Asia is now the region with the largest number of high net worth individuals and is expected to overtake North America in terms of total wealth in 2015

French institution La Banque Postale decided the best way to expand its product range was through a partnership with Dutch insurer Aegon, says asset management CEO Daniel Roy, and has a new suite of multi-asset funds due out next year

A wide range of firms come under the term "robo-adviser", but will investors still show faith in times of crisis?

It is necessary to look past a country’s economic situation when hunting out investment opportunities, says Lloyds’ Markus Stadlmann, seeing bright spots in troubled Brazil while urging restraint in Indonesia 

The bulk of Principal Global Investors’ future growth will come from HNW individuals, says Nick Lyster who runs the US firm’s European operations, with private banks’ renewed appetite for sub-advisory partners a prime target

Private banks must invest in new technology to meet the sophisticated portfolio reporting demands their clients place on them, but also need to get third-party custodians on side

Online automated investment platforms, or “robo-advisers” as they are better known, allow clients to manage their own investments. Although clearly a threat to established wealth managers, those banks which embrace the concept could also reap the benefits

MFS has become one of the fastest growing asset managers, spreading out from its US heartlands into Europe and beyond. But its distribution chiefs admit more could be done to bolster the firm’s brand