the adults seem to be drifting back to the office. The pandemic still looms large though, affecting travel, spending and taxes.