MoneyWeek Talks

Daniel Avigad, manager of the TM Lansdowne European Special Situations fund, speaks to MoneyWeek's Andrew Van Sickle about opportunities in European equities, solving the continent's growth problem, and the consequences of populism.

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Dominic Scriven, founder and chairman of Dragon Capital, speaks to MoneyWeek's Cris Sholto Heaton about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for Vietnam, the current climate for investors and how his Vietnamese language lessons led to him founding the largest asset manager in the country.

Improving the relationship between money and mental health is one of Clare Francis 's missions in her work at both Barclays and the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute. It is also a personal story – Clare lost her husband to suicide in 2011. Ever since, she has been driven to improve how we deal with our mental health when it relates to money.Clare, savings and investments director at Barclays, spoke to Kalpana Fitzpatrick about money and mental health, why Brits should start investing, and how to build long-term financial resilience.Alongside her role at Barclays, Clare is a trustee of the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, a charity whose mission is to help people with mental health problems protect themselves from financial difficulties and get out of debt.This episode contains mentions of suicide. If you or someone you know needs support with their mental health, you can contact the Samaritans. You can call them for free on 116 123, email them at jo@samaritans.org, or visit samaritans.org to find your nearest branch.

Jill Scott, former professional footballer and UEFA Euro 2022 winner who now champions women’s financial education. She talks about discovering investing after retirement and making it part of life. She discusses practical first steps like tracking spending, building pensions and savings before risk, and the power of visibility to encourage more women to invest.

Tom Stevenson, investment director at Fidelity with decades of market-writing and fund-picking experience, reveals his top fund picks for 2026. He discusses balancing UK and US equity exposure, the case for emerging markets, and when passive funds suit beginners. He also covers retirement trade-offs, AI valuation risks, and practical saving tips in short, actionable segments.

Investing can get a bad rap for being inaccessible. But it doesn't have to be that way, says Yana Shkrebenkova, CEO of Revolut Trading.MoneyWeek's digital editor, Kalpana Fitzpatrick speaks to Yana about how fintechs can make investing more accessible, the importance of financial education, and why women may be better investors than men.

Vicky Reynal, a financial psychotherapist and author, explores how childhood messages, scarcity mindsets and number anxiety shape money behaviour. She discusses money dysmorphia, neurodiversity-friendly strategies, handling spending guilt and resisting marketing triggers. Practical tips include identifying triggers, setting boundaries around finances and knowing when to seek therapy.

Andrew Craig, best-selling author and founder of Plain English Finance, and former equities professional, breaks down investing basics with clarity. He contrasts trading with long-term investing. He explains risk as time-horizon dependent and the 100-minus-age rule. He argues why UK equities and active managers can offer opportunities alongside passive core holdings.

In this episode of MoneyWeek talks, Thuy-Anh Nguyen, director and product specialist at Dragon Capital, gives Andrew Van Sickle the inside track on Vietnam. Having grown up in Hanoi in the late 1970s, she has first-hand experience of the country’s extraordinary transformation from a war-torn planned economy to one of the world’s most dynamic emerging markets.By 2005, MoneyWeek was highlighting it as Asia’s other Communist dynamo. Now it is growing faster than China. Thuy-Anh tells Andrew how liberalisation triggered a growth spurt, what Vietnam did to ensure the economy maintained momentum, and how it dealt with the Donald Trump administration’s tariffs earlier this year. We also explore some of the key holdings in Dragon’s investment Trust, Vietnam Enterprise Investments Limited.