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Read the Rathbones Folio Prize shortlist for free
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Access the first few chapters of all of the Rathbones Folio Prize shortlisted books digitally for free. Read just for yourself or chat online with others about this great selection of books not to be missed.
Inflation: an economic reality of life
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Those who remember the rampant inflation of the 1970s and 1980s may be over-concerned about its return and the insidious effect it has on our wealth. But history offers some comfort too.
Clouded judgment
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Today a huge wealth of information, including some of our most personal material, finds its way to the “cloud”. In the era of hackers and cyber-warfare, is the shift to remote data storage wise?
A new way of thinking about income
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Interest rates and bond yields headed to the floor in the wake of the global financial crisis and have more or less stayed there since. In this “new normal”, generating a sufficient income may require new ways of thinking.
Homo economicus
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
We all know £2.99 is a bargain and £3.00 is a scandal. Whoever first realised the incredible value hidden in that one pence made a lot of money on our irrationality. Brokers are now probably making that much money again with investors trading feverishly as the 10-year US Treasury broke the 3.00% milestone for the first time in a bit over four years.
Investment Update Q3 2018
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Clearing the hurdles
Rathbones Folio Mentorships
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Since it was established in 2014, the Rathbones Folio Prize has sought to set itself apart from existing literary awards. This means not just championing the finest contemporary writing, but looking to the future to promote a diverse and inclusive literary culture and nurture outstanding new talent.
A brand new world
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The future of brands in a rapidly changing consumer landscape
Could UK equities spring forth?
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
After a long, cold winter for UK stocks, spring could be just around the corner.
How diversification can help returns through all conditions
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Ten-year gilt yields rose steadily in the first two months of 2018 to a high of more than 1.6% (figure 6). They fell back slightly from late February, but even at these levels UK government bonds are once again looking like a viable alternative to holding cash in portfolios. We have long believed that with yields so low, gilts offered little advantage over cash for a typical diversified portfolio and were vulnerable to capital losses.
The Future of Banking
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Banks have proved unusually resilient to the disruptive forces reshaping almost every field of business, yet the gradual transformation of the sector is becoming ever harder to deny — and to resist. Are our traditional banks now under threat?
Rathbones Review Summer 2018
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
The drama that unfolded in drought-ravaged Cape Town during the first months of 2018 focused worldwide attention on one of the biggest challenges facing humanity today: water scarcity.