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Review of the week: A Continental dog’s breakfast
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
The outlook for Europe looks cloudy as its two largest economies struggle. Comparatively, the UK is doing generally ok. It’s only the US that continues to power ahead.
Review of the week: UK growth deflated
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
The UK economy hit the wall last quarter, while inflation started rising again. In the US, expectations of interest rate cuts have cooled since Donald Trump was elected President.
Review of the week: DeepSeek or deep fake?
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
A Chinese start-up says it created an AI tool at a fraction of the cost that Western rivals paid. It shouldn’t be a fatal blow, but the development should trigger answers to lingering investor concerns on runaway chip buying.
Review of the week: A tough COP
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
Developed nations have agreed to a three-fold increase to clean energy and climate mitigation funding for poorer countries, but with a 10-year phase-in. Meanwhile, advanced nations are battling spiralling energy costs – some more than others.
Review of the week: The Fed goes big
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
Interest rates have finally dropped in the US after a double-barrelled cut. But will they fall as fast from here as investors expect?
Power to the people
Last Updated: October 24, 2025
We are smack bang in the middle of a herculean effort to shift our world from one that runs on carbon to one driven by cleaner energy. A lot of attention and investment is going into generating more clean power, yet we think it’s just as important to reduce our energy needs and improve the infrastructure required to handle that low-carbon future.
Responsible investment in practice: Aligning mission with market decisions
Last Updated: October 24, 2025
Responsible investment is about more than just avoiding investments that may conflict with the mission of your organisations. Instead, it can encompass a wide range of approaches that, together, help charities manage risk (whether financial or reputational), identify opportunities, and stay true to their values. In this article, we cover some of the main strategies within a responsible investment toolbox and their importance to charity investors.
The Magnificent Seven
Last Updated: October 14, 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.
Review of the week: The language of trade
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
The US government plans to slap tariffs on virtually all imports to the US as part of ‘Liberation Day’. The details are yet to be revealed, but the most immediate effect is already apparent: higher prices.
Review of the week: Preparing for a tough Budget
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
Labour will deliver its first Budget in almost 15 years this week. With little wiggle room and a shopping list of problems, it will be hard for the Chancellor to please anyone.
Review of the week: Take a breath
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
American stocks have taken a jolt downward, rattled by an escalating trade war and an unpredictable President. It’s not a time to panic.
Review of the week: A tale of 2 markets
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
Equity and bond investors had opposite reactions to the US election. But Trump 2.0 may have less influence than investors first hoped or feared.