Private banks need to be able to adapt if they are to find success, especially in the growth markets of Asia

Ongoing, and very public, scandals highlight the need for Swiss private banking to re-invent itself

François Reyl, CEO of Reyl and Cie (left) and Lombard Odier’s Vincent Duhamel discuss what the future holds for private banking in Switzerland and Singapore

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

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

With US equities flavour of the month, confident American managers are looking to gain a greater share of European assets

Although assets under management have been changing hands, the Swiss financial industry is not seeing the kind of consolidation through mergers and acquisitions that many were predicting

Private bankers sense plenty of opportunity in Indonesia, but face a hard time convincing wary clients to switch to equities from the perceived safety of bonds