The overweight focus on millennials by private banks feels a little desperate.

CEO seeks to ease regulatory hit; merger doubles French business.

Shariah savings scheme could be a game-changer; wealth push follows success in sukuk market.

Amnesty has been a big fiscal bonus for government in 2016; large inflows have been counterintuitively a net-negative for local AUM.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has come out fighting after its private banking industry was immersed in the 1MDB scandal. A tax amnesty with Indonesia has posed further difficult questions about disclosure and privacy. Now the MAS has to show its teeth without wrecking an industry the country relies on.

Euromoney predicted last month that ANZ would sell its retail and wealth management businesses to a Singaporean bank; it turns out it was already in the works. Both DBS and ANZ gain from a practical deal, though it won’t be quite as simple as it looks

China’s leading lenders are opening private banking offices across the world to cater to their wealthiest clients. But all global wealth managers face the same challenges: rising regulations; the need to maximize internal resources by targeting the right markets and clients; and the rise of technology.

We invited all private banks and wealth managers to participate in the survey by completing our online questionnaire.

Phil Di Iorio, global chief executive of JPMorgan Private Bank, has announced he is retiring at the end of the year

The Swiss bank stands apart from its peers. It helped its clients profit, both in the serene waters of 2019 and in the wake left by Covid-19 as it spread across the world in 2020

“I think this crisis has shown why being with a firm focused on wealth management as a primary business and having a global perspective matters to clients,” says Tom Naratil, co-chief executive of UBS global wealth management (GWM) and president of UBS Americas.

Our review period was a difficult one for private banking operations in the region, as it was worldwide: the fourth quarter wiped out huge chunks of revenues and assets for some international and local players, and it was a year that required sound individual advice for clients.

For the second year running Credit Suisse is Latin America’s best bank for wealth management, this year bolstered by the completion of a three-year turnaround across the whole bank.

Household net financial wealth in CEE has roughly doubled since 2006 and private banking and wealth management services are increasingly in demand across the region.

With a new strategy of regionalization, integration and innovation, Credit Suisse’s wealth management business has set itself apart from its peers and brought the ethos of Swiss personalized service to an international platform.