With a poor start to the year for markets, with US tech and growth stocks hit particularly hard, Fred & Rory look at beer in this week’s podcast. Craft beer has become very popular in recent years and remains the area of most growth in the industry, even with heavy taxation from governments around the world. What makes a successful brewery? The UK Fund Managers delve into the power of marketing, non-alcoholic beer and what ever happened to cider? Tune in to find out.

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As we kick off 2022, Fund Managers Fred and Rory look at what investment themes we believe are set to impact markets this year. From tech stocks to interest rates and inflationary fears, the importance of investing in high quality companies has never been so great. Why is Apple the darling of the NASDAQ 100? Who is Cathie Wood and what was she named top of? Tune in to the latest podcast to find out why tech doesn’t mean revert.

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We welcomed a very special guest on this episode of In the Markets with Fred & Rory, Roger Whiteside, the CEO of FTSE 250 company, Greggs. Roger has worked at Greggs since 2013 and in that time has revolutionised the business, introduced the popular vegan sausage roll and been awarded an OBE for services to Women and Equality. Roger talks about understanding your target market, retaining market share and empowering staff to make decisions. Will Greggs go fully vegan? How have they attained cult status on social media? Has Piers Morgan helped or hindered the vegan sausage roll? What does Roger do in his spare time? Grab a steak bake or a sausage roll and tune in to find out.

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In this episode of In the Markets with Fred & Rory, the fund managers talk all things luxury; what makes an item so popular, are luxury items a good investment and what kind of return can I expect to see on my Birkin bag? Hermès have cracked the supply and demand theory with limited supply increasing the level of demand. Can you guess what the most expensive second hand Birkin bag was sold for?

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Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the greenest of them all? With Halloween falling at the same time as the COP26 conference in Glasgow, it has proven a scarier than usual week. In this episode, the UK Fund Managers look at socially responsible investing; who is doing it, who isn't? the issues of green washing and whether you can expect better returns when investing sustainably. Tune in to find out what we'd like to see come out of the COP26 conference.

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