Last Updated: September 30, 2025

Fund’s AMC lowered to 0.45% for limited period Rathbone Unit Trust Management Ltd (Rathbones) confirms that the Rathbone Recovery Fund (the fund) is to be renamed the Rathbone UK Opportunities Fund.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

Tomorrow marks 70 years since India declared independence from the British Empire, but today the country is facing another struggle as diplomatic relations between India and China deteriorate over a border dispute in the ‘Sikkim trijunction’, where India, Bhutan and Tibet meet.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

The purpose of this letter is to inform you of a proposed merger (the Merger) by which the net assets of the Rathbone Blue Chip Income and Growth Fund (the Blue Chip Fund) will be transferred into the Rathbone Income Fund (the Income Fund).

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

Many of Europe’s leading stock market indices, including Germany’s DAX, have underperformed other global regions over the past six months. Even before Italy’s recent political crisis, the macro signals had waned. The growth rates of industrial production and new factory orders have declined, conditions in the retail sector have weakened, and the demand from businesses for new loans has fallen. 

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

Never mind the gloom, the US economy is booming right now. Fresh from a jam-packed trip across the Atlantic, our head of multi-asset investments David Coombs thinks the country’s infrastructure is a bit of a throw-back, but there’s a definite buzz in the air.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

It seems incredible that a modern metropolis could run out of water, yet this is the threat that major cities in developed and developing nations all around the world are facing. With the balance between demand and supply becoming increasingly fragile, we examine the challenges and implications.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

There is mounting evidence of the risks facing young people who spend an ever-increasing part of their lives online. The school curriculum has been updated to include guidance on acting safely online, and the government is reviewing ways to control how much time children spend on social media platforms. But what can parents do to reduce the dangers of a digital world? Two experts offer their insights and advice.

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Last Updated: September 30, 2025

European politics is back to its old tricks. Just when you thought the Continent was settling down, two governments started disintegrating over a weekend. A recent market mantra has been the muted effect of politics on asset prices. That always seemed a bit of a stretch, considering the movements in currency markets and the bull-run of US equities set off by a change in US taxes. It could be said that the steady rise in US Treasury yields were driven in large part by this change in the US political environment. Now ructions in Europe have put the “end of politics” claim to bed.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

Shrugging off steadily worsening economic data, the FTSE 100 hit a record high of 7,779.5 on Thursday. It has since gone higher this morning and has eclipsed the intra-day record notched up in mid-January, too.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

After months of playing hardball with China over trade, President Donald Trump has offered to intervene in a Commerce Department ruling that has crippled a Chinese telecommunications giant.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

Donald Trump hammered out a new trade deal with Mexico last week, but negotiations with Canada have been less fruitful.

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

A decade ago the bottom fell out of Lehman Brothers and the global financial crisis well and truly got going.