Spending Power

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David Coombs, Head of Multi-Asset Investments, Rathbones Soaring costs are starting to bite for households and businesses all over the world. Rathbone Multi-Asset Portfolios fund manager David Coombs discusses how it could affect investment and energy markets. Along with the gut-wrenching devastation among the Ukrainian people that we are all watching with horror, the Russian […]

The Great Energy Squeeze

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David Coombs, Head of Multi-Asset Investments, Rathbones Energy prices have soared, making life harder for people the world over. If the cost of the clean transition is too great, we risk turning public opinion against the fight on carbon. The cost of energy has soared as economies reopen, squeezing households around the world as petrol, […]

Hydrogen – the fuel of our future?

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Rahab Paracha, Rathbones Sustainable Multi-Asset Investment Specialist Hydrogen is the simplest and most prevalent element in our universe. Yet turning it into clean energy is complicated indeed, notes Rathbones sustainable multi-asset investment specialist, Rahab Paracha. In 2021, there was more than one ‘C’ that dominated the news headlines. The COP26 climate conference in Glasgow in […]

Open Banking, Open Finance: What’s the difference?

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Caroline Stevenson, Head of Financial Services Regulatory Team, Burness Paull The FCA has recently published a feedback statement (FS 21-7) summarising the feedback they received from their Call for Input looking into the opportunities and risks posed by open finance. In the industry, we sometimes see the phrases “open banking” and “open finance” used interchangeably […]

Independent UK Fintech Sector Review by Ron Kalifa

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On Thursday 22nd April, FinTech Scotland CEO Nicola Anderson will deliver a keynote address at The Scotsman’s free to attend webinar exploring Scotland’s Fintech future  Register here The event comes off the back of a FinTech Scotland webinar on 26th March featuring Ron Kalifa, OBE, former Worldpay CEO and author of the recently published Kalifa […]

Internet investing: beware the modern-day snake-oil sellers

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Iona Bain, Writer, Speaker, Broadcaster and Blogger specialising in young finances   Iona is a panellist at The Scotsman’s free Annual Investment Conference on Tuesday 30th March in association with Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust and Rathbones. Register here. Other webinar panelists include David Coombs, Head of Multi-Asset Investments, Rathbones and Zehrid Osmani, Portfolio Manager, Martin Currie Global Portfolio […]

Is your portfolio climate-change ready?

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Zehrid Osmani, Portfolio Manager of Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust The planet is getting hotter. Humans have never lived in a world much warmer than ours today and temperatures are expected to continue to rise rapidly. The effects are already being felt. Extreme weather events, water scarcity, food shortages and rising sea levels all pose […]

Millennials and Investing: an act of practical hope

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Iona Bain, Writer, Speaker, Broadcaster and Blogger specialising in young finances   Iona is a panellist at The Scotsman’s free Annual Investment Conference on Tuesday 30th March in association with Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust and Rathbones. Register here. Other webinar panelists include David Coombs, Head of Multi-Asset Investments, Rathbones and Zehrid Osmani, Portfolio Manager, Martin Currie Global Portfolio […]