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Private banks sell rival brands on client demand
GENEVA (Reuters) - Wealth managers are packing their shelves with products built by their competitors as rich clients demand top financial performance in every asset class regardless of who provides it. Full Article
Private bankers use art to lure the rich
GENEVA (Reuters) - Private banks are rushing to add art consulting to their traditional list of investment services in a bid to lure wealthy clients with increasingly demanding needs, top bankers told a Reuters Wealth Management Summit. Full Article
Japanese activist fund woos the wealthy
TOKYO (Reuters) - Junichiro Sano's mission as the head of Japanese operations for Dalton Investments is to shake up poorly managed companies, a goal supported by affluent investors in the world's second-biggest economy. Full Article
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Banks use networks to tap newly affluent clients
GENEVA (Reuters) - Banks with large office networks across the globe are increasingly stepping into the wealth management business and tapping a big client base that traditional Swiss private banks miss. Full Article
Private banks see opportunity in aging society
GENEVA (Reuters) - With an aging global population seeking to get old in comfort, private banks are tapping into the growing needs of the wealthy who expect to live longer and leave money behind for their children. Full Article
Mega-rich get the personal touch
GENEVA (Reuters) - From the golden beaches of Saint- Tropez to the pristine ski slopes of Gstaad it's the personal touch which has become the hallmark of bankers managing the money of the world's super-rich. Full Article
U.S. banks target family-company market
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. banks are setting up new departments to provide investment banking to family-owned companies and trying to persuade private bankers and investment bankers to work together for these clients. Full Article
World's rich stop taking and start giving
GENEVA (Reuters) - After years of taking, the world's aging rich increasingly want to give back to the communities where they earned their fortunes, according to top bankers to the wealthy. Full Article
Investors keep hedge funds despite two big losers
GENEVA (Reuters) - Private bankers say clients remain sanguine about the hedge fund industry in spite of billions of dollars in losses reported by two top hedge funds in the past month. Full Article
Private banks welcome regulatory crackdown
GENEVA (Reuters) - Leading bankers to the world's wealthy welcomed a regulatory crackdown from officials seeking to hinder tax evasion and money laundering, saying it was good for their business despite a huge increase in compliance costs. Full Article
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