UK inflation is below the central bank’s 2% target for the first time in three and a half years. That should clear the way for further cuts to interest rates.

Rathbones Asset Management are delighted to invite you to our upcoming webcast with Will McIntosh-Whyte, fund manager of the Rathbone Multi-Asset Portfolios.

The US Federal Reserve rows back on the potential for interest rate cuts even as inflation improves. Meanwhile, the French election also reverberates through bond markets.

Inflation is on our agenda but not quite in the way you might expect. We discuss the outlook for inflation in the longer term and consider how some big structural changes could shift perceptions on what’s a ‘normal’ rate of inflation.

The Year of the Election is already providing warning signs to expect the unexpected. Even when outcomes aren’t a huge surprise, painful (if temporary) pitfalls may lie ahead.

Uncomfortable weather hangs over the UK and its markets as everyone waits for a sign of summer.

Watch David Coombs, Head of Multi-Asset Investments, along with other panellists, as they discuss the current investment landscape.

With the UK heading to the polls sooner than expected, the government announces policies that resonate with older voters. Meanwhile, disappointing inflation may have kiboshed a summer rate cut.

US economic data is softening, yet there seems a way to go before interest rates start to fall. On this side of the Atlantic it’s the complete opposite.

In an election extravaganza of a year the team discuss how they will navigate the many political changes which may be ahead, Plus, they delve into diversification and the UK medical equipment company Smith & Nephew.