Our Partnerships
We are proud to partner with organisations in areas that are important to us.
Sinfonia Smith Square
We are a proud Partner of Sinfonia Smith Square – an orchestra like no other.
Anghiari 2024: Mendelssohn Scottish Symphony
Anghiari 2015: Verdi Requiem Dies Irae
Like Guinness Global Investors, Sinfonia Smith Square looks from Westminster to a global horizon. Its fellowship brings together musicians from around the globe, while its former players occupy prominent seats in leading orchestras worldwide.
Beyond being neighbours, we share an emphasis on the nurturing of talent. For us, this is reflected in our low turnover of staff; for Sinfonia Smith Square, in the positive impact on the careers of its fellowship musicians.
Guinness Global Investors Player 2024-25
We are delighted to support Massimo Martone’s Fellowship for 2024-2025. After beginning to play the drums at the age of 3, Massimo studied Timpani and Percussion at the Royal Academy of Music, where he graduated as Bachelor and then Master of Arts.
‘My dream is to become an excellent orchestral player and, at the same time, a solo percussionist with a special interest in chamber music, especially percussion ensembles.’
Massimo Martone, Percussion
Guinness Global Investors 20th Anniversary at Sinfonia Smith Square
Intelligence Squared
Intelligence Squared aims to promote a global conversation that enables people to make informed decisions about the issues that matter. By partnering with the Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook, we hope to improve understanding of the long-term economic trends that investors have to consider.
Upcoming Events
The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook: Tariff Special, with Helen Thompson
President Donald Trump recently announced a 90-day pause for his monumental ‘liberation day’ tariffs while at the same time escalating a dangerous trade war with China.
Trump’s announcement came just weeks after import taxes on all goods entering the US were introduced, in the biggest upheaval of international trade in decades. And beyond the chaos and endless news cycle of the last few days, Trump’s key advisers are introducing a broader set of fringe economic ideas that they believe will transform politics and economics at home, as well as the foundations of US power abroad.
On May 12, Helen Thompson, expert on the long history of globalisation and author of the acclaimed book Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century will come to Intelligence Squared to make sense of the seismic shifts we are witnessing in the global economy and how they will impact us here in the UK.
Past Events
The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook, with Tim Harford
Martin Wolf discusses what is set to be a seismic year for the global economy, in conversation with BBC News presenter and Royal Correspondent Jonny Dymond
The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook, with Tim Harford
For the final instalment of the Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook series for 2024, Financial Times columnist Tim Harford will join us to interrogate what the numbers are really telling us about the economy – and what those numbers tell us about what lies ahead. As the FT’s Undercover Economist, Harford demonstrates a remarkable ability to explain and communicate complex economic data in ways that are compelling and entertaining.
The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook, with Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson is the economist who has set the terms of so much political debate over the past few decades in Britain. Having served as Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies since 2011, his expertise on matters of public spending and global economic trends have provided invaluable insight to the public and policymakers alike. Johnson’s column for the Times, as well as his acclaimed Austerity Audit for Radio 4, continue to define public discourse on economic policy and its implications.
The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook China Special, with Keyu Jin
In May 2024 renowned economist Keyu Jin came to Intelligence Squared to help us all make sense of the problems China faces. She explained how the success or failure of its economy will have profound consequences for the rest of the world.
The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook with Martin Wolf
Who better to make sense of these unsettling and fast-changing times than Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times? Widely regarded as one of the world’s most influential writers on the global economy and a multi-award-winning financial journalist, Wolf has been chronicling and analysing geopolitical and economic upheaval for nearly 40 years. He has written five bestselling books. His latest, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism, maps out the implications of globalisation, technological development and the impact of democratic decline on the global economy.