Heading up the Credit Suisse team focusing on the ultra rich, Blake Shorthouse believes the Swiss bank’s integrated approach is the key to cracking this profitable segment.

The multi-family office space in the UK can expect to see a growing number of strategic partnership deals.

The increasing cost of regulation is a key concern for family offices, which often struggle to achieve profitability.

Gérard Piasko was until recently a board member and chief investment officer at Julius Baer. But he crossed Zurich’s Bahnhofstrasse soon after the financial crisis, to the Swiss arm of German private bank Sal. Oppenheim.

Intesa Sanpaolo’s approach to private banking focuses on meeting entrepreneurs’ personal and business needs and carefully segmenting private bankers and clients.

Two Tokyo-based financiers give their views on what the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan will mean for the economic outlook

The UK government is introducing new levys on wealthy non-doms, but there are also moves afoot to encourage investment from the seriously rich

Wealth managers lost control of their advisers during the financial crisis and are now looking to tighten the reins, but will this lead to one-size-fits all portfolios?