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Weakening business confidence indices continue to cast doubts on the global economy’s resilience. Although core inflation remains above central banks’ targets, the cooling of labour markets has not gone unnoticed, prompting a major shift in policy rates projections.

The July edition assesses the condition of Growth Equity at the year’s halfway stage. H1 was again tough for fundraising for VC firms. Q2 though was much stronger than Q1 and into July with the mood amongst VC funds, and their fundraising, bolstered by the surge in appetite for AI related investments.

Business confidence fell at the end of Q2-24, casting doubts on the positive momentum going into the second half of the year, while rising political uncertainty add to an already complicated conduct of monetary policy.

There are many ways you can grow and preserve your wealth by investing. In this article we discuss how to find an investment style that suits your outlook, examine both ‘top-down’ or ‘bottom-up’ investing strategies, and assess active and passive investing.

Wealth can be easily lost if you are not prudent. A wealth manager can help you avoid this fate, but you need to be confident that you're making the right choice. In this article we outline the key questions to ask and how they can hep you meet your financial goals.

Our second Sustainability Sphere focused on the video games industry and considered how it can better drive positive social impact. Stakeholders asked how do we encourage people to play for the planet, rather than let the planet pay socially and environmentally?

Recent monthly indicators suggest that the slowdown in global growth around the turn of the year has bottomed out. However, inflation outlook remains murky and the latest data have shaken investors’ confidence that significant monetary policy easing is in the offing.

Trusts can be an effective way to provide for your family while retaining control, but you must balance the advantages against the administrative and financial costs. In this article we examine the pros and cons of setting up a trust, and potential pitfalls to avoid.

Recent data suggest that inflation could prove persistently high for some time and limit the room for central bank easing. Despite this high-for-long path for policy stances, investors remain convinced it will not prove sufficient to derail global growth.

Democracy is said to be in crisis, but is that actually the case? And would it affect portfolios if it is? We outline why we think the global business cycle will likely remain the day-to-day driver of portfolios, regardless of what happens at the ballot box.

Die NextGen hat eine treibende Kraft, insbesondere im Bereich der Philanthropie, wo innovative Ansätze für positive Veränderungen unerlässlich sind.

Rothschild & Co was proud to welcome dozens of female founders to New Court for a Buy Women Built dinner to celebrate International Women’s Day, bringing together entrepreneurs from the worlds of beauty, fashion, food and drink, and other industries.

The UK Budget lacked any last-minute surprises, with no rabbit pulled from the fiscal hat during Jeremy Hunt's latest statement. In this blog we scrutinise the Office for Budgetary Responsibility's latest forecast and examine the wider economic outlook

Die Politik kann sich durchaus auf die Portfolios im Jahr 2024 auswirken, aber wir wissen, dass der Konjunkturzyklus dies mit Sicherheit tun wird. In dieser Marktperspektive untersuchen wir die Inflationsaussichten, die Argumente für und gegen Investitionen in China und die Frage, ob Aktien derzeit überbewertet sind.

Regional divergence remained significant at the end of 2023. Although the impacts of high interest rates and the withdrawal of fiscal support are expected to weigh on growth in 2024, investors are keeping their sanguine outlook as they foresee fast interest rate cuts. Yet, resilient labour markets and renewed pressures on supply chains could require a tighter monetary policy stance than expected, upsetting investors’ high hopes.