Knowledge and Insight

Inflation is high but the pace of economic growth isn’t stagnating.

The final quarter of 2021 proved to be an eventful one for the global economy, with surging inflation and ongoing concerns about supply shortages. Yet markets performed relatively well over the period despite the new Omicron strain adding to the uncertainty. As we look ahead to 2022, economic indicators suggest the post-COVID recovery should continue, and so too should earnings growth.

Welcome to the Winter edition of Rathbones Review.

We thought it would be helpful to put together a list of considerations to help deputies and trustees make this important decision for their personal injury (PI) and Court of Protection (COP) clients.

Rebecca Bristow of Shoosmiths has kindly contributed a piece on statutory wills and their importance when planning for the future.

After a stunning second quarter for economic growth and corporate profits as the world started opening back up again, investor optimism has been tempered. Growth is slowing down in China, the first major economy to regain its lost output, and the global economic recovery seems to be coming off the boil too. Still, we think going from great to merely good will still be good enough.

A guide to human efforts to tackle climate change.

Considerations when selecting an investment manager

We welcomed Tikristini Olasode and Emmanuel Ezego to the business for 6 weeks during which they completed placements with Financial Planning, RUTM, Research, Marketing and the Blue Cloud Investment Management team.

Resurgent growth in the post-COVID world has rekindled talk of the next ‘supercycle’ for industrial commodities. But beneath the headlines, the reality is that this demand is likely to pale in comparison with the driver of the original supercycle.

Investor optimism spread over the second quarter as economies around the world continued to reopen and many aspects of our lives returned to normal. Successful vaccination programmes and stimulus measures across the developed world improved the global outlook.

As they enter their 30th anniversary year, we spoke to Lisa Turan, CEO at CBIT about the impact COVID and lockdown has had on the work of the charity.