The Emerging and Committed Indian Giving Market
19 April 2012
With a rapidly growing wealth segment, India, like its BRIC peers, is frequently in the news for the attractions of its wealth story - its growing pot of assets, clients' maturing needs, and, ultimately, Read more…
The Rising Wealth and Matching Consumer Trends of China’s HNW Wealth Set
04 April 2012
A new report looking at size and consumption trends of the Chinese wealth market has estimated a massive 2.7 million individuals in China are now HNW, with at least 6 million Yuan in personal Read more…
Maneuver the Model to Attract the Female Wealth Holder
01 February 2012
In 2010 women were estimated to control 27% of the world’s wealth, or approximately US$20 trillion in assets, according to a research paper by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) entitled “Levelling the Playing Field: Upgrading Read more…
Foreign UHNW trophy hunters betting big on the UK’s Square Mile
09 December 2011
The City of London, along with New York, is always marked at the top of the various indices and rankings of the international financial centre elite around the world. Factors such as its stability, Read more…
The Seven Trillion Dollar Family Office Opportunity
05 December 2011
In our commercial world huge strategic business decisions are based on well-defined and thoroughly tested numbers. That is a reality for all of the leading business sectors. However, in wealth and in family office Read more…
Overcoming Roadblocks to Investing Success with Behavioral Finance
09 November 2011
Behavioral finance has emerged in the past two decades as a field of academic study that draws heavily on psychology and focuses on the often less-than-rational forces that can influence markets. It looks into Read more…
Passionate Investing on the Rise: Spotlight on Asset Protection for Collectors
25 October 2011
Demand among high net worth individuals to acquire works of fine art, valuable jewelry, fine wine and other collections increased in 2010 and continues to grow in 2011, resulting in sales on par with Read more…
The Death Of Common Ground in American Government
19 September 2011
An all-or-nothing mindset has taken hold of Washington. The days are gone when a Ronald Reagan and a Tip O’Neill would hash out a compromise that used to be called leadership. Neither gave up Read more…
Insights on Wealth Management: Portrait of the Family Office
19 September 2011
Offices that Serve Families with Exceptional Wealth In 1889, Byron Laflin Smith – a respected banker in Chicago, Illinois – founded The Northern Trust Company to serve the city’s wealthiest individuals and organizations. Through the Read more…