Neuflize OBC chairman Philippe Vayssettes discusses the relationship the French establishment has with parent bank ABN Amro and how clients are being advised to take on more risk to preserve their wealth

Ashish Misra at Lloyds TSB is selectively bullish when it comes to the global economy and equity allocations, but is keeping a close eye on political situations in the Middle East and North Asia

BNP Paribas Wealth Management’s make-up has been forged by several mergers which gave clients stability while expanding the bank away from its French roots, stress co-heads Sofia Merlo and Vincent Lecomte

With an ambitious target of doubling Old Mutual Global Investors’ funds, head of asset management Julian Ide claims to have “reconfigured” the sales and distribution side of the firm while preserving the investment team

KBC’s Erwin Schoeters predicts the wealthy Belgians he serves plan to move assets from offshore centres back to the country and is positioning the bank accordingly

Jean-François Mazaud, CEO of Société Générale’s private banking division, believes building bridges with other parts of the group will help the unit raise its game

Balanced portfolios are often full of assets that are too closely correlated to each other to be truly diversified, warns CapGen’s Charlotte Thorne

Laurent Ramsey, CEO of Pictet Funds, believes that it was by prioritising the needs of clients that the Swiss institution expanded during the 2008 crisis and then managed to consolidate those gains