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Changing population dynamics top long-term trend for private banks

The population, urbanisation and ageing theme is the top cross-sector investment theme according to private banks, with 75 per cent of respondents to PWM’s Global Asset Tracker implementing it in client portfolios

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US and China key growth drivers of global economy in 2017

Respondents to PWM’s global asset tracker survey see the economies of China and the US as the key drivers of global growth in the year ahead

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Allocators sense opportunities in Europe and Japan

Respondents to PWM’s global asset tracker survey predict high growth in European, global and Japanese equities

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US small caps expected to benefit from Trump effect

US small cap stocks should be less vulnerable to a stronger dollar and tend to outperform at this stage in the economic cycle

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Brexit triggers significant changes in asset allocation

Almost half of respondents to PWM's second annual Global Asset Tracker have reduced exposure to UK stocks 

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Private banks braced for higher volatility

Wealth managers are expecting higher volatility in 2017 and believe portfolio diversification is the best way to mitigate it

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Paul Donovan, UBS

Global asset tracker: Geopolitical risk dominates asset allocators’ outlook

PWM’s second asset allocation survey comes at a time when economic fundamentals are expected to play a much more prominent role in asset valuations, while managing volatility will also remain key 

Didier Chan-Voc-Chun, UBP

Rising regulation drives growth of sub-advisory

Despite a slower 2016, there is evidence that changes to the regulatory environment are driving distributors away from off-the-shelf funds and towards the sub-advisory model

Katherine Nixon, Northern Trust

Global Asset Tracker: Don’t fear market volatility – plan for it

PWM’s first asset allocation survey comes at a time when a number of factors have seen volatility dominating markets. Will this continue and how are leading banks positioning portfolios in response?  

Global Asset Tracker - extra charts

PWM’s first annual private banking Global Asset Tracker survey, based on interviews with chief investment officers, heads of asset allocation and chief investment strategists of 35 selected global and regional private banks. Together they manage more than $7.5tn in total client assets globally

INVESTING IN SUSTAINABLE REAL ESTATE - SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT CH 4/4

Crispin Royle-Davies, managing director and senior research analyst for public real assets at Nuveen, speaks to PWM about the key role of real estate assets in private portfolios.

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