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Last Updated: November 25, 2025
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The Wave Project – Changing lives through surfing
Last Updated: November 25, 2025
We spoke to Ian Bennet, Adaptive Surf Coordinator at The Wave Project, about how the charity is working works to make surfing as accessible and inclusive as possible.
Responsible Capitalism in the US - the complete report
Last Updated: November 25, 2025
It can’t be understated how quickly the world can change. In the few short months since Rathbone Global Sustainability Fund Manager David Harrison travelled to the US to meet with current and potential investments, the world as we know it was flipped upside down. As the coronavirus spread around the globe, entire countries went into lockdown and economies ground to a halt. From that point forward, governments dedicated their resources to containing the outbreak and mitigating its economic fallout.
Investment Update: Global recession? It’s not as likely as markets suggest
Last Updated: November 25, 2025
Rising interest rates, slowing GDP growth and war have rocked markets. Stock prices say recession is locked in; we’re not so sure. It’s a significant risk, but there’s more resilience in today’s economy than many investors think.
THE NEXT CHAPTER
Last Updated: November 25, 2025
We are proud to unveil the next chapter in Rathbones' brand story.
Review of the week: A Continental dog’s breakfast
Last Updated: November 25, 2025
The outlook for Europe looks cloudy as its two largest economies struggle. Comparatively, the UK is doing generally ok. It’s only the US that continues to power ahead.
Chart of the week: Should you pay to lend money?
Last Updated: November 25, 2025
How low can yields go?
Polls apart: Navigating America’s divisive election
Last Updated: November 25, 2025
Elections challenge investors’ ability to maintain a calm, dispassionate view like nothing else, and no election exemplifies this better than America’s choice for its next President. When you cut through the fog of the emotive and partisan headlines, the broad features of the investing landscape look like they are here to stay as former President Donald Trump takes on Vice President Kamala Harris – both have embraced protectionism and an active government role in directing investment, and are tolerant of taking on more debt. Yet their two parties agree on little beyond these general principals.
Review of the week: Everything, everywhere, all at once
Last Updated: November 25, 2025
It’s a manic week ahead, full of monetary policy, earnings and economic insights. Just the right time for a week of strikes to cause bedlam throughout the UK, from schools to railways.
Review of the week: The great retirement
Last Updated: November 25, 2025
The UK labour market is in a huge state of flux. The population is ageing fast, people are retiring earlier and changes to immigration are leading to a lack of ‘unskilled’ workers.
Looking beyond today’s superstars for tomorrow’s winners
Last Updated: November 25, 2025
It may feel like déjà vu as equity performance is again concentrated in a few big names, but in his latest video update, Rathbones co-CIO Ed Smith discusses how positive earnings surprises are spreading more widely and why this is good news for active investors.
Rathbone Global Sustainability Fund: US Election — November 2020
Last Updated: November 25, 2025
The new tenant of the White House plans to make some major changes to green infrastructure and climate change policies. With America’s sustainability agenda set to head in a new direction, fund manager David Harrison muses about the knock on impact of US President-Elect Joe Biden’s policies on the Rathbone Global Sustainability Fund.