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Opposing forces: Sometimes financial markets send out conflicting signals
Last Updated: September 23, 2025
Global markets flash mixed signals as equities hit record highs while bond yields climb, raising questions about AI-driven growth, debt risks and political uncertainty.
Don’t bet the house: The golden age of property investment is over
Last Updated: September 11, 2025
Rising rates, tax changes and slowing wage growth are cooling the UK’s once-booming property market, with equities now outpacing housing returns.
Counting the cost: Why rising government debts matter for investors
Last Updated: September 18, 2025
Rising debt and higher borrowing costs are reshaping public finances across advanced economies — with big implications for inflation, growth and long-term investment strategies.
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.
Under the spotlight: how the PDF supports deputies and their clients
Last Updated: March 18, 2024
We spoke to Stacey Bryant, Partner at Enable Law and recently appointed Chair of the Professional Deputies Forum, about the PDF’s plans, some of the key challenges facing the profession, and her thoughts on the re PW case.
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.
Charity investment training webinar series
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
Understanding investing: CC14 and how to develop an investment policy