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The Wealth Show

Our weekly podcast offers rare access to the sharpest minds in investment, along with insights from top executives in the wealth and fund management industry. Find out what makes these individuals tick and where they see the best opportunities in global markets.

Weekly English United Kingdom Business · Investing Citywire

270 Episodes

1 – 20

Ruffer’s Mike Biggs on why private borrowing can be the real growth driver in the UK

Mike Biggs, head of macro strategy at Ruffer, explains his credit impulse thesis and why he believes that more private borrowing and bank deregulation can be key to kickstarting economic growth.

3 Jun 17 min

Ex-Morningstar CIO: Why thematic ETFs are always late to the party

Dan Kemp, ex-CIO of Morningstar and founder of Portfolio Thinking, discusses his 'Do's and Don'ts' for ETF investing - explaining why thematics are a money pit and how there might be hope for semi-transparent ETFs in Europe.

20 May 28 min

Why UK asset managers are no longer hot M&A targets

Tyndall IM’s James Sullivan explains why the ‘squeezed middle’ is a myth and why fund houses have lost their M&A premium.

19 May 20 min

‘Brooks was exactly what I was looking for’: Why new CIO Will Hobbs joined from Barclays

Will Hobbs, CIO of Brooks Macdonald, joined the UK wealth firm last month, having worked at Barclays for more than two decades. He shares why he moved, his first impressions of his team and why he holds a contrarian view on emerging markets.

6 May 22 min

Netwealth CEO: Wealth firms need more than a digital facelift

Nearly 10-years after launching as a disruptor in the wealth space, CEO Charlotte Ransom explains why NetWealth is still ahead of the competition.

21 Apr 25 min

The 'Succession' effect tearing apart UHNW families

A new report from BDO reveals first-generation wealth creators are facing an 'existential crisis' when it comes to succession plans.

7 Apr 27 min

$100 oil and a closed Strait: What Stonehage Fleming is watching next

As Middle East tensions mount, Stonehage Fleming's head of multi-asset Peter McLean reveals the specific macroeconomic catalyst the firm needs to see before rebalancing portfolios

27 Mar 25 min

Dubai can and will bounce back stronger, insists Bentley Reid CEO

Peter Clark, CEO of Bentley Reid, led the firm’s expansion into the Middle East and believes it will remain a hub for high net-worth individuals, despite the threat of escalating conflict in the region amid US and Israeli attacks on Iran.

10 Mar 29 min

Ben Whitmore on Brickwood's break-out year and contrarian US buys

One of the UK's best-known fund managers discusses setting up a boutique dedicated to value investing and the opportunities, from perceived AI losers to cheap American stocks, he's finding today.

26 Feb 32 min

Why the UK’s first ISA millionaire thinks we need a Dragons’ Den for investing

Lord John Lee discusses why British people invest less than in any other G7 country and how he would start to change that.

12 Feb 31 min

‘There’s a lot to be done on empathy’: How to be a wealth manager in 2026

Louis Coke, director of private clients at Charles Stanley, explores the key ways the role of the wealth manager is changing.

27 Jan 27 min

IA’s Chris Cummings: Retail investing is not just an advertising campaign

The Investment Association CEO discusses his 10-year tenure at the trade body and what the industry must focus on going forward.

14 Jan 32 min

Exits, deals and disruption: 2025 in review

The Citywire Wealth Manager team unpack the biggest stories of the past year.

22 Dec 2025 21 min

HSBC signals big year ahead for wealth in 2026

Christopher Dean, managing director of wealth, premier and personal banking at HSBC, details how the bank plans to accelerate its wealth offering in 2026.

17 Dec 2025 22 min

Inside Hargreaves Lansdown’s multi-manager fund range

Hargreaves Lansdown’s head of multi-manager funds, Ziad Abou Gergi, discusses the evolution of the fund range since he took over in 2022 and how the strategies have been coping with market volatility over the past year.

11 Dec 2025 25 min

This is how wealth managers should be preparing for 2030

Alistair Shipp, wealth management lead at consultancy firm Capco, says upskilling will be critical as firms gear up for the wealth landscape of 2030

4 Dec 2025 27 min

At this point there's hardly an adviser who hasn't considered MPS

Benjamin Reed-Hurwitz, head of research development at ISS MI, the organisation behind the Pridham Report, asks what needs to happen to drive a new wave of advisers to adopt MPS, alongside the different trends he is seeing in the wider UK fund market.

26 Nov 2025 24 min