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Ruffer S.A.
103 boulevard Haussmann
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Ruffer LLC
300 Park Avenue
New York NY 10022
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Ruffer LLP
31 Charlotte Square
Edinburgh EH2 4ET
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Charles Lynne

Director – Private Wealth and Charities
Joined Ruffer in 2008 and manages investment portfolios for individuals and charities. Previously at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, including a placement in Asia. He holds a first class honours in natural sciences from Durham University and is a Chartered Fellow of the CISI.
Articles by Charles
Podcast: Investors’ Chronicle
Fund Manager Jasmine Yeo talks to Investors’ Chronicle about bonds, commodities and the end of US exceptionalism.
Trump’s not orange – he’s gold!
May 2025: Gold miners are enjoying record profit margins as prices soar. Could they outshine bullion in portfolios as Trump’s policies continue to drive gold higher?
Annual Stewardship Report
Our 2024 report outlines Ruffer’s key stewardship activities, enhancements to our fossil fuel policy and our sustainability performance ranking model.
Apr 2025 portfolio update
Political and technological upheaval is injecting significant volatility into global markets. We believe this is set to continue as the pervasive faith in US exceptionalism is undermined.
Follow the fiscal
April 2025: Long-awaited shifts in Germany and China are likely to reinforce the equity market rotation away from the US.
Q1 2025 Report
Our latest report introduces our new measure for gauging the long-term sustainability of companies’ business models. We also have the usual round up our stewardship activities during the quarter.
Investment Review
April 2025: Equities are at maximum valuations, investors are at peak investedness, and now a regime change which markets have not yet digested. Jonathan Ruffer asks if this is one of the rare occasions when a market crisis not only foretells but contributes to the economic hardship to come.
The Ruffer Review 2025
The Ruffer Review 2025 offers evaluations of current market and economic conditions, assessments of possible futures and some pertinent lessons from history.
The anti-singularity machine
Optimism about superintelligence is fuelling market behaviour which looks far from intelligent, driving valuations far from the fundamentals. When the correction comes, we expect significant market fallout – and opportunities.
A Thousand Year Project
Merlin Hanbury-Tenison is on a mission to restore Britain's temperate rainforests, for the health of mankind and the planet.
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