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Building a collagen empire - Inspired Sounds Episode 8
Last Updated: October 2, 2025
Joining us this episode is young entrepreneur, Forbes 30 under 30 alumni and Absolute Collagen co-founder, Darcy Laceby. Our assistant investment manager Raphaela Major gets deep into conversation about the origins of the company, what it’s like to work closely with family and what the future holds for Absolute Collagen.
Learning to swim - Inspired Sounds Episode 9
Last Updated: October 2, 2025
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.
How to get the edge in fundraising - Inspired Sounds Episode 2
Last Updated: October 2, 2025
Just how do you go about fundraising? Every entrepreneur will have to do it at least once during their business’ life – and often many times over. Serial co-founder Scott White shares his insights.
Your fundraising journey - Inspired Sounds Episode 4
Last Updated: October 2, 2025
We speak to Anastasiya Elfimova, Head of Originations at Hg about investment criteria, how a business’s growth capabilities influence the decision-making process, and the fundamentals of establishing a good working relationship. We also cover the importance of a strong management team, choosing your investors wisely, and planning when to take the business to your chosen investor (it’s never too early!).
An entrepreneurial journey - Inspired Sounds Episode 1
Last Updated: October 2, 2025
Drum roll please 🥁 our very first Inspired Sounds podcast is here! In the first episode of our three-part series, Scott White, co-founder of Pragmatic Semiconductor (and five other business ventures) talks to us about life as an entrepreneur.
Review of the week: Tax cuts or a conservative Budget?
Last Updated: October 3, 2025
UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will announce what is widely expected to be the last Budget of this government on Wednesday.
Rathbone SICAV High Quality Fund Closure
Last Updated: October 3, 2025
In our capacity as Distributor and Investment Manager of the Rathbone Luxembourg Funds SICAV (“the Company”) we are informing you about the liquidation of Rathbone SICAV High Quality Bond Fund, a sub-fund of the Company (the “Sub-Fund”), as soon as possible from 19 July 2024 and subject to the prior approval of the Sub-Fund’s supervising authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the “CSSF”).
Artificial intelligence and the search for company profits
Last Updated: October 3, 2025
The launch of ChatGPT has triggered a new artificial intelligence (AI) gold rush among investors. This search for riches has driven strong gains this year across the technology sector — from chip makers (the picks and shovels of this new gold rush) to large cloud-computing service providers, software vendors and IT consultants. But it’s far from clear how it will all pan out.
Investment Insights Q4 2023: Shaky ground
Last Updated: October 3, 2025
Why investing in UK property is not always as safe as houses.
The Magnificent Seven
Last Updated: October 3, 2025
“Dashing superheroes rescue distressed equity investors from the perils of rising interest rates” could be the headline for last year’s lopsided stock market action. Dubbed the Magnificent Seven, a small group of companies — comprising Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta and Tesla —contributed more than half of the gain in the S&P 500 in 2023.
Investment Insights Q1 2024: The Magnificent Seven
Last Updated: October 3, 2025
“Dashing superheroes rescue distressed equity investors from the perils of rising interest rates” could be the headline for last year’s lopsided stock market action. Dubbed the Magnificent Seven, a small group of companies — Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta and Tesla — contributed more than half of the gain in the S&P 500 in 2023 (figure 1). Will they continue to be such a key determinant of performance for charities with global equity exposure in 2024?
Are you concentrating?
Last Updated: October 3, 2025
The massive concentration of the American stock market is a hot topic. If investors in US stocks had owned the seven largest companies by market cap in 2023, they’d have more than doubled their money. Without those seven, the S&P 500 large cap index made just 8%. Because of this huge imbalance in returns, the weight of the top 10 most valuable stocks in the S&P is now an eyewatering 32%.