Rather than expanding on all fronts, ABN Amro plans to target growth in specific markets, according to private banking boss Jeroen Rijpkema, with a different domestic focus for each

Family offices’ long-term investment horizons make them ideally suited to private equity investing, but many lack the internal expertise to succeed in the asset class, creating an opportunity for third-party investment boutiques

Sarasin & Partners, pioneers of the long-term thematic approach to investing, see plenty of opportunity in US equities, while also highlighting European and Japanese exporters 

Private banks must improve their digital offerings but human advisers have a role to play too

The ceremony for PWM's seventh annual awards took place in Singapore on 4 November

Global household wealth is increasingly concentrated at the top end with the middle classes the ones being squeezed

The seventh annual Global Private Banking Awards see continued success among established global players, but they now face real competition at regional level 

Most successful business families have a good governance framework in place which evolves through generations and adapts to changing circumstances