Unchecked decisions at high levels were at the heart of the global financial crisis. Today, a decade later, there is a far sharper focus on how organisations are governed, with institutional investors expected to take a much more robust stance in calling to account the companies whose shares they own. As a leading asset manager, Rathbones takes its stewardship responsibilities seriously.

Labour markets are struggling to get to grips with new post-pandemic supply and demand dynamics. Meanwhile, tighter scrutiny is increasing tech companies’ costs of doing business.

We have recently introduced a new power in the fund that allows us to move shareholders into a share class with lower fees where we believe it to be in the shareholders’ best interests.

In our capacity as managers of the Rathbone Greenbank Global Sustainability Fund, we have recently introduced a new power in the fund that allows us to move shareholders into a share class with lower fees where we believe it to be in the shareholders’ best interests.

Earnings are booming in the West as the recovery rolls on despite investor nervousness.

We expect inflation to start to fade in the second half of the year, allowing central bankers to keep their foot on the accelerator with loose monetary policy. 

China reminds everyone that communists like to meddle in markets. Meanwhile earnings are booming in the West as the recovery rolls on despite investor nervousness.

Indicators of a strong post-COVID recovery keep coming out of the US and other major developed economies, but upside data surprises have brought with them concerns of persistent high inflation.