Economic Updates

To keep you up to date with the UK and global economies, our Head of Investments, William Morris, CFA, meets quarterly with Paul Dales, Chief UK Economist at Capital Economics.

Our latest update comes with the UK’s general election still fresh in the memory and a new Labour government settling in. How might the changes in Westminster affect the outlook for the economy?

About William Morris

William Morris, CFA is Head of Investments at Weatherbys Private Bank. He has over a decade of experience encompassing investment advice, portfolio optimisation and risk modelling, and enjoys bringing this world to life in a friendly and engaging way.

William has analysed and made proposals for the portfolios of FTSE 100 CEOs, and his career has bridged time spent in front of clients as well as in investment engine rooms. This gives him an uncommon understanding of what investors value, how to quantify it, and how to design portfolios that achieve it.

Important information

Investments can go up and down in value and you may not get back the full amount originally invested.

Video archive

Economic Update April 2024
It seems that spring has sprung for the UK economy – we may well have already put recession behind us. What does this bode for interest rates? And what about the rest of the world? In their latest 15-minute update, William Morris CFA, our Head of Investments, and Paul Dales, Chief UK Economist at Capital Economics, discuss.
Investments – Year in Review 2023
As the anxieties that made the headlines in 2023 fade away, our own Global Tracker Portfolios performed strongly – while others’ excess of caution proved costly. In his latest video, our Head of Investments, William Morris CFA, gives us a succinct review of 2023 – a year dominated by changing views on AI, interest rates and inflation.

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