To succeed as truly trusted advisers, private banks will have to up their game in service provided and value delivered.

Strategies for targeting wealthy individuals living in the regions must be very different from approaching those in capital cities.

Tougher regulation should lead to a consolidation of the financial services industry in Greece

With many investors now wanting to make short-term tactical bets, private banks must identify which products are best suited to this style of investing and how to go about promoting them to clients wary of glitzy sales pitches

Germany is leading northern Europe out of recession while the south continues to suffer from debt issues, but it is a company’s links to emerging markets that is catching investors’ attention.

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

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