Last Updated: September 30, 2025

There is mounting evidence of the risks facing young people who spend an ever-increasing part of their lives online. The school curriculum has been updated to include guidance on acting safely online, and the government is reviewing ways to control how much time children spend on social media platforms. But what can parents do to reduce the dangers of a digital world? Two experts offer their insights and advice.

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Last Updated: September 30, 2025

Copper is the world’s favoured conduit of electrical current. It is also a popular method of tracking the conduit of global trade.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

For all the talk of fake news, it would be hard to dream up something stranger than the actual events of the past week in the US. And, weirdly, the markets barely shrugged.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

An obscure British shopping trolley company can be turned into the world’s largest media giant, and then be eclipsed by an upstart tech company toting the motto, “don’t be evil”.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

European politics is back to its old tricks. Just when you thought the Continent was settling down, two governments started disintegrating over a weekend.
A recent market mantra has been the muted effect of politics on asset prices. That always seemed a bit of a stretch, considering the movements in currency markets and the bull-run of US equities set off by a change in US taxes. It could be said that the steady rise in US Treasury yields were driven in large part by this change in the US political environment. Now ructions in Europe have put the “end of politics” claim to bed.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

Shrugging off steadily worsening economic data, the FTSE 100 hit a record high of 7,779.5 on Thursday. It has since gone higher this morning and has eclipsed the intra-day record notched up in mid-January, too.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

After months of playing hardball with China over trade, President Donald Trump has offered to intervene in a Commerce Department ruling that has crippled a Chinese telecommunications giant.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

The Bank of England is expected to hold interest rates at 0.5% when its monetary policy committee meets on Thursday. For the past few weeks, Governor Mark Carney has backpedalled on a May hike following a run of poor economic data. With the committee gun-shy about pulling the trigger when economic data are glum, it could be some time before we see another rate rise. GDP growth has been trending downward for a year now, posting a paltry 1.2% annual expansion in the first quarter.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

There is a school of thought that says monetary policy has to shock to be effective.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

Donald Trump hammered out a new trade deal with Mexico last week, but negotiations with Canada have been less fruitful.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

A decade ago the bottom fell out of Lehman Brothers and the global financial crisis well and truly got going.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

This note is to inform you of a proposed merger of the net assets of the Rathbone Blue Chip Income and Growth Fund into the Rathbone Income Fund.