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Review of the week: The Chancellor’s Goodwill Hunting
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The government has more cash to work with after better-than-expected GDP growth and higher tax receipts. How will the extra money be used?
The AI opportunity: it’s more than just Nvidia
Last Updated: October 1, 2025
The AI revolution is more than just the handful of household names at the top of the S&P 500. Global equity analyst Siyuan Lin outlines just some of the businesses making up the diverse ecosystem needed for the technology to thrive.
The UK faces tough choices – it needs to act
Last Updated: October 1, 2025
As the UK summer slowly rolls towards autumn, the government’s second Budget approaches. Head of Multi-Asset Investments David Coombs is getting concerned that Labour isn’t bold enough to deal with pressing problems.
Finding the perfect partner: where profit meets purpose
Last Updated: October 1, 2025
Finance often gets a bad rap – sometimes justified! – yet it’s a sector that looms large because of the extraordinary leverage it can bring to bear. As our sustainable investment analyst Neil Smith explains, when harnessed right, it can help create a whole lot of good.
Skipping a beat
Last Updated: October 1, 2025
Whether you love Trump or hate him, you can’t argue that he’s giving the world a tremendous shock. Multi-asset portfolios fund manager Will McIntosh-Whyte unpicks the good from the toxic and explains how he’s investing in the relationship.
The vibes are bad for the UK economy, yet its stock market is smoking
Last Updated: October 1, 2025
It’s been one miserable tiding after another for the UK this year. Yet Rathbone UK Opportunities Fund manager Alexandra Jackson notes the FTSE All-Share has shrugged off the malaise to post one of its best starts to the year in three decades.
To lend, borrow, or not; nay, to buy? That is the question
Last Updated: October 2, 2025
Head of multi-asset investments David Coombs’s Nan Connie was so sceptical of debt it made her wax lyrical. Her old advice prompts him to wonder if a tempest is building in debt markets or if it’s all just Shakespearean melodrama.
Strategic Investment: Rethinking long-term charity portfolios
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
For institutional charities such as foundations and endowments, investment strategy is not just about navigating short-term market movements. It is about building portfolios that preserve and grow capital in real terms, so that charitable missions can be supported not only today but well into the future.
Productivity booster
Last Updated: October 2, 2025
All charities should be examining how they can harness the opportunities presented by AI, while remaining alive to the risks, Andrew Maxwell and Simon Lapthorne tell Ian Allsop from Civil Society Media.
Into the Dragon's Den with Seep - Inspired Sounds Episode 15
Last Updated: October 2, 2025
Fresh from her success on Dragon's Den, we are delighted to welcome Laura Harnett, founder of sustainable cleaning brand Seep, to the latest episode of Inspired Sounds hosted by Investment Manager, Elliot Evans. Tune in for behind-the-scenes insights into what it really takes to leave victorious from the BBC’s iconic business show, and hear Laura’s powerful take on why supporting female founders matters now more than ever.
Paws and provisions - Inspired Sounds Episode 14
Last Updated: October 2, 2025
Tune in to the latest episode of the Inspired Sounds podcast, where Rebecca Tunstall, investment manager at Rathbones sits down with Guy Blaskey, founder of Pooch & Mutt. Pooch & Mutt have created an enhanced series of natural meals, treats and supplements that are healthy and tasty to keep our furry friends happy! Guy explains how he harnessed his brand knowledge and expertise to bring Pooch & Mutt to market and why he advocates for any budding entrepreneurs to just get started! Howard shares the story behind building a luxury gin brand with a mission to become the world's #1. Discover how passion, integrity, and an unwavering commitment to quality drive his entrepreneurial success.
Ginspired - Inspired Sounds Episode 13
Last Updated: October 2, 2025
Tune in to the latest episode of the Inspired Sounds podcast, where Rebecca Tunstall, investment manager at Rathbones sits down with Howard Davies, co-founder and director of Salcombe Gin. Blending two great loves; Salcombe and high-quality spirits, Howard embarked on his entrepreneurial journey by founding an award-winning gin distillery based in his hometown. Howard shares the story behind building a luxury gin brand with a mission to become the world's #1. Discover how passion, integrity, and an unwavering commitment to quality drive his entrepreneurial success.