Last Updated: September 30, 2025

“It’s just a flesh wound.”

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

A logjam in the streets and another in Parliament. Our chief investment officer, Julian Chillingworth, ponders a hectic week ahead.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

Global equities shrugged off some bad news to post remarkable gains in the first quarter. Julian Chillingworth, our chief investment officer, thinks it’s time to shuffle toward the exit – but not too fast.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

It’s hard to see anything beyond Brexit in the UK’s future, but UK Opportunities fund manager Alexandra Jackson has been noting a real resurgence in the fortunes of British households. If only they felt confident enough to start spending.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

The Conservative Party has politicked itself into a terrible bind, explains Julian Chillingworth, our chief investment officer. The consequences for the country could be momentous

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

It seems only fitting that our new Brexit date coincides with Halloween – will it be ‘trick’ or ‘treat’? 

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

As investors return from the long Easter weekend, Rathbones chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth considers the prospects for compromise as tariff wars and Brexit negotiations continue amid rumours of another plot to oust Theresa May in our latest Review of the Week.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

American stocks roared back from last year’s setback at a pace rarely seen. Our chief investment officer, Julian Chillingworth, puzzles over the diabolical VIX index and explains why he thinks markets could be getting ahead of themselves.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

The Donald has ratcheted up tensions in the trade stand-off just when a resolution was so close you could taste it. Our chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth ponders whether investors are right to shrug it off as gamesmanship.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

When facts become contested emotion unseats the rule of reason, muses chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth. And emotion is the enemy of compromise.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

The Conservatives are falling over themselves to replace the Prime Minister, even as she doggedly works on her deal. Meanwhile, America fires another shot at China in the trade war.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

After years of arguments and hollering over Brexit, most Brits didn't even bother voting in the EU elections. Julian Chillingworth lays out how Nigel Farage's big win could affect mainstream party policies.