Knowledge and Insight - Investment insights

There are plenty of promising companies under the radar aside from the most celebrated names – on both sides of the Atlantic.

The government has called a snap election with just six weeks’ notice and has raced into campaign mode, yet all signs point to a Labour victory. We offer four reasons why investors need not fear the result.

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In his latest video update, Rathbones co-CIO Ed Smith discusses the continued, but lately slowing and more meandering, upward march in markets.

We’ve been exploring the investment opportunities among oft-overlooked small and mid-sized companies.

The global economy may be finding its feet again

India's prospects for economic growth look good - but we think its promise is already priced into its stock market.

We need to guard against AI risks

Rathbones’ head of equities Sanjiv Tumkur and head of asset allocation Oliver Jones discuss the outlook for global growth. Greenbank’s head of ethical, sustainable and impact research, Kate Elliot provides insight into the likelihood of a change in political leadership and what this could mean for investments.

Our 10th anniversary edition of Investment Insights leads with a hopeful note, looking at why we believe stronger foundations are being laid for a broad, sustainable recovery in stock markets.

Will it be a case of the tortoise versus the hare, with last year’s winners taking a breather while the laggards catch up?

In his latest video update, Rathbones’ co-chief investment officer Ed Smith notes the need to focus on quality as equity gains widen out, while bonds look attractive as inflation slows.

With the shadow of a general election looming over the government, chancellor jeremy hunt announced another reduction in the headline rate of national insurance (of two percentage points) in a bid to shore up his party’s flagging support. But that cut will do little to change the near-term economic outlook, and the work of dealing with the bigger structural problems facing the uk economy has largely been left until after the election.