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Swiss moves over bank secrecy could go global

Switzerland’s suspension of secrecy laws suggests global cooperation over tax strategy is possible, but wealth managers need to raise their game if they are to guide clients through this new world

Westward trickle of Indian wealth could become flood

Asia’s rising wealth is making its way into Western markets, and this flow could well increase if the Indian tax authorities continue to target the country’s affluent population

Flurry of M&A activity in wealth management driven by search for scale

The recent M&A activity surrounding Credit Suisse and Schroders is symptomatic of wealth managers’ determination to concentrate on their most profitable markets

Wealth managers must work to match clients' appetite for technology

Clients are not satisfied by the technological capabilities of their wealth managers, putting firms under pressure to upgrade

Catherine Tillotson

Wealth management firms face challenges to win back clients

Wealth management firms have suffered from falling valuations and need to adapt their business models to an environment of rising regulation and a frail economic recovery

Catherine Tillotson

Reputations take a pounding from regulators’ firing squads

The damage to banks reputations from scandals will make it harder for these institutions to secure private client business

Ray Soudah, MilleniumAssociates

Leading players to dispose of private banking offshoots

It is looking increasingly likely that many of the big global financial players will seek to offload some of their private banking operations, but who might step in to buy them?

Amin Rajan

Wealth managers taking a leaf out of the institutional book

By combining buy-and-hold investing with short-term opportunism, wealth managers are learning from institutional investors

Ray Soudah, MilleniumAssociates AG

Untenable positions may force UK firms to seek buyers

A number of UK-based financial services firms are likely to come onto the market in the near future, but any such developments are more likely to be about sellers wanting out than buyers looking to get into private banking

Catherine Tillotson

M&A boom a sign of the times

Tougher regulation around the world is driving consolidation within the wealth management market

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