Global families are keen to share information and even co-invest, and a good private bank has a vital role to play in making that happen, believes David W. Fox Jnr, president of the global family office group at Northern Trust

More diverse leadership in the wealth industry would make it less hubristic, more focused on steady returns, and better advance the public good, yet women aiming for the top face a number of obstacles

US wealth firms expected their digitalisation journeys to last years, but Covid-19 is forcing them to carry out immediate, and permanent, changes to the way they do business

Penny Lovell, CEO Private Wealth at Sanlam UK, explains how the enforced period of working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic has actually brought her team closer together

Francois Savary, chief investment officer of wealth advisers Prime Partners, expects greater regionalisation in supply chains as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, while predicting more state intervention in the corporate sector

The coronavirus crisis means huge changes for private banks and wealth advisers, claimed Alessandro Tonchia, co-founder of Finantix, in PWM's first wealthtech webinar, with digital channels coming to the fore, but human interaction more important than ever

While European and Middle Eastern clients tend to invest with long-term horizons and are buying up stocks, Rémi Frank, global head of the key client group at BNP Paribas Wealth Management, reports that Asian investors, who have shorter timescales in mind, are reacting very differently

Matthew Fleming, partner at multi-family office Stonehage Fleming, expects a new cohort of leaders to emerge during the coronavirus crisis and believes the experience will also reinforce the importance of face-to-face contact