Perspective

October 2026

Your quarterly source of ideas and expert insights to help you build your financial future with confidence.

The autumn outlook: UK Budget and beyond

With a UK Budget on 28 October and U.S. midterm elections on 3 November, the political landscape is set to shift. Here, Wealth Director Michelle Holgate and Chief Strategist Guy Foster explore what these two major events could mean for markets, taxes and your investment strategy.

Why your wealth plan should include your health

Wealth planning

How long you stay healthy and how you fund the life you want are connected. A joined-up approach to health and wealth can help make your third quarter your most rewarding chapter yet.

7 minute read
– Why your wealth plan should include your health

ISA changes April 2027: Cash ISA limits, the 22% charge and transfer rules explained

Investing

ISA rules change from 6 April 2027: a lower Cash ISA limit for under-65s, a 22% charge on cash in Stocks and Shares ISAs and new transfer rules.

7 minute read
– ISA changes April 2027: Cash ISA limits, the 22% charge and transfer rules explained

Investing in longevity: How longer lives are reshaping markets and retirement plans

Longevity

The retirement our parents and grandparents knew is dissipating. In its place is a structural demographic shift that is reshaping economies, markets and portfolios.

8 minute read
– Investing in longevity: How longer lives are reshaping markets and retirement plans

The AI gold rush, two years on: Have our beliefs held true?

AI

The prospectors are still digging, the merchants still selling shovels. Chief Strategist Guy Foster unpicks two years of AI lessons – and what’s changed.

10 minute read
– The AI gold rush, two years on: Have our beliefs held true?

Gaining ground: The athletes turning sporting discipline into professional success

Case study

Some ideas take years to fully show up. For John Okafor and Charlotte Longden, the ones sport gave them turned out to be exactly what their careers needed.

7 minute read
– Gaining ground: The athletes turning sporting discipline into professional success