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
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Debt burdens driving down valuations
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.
A new growth strategy for multi-family offices
The multi-family office space in the UK can expect to see a growing number of strategic partnership deals.

Japan’s economy facing aftershocks
Two Tokyo-based financiers give their views on what the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan will mean for the economic outlook
Playing at inward wealth segmentation
The UK government is introducing new levys on wealthy non-doms, but there are also moves afoot to encourage investment from the seriously rich

Finding the right balance
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?

Major players cling to integrated model
Regulators may be targeting the ‘one-bank’ model, but the major players continue to tighten the links between units, writes Yuri Bender
Wealth management must adapt to the Web 2.0 era
Wealth managers have been slow to embrace technology but can learn some valuable lessons from the luxury goods industry, which is using interactive services to engage with customers, writes Stephen Wall
Approaching the divide
With pressure mounting from both politicians and regulators, most commentators believe splitting up banks into their capital markets and retail and private banking arms is inevitable. But how quickly is this likely to happen, and what does it mean for wealth management units? Yuri Bender reports
The upcoming rumble in the UK platform jungle
With so many players present in the platform sector, some kind of consolidation seems inevitable, since, despite strong growth, there are not enough assets to go around, writes Stephen Wall
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