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Interrogating the stock market rally
Last Updated: September 23, 2025
Stay informed with our latest 10-minute investment update video, exploring record highs in stock markets, corporate earnings and the interplay between UK inflation and gilts.
Weekly Digest: Markets’ Indian Summer
Last Updated: September 23, 2025
Summer seems to have ended quite abruptly in the UK. But financial markets have maintained a sunny mood. It’s time for a quick review of where we are and what might be some of the key drivers of markets between now and the end of the year.
Four ways to reduce your inheritance tax bill
Last Updated: September 26, 2025
Whatever your views on IHT, it needs thinking about – all the more because the UK is in the top ten of countries with the highest inheritance tax rates in the world. The inevitability of this tax for many families makes good estate planning a must.
Weekly Digest: Weakening US growth collides with rising inflation
Last Updated: September 2, 2025
A drastic reduction to estimates of American jobs growth and the uncertain effect of a raft of political changes are clouding the outlook for the US central bank. Investors still believe the odds are good for a resumption of interest rate cuts regardless.
Weekly Digest: Cognitive drain
Last Updated: September 24, 2025
Americans are getting richer, boosting consumption and helping US stocks reach fresh record highs. The market is also boosted by a bet that profits could grow as corporate America learns how to use AI productively.
Climate change: what investors need to know
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
In the second of our ‘what investors need to know’ series, we take a look at GDP as a measurement of economic success, delve into the energy crisis and discuss what a commitment to net zero means for investors.
Taking investment risks into retirement webinar
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
What do you need to consider when passing on wealth and what concerns do you have? We address these questions and shed light on the interplay between future income streams, inflation, savings rates, and potential returns.
Investment Update video: When the facts change
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
Rathbones’ co-chief investment officer Ed Smith explains that worsening economic data suggests that an American recession is now more likely than not.
Take control of your financial future today
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
The new tax year started on 6 April 2024, giving you a fresh chance to take advantage of all the different tax-efficient ways to save and invest. By using your annual allowances sooner rather than later, your money will benefit from the tax advantages and potential growth earlier.
Review of the week: I predict a riot
Last Updated: July 24, 2025
A plan to sort out France’s unsustainable state spending is in jeopardy as another government is threatened with dissolution by the parliament. Meanwhile, chances improve for a December interest rate cut in the US.
Under the spotlight: offshore investment bonds
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
Offshore investment bonds probably sound more mysterious than they are; the word offshore conjures up an image of somewhere exotic, somewhere with a sunnier climate than the UK! In reality, offshore jurisdictions we would typically consider share our climate and are accessible by ferry and in some cases, jet ski.
Review of the week: A platinum reign
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
A long and honourable reign has ended. We are deeply saddened by the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, and our thoughts are with the Royal Family.