MASECO Private Wealth, the independent wealth management firm seeking to enrich the lives of our High and Ultra High Net Worth American and global clients through simplifying their multi-jurisdictional wealth management needs are thrilled to announce the appointment of James Smart as the firms new Head of Finance.

Today is Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving celebrated by non-profits, corporations, and donors alike. Global Giving, a founding partner of Giving Tuesday, has championed this day of fundraising since its inception in 2012 to help the non-profit community make the most of every giving season.

Inflation has been much in the news of late with UK CPI hitting a ten year high of 4.2% in October and surpassing market expectations. Whether this is driven primarily by price rises in household energy costs, petrol, hospitality or wage inflation in different sectors of the economy is a subject for debate amongst the pundits.

Inflation is something that investors (and arguably central bankers) have not had to worry about since the global financial crisis, however inflation, the silent enemy of the long-term investor, is back.

Within this article, Henry Findlater, Partner and Senior Manager, discusses discusses how central banks support to financial markets has impacted investors and their risk tolerance, using the analogy of a turkey’s life.

This week is Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), a campaign to celebrate and empower entrepreneurs in every country and community worldwide. MASECO was founded back in 2008 by entrepreneurs and Managing Partners Joshua Matthews and James Sellon when they identified an opportunity in wealth management due to a change in the non-domicile rules.