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Investment Update Q1 2023: Will 2023 be less volatile?
Last Updated: February 23, 2023
We can see a path to a new bull market in the second half of 2023, but we’re not there yet.
Surviving the cost of living crisis: a tale of two charities
Last Updated: January 20, 2023
John Brady, head of fundraising at St Andrew’s Hospice and Anna Baker Cresswell, executive director of HighGround, share their thoughts on how the cost of living crisis is affecting their charities, and their response to it.
Investment Insights 2024 UK election special: Labour’s climate policy has implications for investors
Last Updated: July 21, 2025
It seemed, at times, that Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan— a pledge to invest £28 billion a year into greening the economy— was destined for death by a thousand cuts. In the end it limped, wounded, into the manifesto. But the taming of Labour’s initial ambition has prompted questions about the party’s devotion to the climate cause.
Earth Convention - The Four Elements: Fire
Last Updated: June 30, 2023
Rathbones and 5 x 15 present the Four Elements: Fire - bringing in experts from different disciplines to discuss the future of our planet at this critical time and examine what actions investors can take to make a difference.
Autumn Statement 2023: Give With One Hand, Take With the Other
Last Updated: November 23, 2023
Context is everything when it comes to drawing out the investment implications from the political theatre of the Autumn Statement, and there are three pieces of context particularly worth highlighting this time around.
Keeping a level head late in the economic cycle
Last Updated: September 30, 2024
In his latest video update, Rathbones co-CIO Ed Smith warns against excessive expectations for US interest rate cuts – and against over-reacting to stock market volatility.
The rebirth of industrial policy and what it means for investors
Last Updated: October 17, 2024
This recording explores whether elections have accelerated the trend for activist policy and what it means for our long-term investment outlook.
Review of the week: Hazy data
Last Updated: March 12, 2024
Problems with UK labour surveys are making it hard to know the true rate of unemployment. Meanwhile, the Chancellor releases a tax-cutting Budget that leaves the next government with tough choices.
Review of the week: No rain, no rain
Last Updated: July 6, 2023
Economic data has been confusing for a while. Thankfully, there’s a central bank hiatus just big enough to slip Wimbledon into.
On the road to recovery
Last Updated: June 20, 2024
With recession risks fading around the world, the investment outlook is turning more positive.
Review of the week: Jobs bounce back
Last Updated: October 7, 2024
America’s fading jobs market reversed course last month, with a surge of new jobs created. What does this mean for the path of interest rates?
Review of the week: Sudden market jolt gives way to tentative calm
Last Updated: August 12, 2024
Markets started wild as recession fears rose, yet became more orderly as last week progressed. Will the calm remain?