Both London and Luxembourg are central to Chicago-based Northern Trust’s overseas expansion plans, says its Emea family office boss Belinda Aspinall

Entrepreneurs with a global outlook place huge importance on the relationships they build with private bankers, claims Credit Suisse’s Claudio de Sanctis

James Chen has used the wealth generated by his family’s manufacturing business to invest in socially-enriching projects in poorer countries

Understanding clients' issues and offering them solutions is key to making headway in the family office field, believes Ahmed Husain from Lombard Odier Investment Managers

The top private banks are all competing for the attentions of just a few thousand wealthy families, reveals Citi CEO Luigi Pigorini, whose bank has found success by targeting the upper echelons of that group

Optimism is running high in both the political and financial systems in France, says Société Générale’s private banking supremo Jean-Francois Mazaud

Swiss institutions have successfully managed the move to banking transparency, believes Yves Mirabaud, but being outside the EU continues to pose problems for the country’s financial industry

Paloma Piqueras, head of  BBVA Asset Management, explains how technology is central to boosting client relationships, but admits getting conservative Spanish investors to take on more risk can be a challenge