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Be a ScamSmart investor
Last Updated: July 4, 2025
Sarah Owen-Jones, Chief Risk Officer, Rathbones The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently launched its ScamSmart campaign to help investors, particularly retirees, avoid the financial losses and emotional distress of being scammed. Over-65s with savings in excess of £10,000 are three and a half times more likely to fall victim to investment fraud. This campaign has particular appeal to us given many of our clients are in this age group.
Earth Convention webinar: Time for a reset?
Last Updated: January 20, 2023
Earth Convention webinar: watch ‘Time for a Reset?’, to hear our panel discuss whether the COVID-19 crisis could be the defining moment in the fight against climate change.
Review of the week: A way forward?
Last Updated: February 28, 2023
A new deal for the Northern Irish border is imminent, bringing hope of greater clarity on Brexit for the UK. Meanwhile, the outlook for global inflation only gets foggier.
Take control of your financial future today
Last Updated: August 13, 2024
The new tax year is a good time to take advantage of your annual allowances to give your savings and investments more opportunities to grow.
Investment Insights Q1 2023: A balancing act
Last Updated: July 21, 2025
Our latest Investment Insights looks to demystify some misconceptions about growth and value investing, with important implications given the risks of recession this year. We also highlight the signs we will be looking for to know when it's time to turn more positive.
Investment Insights webinar - Q1 2024
Last Updated: July 21, 2025
Rathbones’ co-chief investment officer, Edward Smith and head of equities, Sanjiv Tumkur share their views on the key questions facing investors and the market impact of the Magnificent Seven US tech giants.
How might the Autumn Budget affect you?
Last Updated: November 21, 2024
In one of the most anticipated Budgets in recent history, Chancellor Rachel Reeves raised £40 billion of taxes, which will fall predominantly on businesses and the wealthy. With a Labour manifesto that promised to protect “working people” and boost economic stability and growth, there was much speculation over how the £22 billion black hole in the nation’s finances would be filled.
The coronavirus pandemic
Last Updated: July 4, 2025
Markets have reacted to the collapse in demand that will be wrought across many sectors by attempts to contain the coronavirus outbreak, as conferences, business travel and holidays are cancelled and consumers are encouraged to stay indoors. The longer the crisis lasts, the greater the risk that companies will face severe cash flow problems. When the economic tide is turning, as it is now, any shortcomings of business models are left exposed. As Warren Buffett famously said: “It’s only when the tide goes out that you learn who’s been swimming naked.”
Economic and investment outlook
Last Updated: October 17, 2024
Can we start to anticipate a period of strengthening economic and market recovery following cuts to interest rates by central banks? Our experts share their insights.
Planet Papers 5: The economic ecosystem
Last Updated: July 4, 2025
Back to Planet Papers hub If you focus narrowly on the returns delivered to shareholders since the onslaught of COVID-19, you would have to say capitalism has navigated this extreme challenge successfully. But not in a sustainable way if the other stakeholders — employees, customers and the wider world — aren’t sharing in the benefits or, worse, if they’re paying a cost for delivering those returns.
Online retailers benefit from a presence on the high street
Last Updated: January 20, 2023
We’re spending more time than ever before shopping through our smartphones and laptops rather than braving multi-storey car parks and crowded high streets.
Episode 9: Learning to swim
Last Updated: September 24, 2024
This extraordinary episode from our Inspired Sounds series shines a spotlight on the transformative journey of Paul Thompson, founder of Water Babies. Rebecca Tunstall, investment director here at Rathbones discovers why Paul left a secure job in Brighton to pursue a new path as a scuba diving instructor in the Caribbean and how he ultimately found his passion for teaching little ones to swim.