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Spring Issue Fifty Four

In this issue

Editorial

Can AI match human creativity?

With a rising proportion of music, art and film now generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, Henry Birt considers whether AI can ever truly match or surpass human creativity.

Guest editorial

What I learnt caring for a loved one with dementia

Michael Maslinski spent nine years living in a care home to look after his wife Maggie, after she developed dementia in her fifties.

Independent view

New Tax Rules for Landlords and Sole Traders: What MTDfIT Means

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax arrives in April 2026. What landlords and sole traders need to know – and how to prepare.

JM Finn news

JM Finn client survey: what did you tell us?

Highlights from JM Finn’s latest client survey, revealing high satisfaction, strong trust and continued demand for wealth planning advice.

Collectives commentary

Further to go for UK equities?

Despite the best efforts of the government, 2025 proved to be a good year for UK equities, both in absolute and relative terms.

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Wealth planning in focus

The cost of care

Why care costs are rising faster than inflation – and how long-term financial and investment planning can help families prepare.

Perspectives

Perspectives: Keeping pace

JM Finn CEO Hugo Bedford considers the challenges for business leaders running a business where legal and regulatory changes are delivered and complexities multiply.

The Potting Shed

The Potting Shed: Motics

The founding of Motics was grounded in trying to fix a very real problem.

Stock in focus

Stock in focus: RELX

Henry Birt, Research Analyst at JM Finn looks at Alphabet in depth.

Understanding Finance

Understanding finance: What Goldilocks can teach us about fund size

Samir Shah, Senior Research Analyst (collectives) gives an overview on what Goldilocks can teach us about fund size.

Glossary

Glossary of key terms

Glossary of key terms for the Spring 2026 edition of Prospects.

Company meetings

Company Meetings Spring 2026

During the past quarter our research team met with corporate leaders from Ashtead Group, Compass Group and Givaudan.

In focus

Markets in Focus: Spring 2026

JM Finn’s Head of Investment Office Jon Cunliffe covers a roundup of global markets.

Bond focus

The land of the rising yield

Japan’s government bond market has long been regarded as an oasis of calm, with long-dated yields anchored just below 1% for much of the past decade. That stability, however, has started to give way