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The game of politics
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
With the influence of politics on the global economy growing, could game theory provide a model for success?
Ghosts of the Tsunami wins the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
At a ceremony at The British Library on Tuesday 8 May, Rathbones CEO Philip Howell hailed the “incredible books” on the shortlist and presented Richard Lloyd Parry with a cheque for £20,000 for his work, Ghosts of the Tsunami.
Meet the 2018 shortlisted authors
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Listen to the authors talk about their shortlisted works – what they are about, and what they would like readers to take away with them.
UK equities look attractive across various valuation measures
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
UK stocks have underperformed other major developed markets so far in 2018, extending a pattern that has been in place since the June 2016 vote to leave the EU. A longer-term analysis also suggests Brexit isn’t the only thing weighing on UK companies, so why should investors be interested in UK equities now? We think investors are pricing in a fairly negative Brexit scenario, and see UK shares as offering fundamental value and opportunity in differing economic outlooks.
An evening exploring the stories behind the stories
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
With less than a week to go before the winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize for 2018 is announced, Rathbones guests enjoyed an evening of discussion between two of the nominated authors and one of the judges.
Communication and silence: Themes of the Rathbones Folio Prize shortlist
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Two novels on this year’s Rathbones Folio Prize shortlist explore the difficulties of communicating and the different forms that communication takes in the 21st century.
Migration: Themes of the Rathbones Folio Prize shortlist
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
For more than a half-a-century, as people all over the world have left their homes in search of peace and prosperity, migration has been one of contemporary literature’s central subjects.
Concerns that inflation is about to take off appear unjustified
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The spectre of higher inflation and rising interest rates sent a shudder through global markets in February. It could still cause some sleepless nights over the rest of the year, but we don’t see anything too alarming on the horizon.
US tariffs could end up biting the hand that feeds the consumer
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Until recently, protectionism had gone quiet in the press. But Donald Trump has never stopped playing the pugnacious attack dog of the anti-trade movement.
Summer days
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
It’s been a hot and sleepy summer punctuated by a few small scares, notes chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth. With a bit of luck, the trade-related worries should fade away over the rest of the year.
Tariff tangle
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Trade threats and tech troubles have made investors nervous, but economies around the world remain healthy and relatively vibrant. Our chief investment officer, Julian Chillingworth, says markets are likely to remain rocky, but that should provide opportunities
Will he? Won’t he?
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The government has got itself in another tangle over Brexit. Meanwhile, chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth investigates the strange dichotomy that’s driving an ascendant dollar.