Top investors offer their predictions for business in 2025
We talk to some of the UK's top investors on the business world in 2025 and whether they are optimistic or pessimistic about the outlook for the UK
What will the business world look like in 2025? What do big investors think about the UK and UK businesses? Are they optimistic or pessimistic about 2025 given the fall-out from the UK Budget and the election of Donald Trump in the US?
Business Leader's editor-in-chief Graham Ruddick gathers three of the biggest investors in UK businesses to discuss these key questions for 2025.
The investors are:
- Jeremy Taylor, chief executive, Lazard Asset Management
- Gervais Williams, head of equities, Premier Miton
- Kiran Nandra, head of equities, Jupiter Asset Management
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