PWM’s Yuri Bender talks to James Bevan, head of investments at charity specialists CCLA and one of Europe’s best-known economic commentators, about the challenges for policy makers, asset allocation considerations and broader market-created problems in our society

Merrill Lynch’s Simon Miles explains why the human touch is more important than ever in times of extreme volatility such as now

Politics, not economics, will shape Europe’s reaction to the risk of a Greek default, making it hard to determine how to allocate portfolios

JP Morgan’s Private Banking chief Pablo Garnica explains why providing clients with access to both the global capabilities of the American bank and a range of well-vetted external providers is essential

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.

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.

Dominic Blum, Deutsche Bank’s head of product design for retail and private clients, has steered his factory away from brokerage to portfolio management