MASECO - 'In Conversation With'

In this episode of In Conversation With, MASECO Partner and Head of Advanced Planning, Andrea Solana, is joined by Psychotherapist and Mental Health Clinician, Holli Rubin, for an open and reflective discussion on the psychology of money and the emotional relationship women can have with wealth. Money is rarely just about numbers. It is shaped by life experience, identity, relationships and person...

In this special episode to mark International Women’s Day, MASECO Private Wealth’s Wealth Managers, Jen Eathorne and Emma James, sat down at the end of last year for an open and insightful conversation about how women experience, discuss, and engage with wealth. Across this 10 minute or so discussion, Jen and Emma explore: - Feelings around money - why many women speak about wealth differently, an...

We are pleased to share our latest MASECO 'In Conversation With' Podcast,  in which Chief Investment Officer Damian Barry and Senior Wealth Manager George King reflect on the year gone by and discuss the themes shaping our outlook for 2026. In this episode, Damian and George explore the key drivers behind recent market performance, the progress we have made as a firm throughout 2025, and...

In our latest video podcast episode of our ‘In Conversation With’ series, MASECO’s Chief Investment Officer, Damian Barry, and Senior Wealth Manager, George King, unpack the key themes that shaped the second quarter of 2025. Within this podcast, Damian and George explore the significant market volatility experienced over the quarter, largely driven by policy uncertainty from the US administration...

In this episode, Chief Investment Officer Damian Barry and Senior Wealth Manager George King provide a nuanced analysis of the evolving global economic landscape and its implications for investors. From geopolitical developments in Ukraine to shifts in US trade policy under Trump, they explore the broader macroeconomic forces shaping markets today. With ongoing speculation around the risk of a rec...

Within this episode MASECO's Senior Wealth Manager, George King, and Chief Investment Officer, Damian Barry, provide an insightful review of the year’s investment landscape, breaking down the effects of major macroeconomic events and policy shifts on global markets.   Damian and George also discuss MASECO’s investment philosophy and explore the balance between active and passive investing to...

This episode is packed with essential insights to help prepare you post the recent UK budget announcement, as well as to help with year-end financial planning considerations. Join Andrea Solana , Head of Advanced Planning and Partner at MASECO, alongside George King , Senior Wealth Manager , as they unpack significant updates impacting both UK and US taxpayers.  Andrea and George dive into the lat...

Within our latest podcast, which takes the form of a two-part series with Jessica McGawley, a psychological consultant, mediator and founder of Dallington Associates, we delve into the topic of the ‘Rising Generation’.  To provide some background, Dallington Associates have been around for eight years and offer individual mentoring programmes and group workshops for siblings and wider families, sp...

Within our latest podcast, which takes the form of a two-part series with Jessica McGawley, a psychological consultant, mediator and founder of Dallington Associates , we delve into the topic of the ‘Rising Generation’.  To provide some background, Dallington Associates have been around for eight years and offer individual mentoring programmes and group workshops for siblings and wider families, s...

George King, Senior Wealth Manager, and Damian Barry, Chief Investment Officer, discuss some of the changes that clients will be seeing in their portfolios following MASECO's recent 'rebalancing period', where all client portfolios are reviewed. During this process, market movements and changes in valuation are incorporated into client portfolios, as well as changes in market condit...

As we reach the end of the first quarter of the year, George King, Senior Wealth Manager, and Damian Barry, Chief Investment Officer, start off their discussion by looking backwards and finishing off their review of how 2023 ended and key events that may shape how we think of 2024. George and Damian then continue to discuss their outlook for 2024, as well as how others in the industry are consider...

Rising interest rates has been the dominant theme driving market performance for months and, with this, one would usually expect for fast growing stocks to struggle as a result. However, as Damian Barry (MASECO Chief Investment Officer) and George King (MASECO Senior Wealth Manager) discuss in their latest 'In Conversation With' piece, recent events have certainly defied any such expecta...

Damian and George provide their quarterly investment and macro economic update, taking a number of recent headlines and breaking them down, discussing (amongst other topics) the impact of current geo-political situations on client portfolios, as well as the recent decisions at MASECO to increase exposure to interest rates and bonds and the logic behind this. Please read this page before proceeding...

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Damian and George take a broad view of recent market volatility, discussing tech pricing and portfolios, the role of inflation, the rise of interest rates, the relevance of gold and the importance of not trying to make timing calls on asset classes. Please read this page before proceeding – The Legal Stuff:  Information accessed on our website is subject to our Terms & Conditions. Nothing in t...