Professional Wealth Management
September 24, 2025

Diversification, defence dividends and the ‘Dash from Donald’: PWM Tea Break

Robert Paul, chief commercial officer at London-based investment house W1M, speaks to PWM about increasing mobility of wealthy families across the world, including those escaping from the US of President Donald Trump, and clients migrating from a challenging UK environment, while also diversifying their portfolios accordingly

Over a cup of coffee with PWM’s Yuri Bender, Mr Paul describes the appetite of his clients for US and European stocks, discussing returns and risks of high-profile sectors including defence. As a country-dweller with a menagerie of pets, including four chickens, he also talks about the trend of investing in the industry focused on domestic animals, as an alternative to stocks impacted by geopolitics and tariff-centred economics.

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