Private Banking

The ranks of the wealthy continue to grow in the GCC, and with their wealth growing in complexity, too, they are demanding ever more from their wealth managers.

Archegos’ implosion forces family offices to reconsider loading up on more debt. How much is too much?

Top banks narrow the gender gap to better serve all investors.

Private banking continues to thrive in the devastated Latin American economy.

The world’s richest families are looking to real estate and private equity as they flesh out post-Covid investment strategies.

A bleak feeling looms over the upper class as the coronavirus pandemic drags on.

Executive insights from Rudy Guillemyn, head of Elite & Private Banking at First Abu Dhabi Bank.

Latin America’s private bankers scramble to maintain communication with clients while figuring out what the new normal will be for their portfolios.

Environmentally friendly investments attracted new interest in a brutal first quarter. But there are still plenty of skeptics.  

With fintechs and a technologically advanced population, Asian private banks look highly competitive—if they can surmount the Covid crisis.  

Declining stock markets spell opportunities for family offices. But with some countries responding to the Covid-19 crisis better than others, geography matters.  

Under Covid-19, private banking clients in Africa are demanding more advice—especially on foreign exchange and commodities.  

The MENA region is rapidly minting millionaires, but the Covid pandemic and a generational shift in ownership of wealth promise changes in how it’s invested and in what.  

As foreign firms expand with majority stakes, formerly dominant Chinese domestic banks look for ways to maintain their edge. 

A crisis may spell opportunity, but it’s still a crisis. Look for digital acceleration and further consolidation as the post-Covid world takes shape.

The growth of Panama's economy is lifting the banking sector, particularly private banking.

More and more families are accumulating enough wealth to need not just a private banker, but a whole flock of them, growing the ranks of family offices. 

Rising fortunes in the Middle East are driving the private-banking market toward socially responsible investing, Islamic products and more digital tools. 

A rising entrepreneurial class is fueling the growth of African private banking, and competition is heating up.  

Private-banking assets in East Asia will soon outpace Europe, but competition is fierce. Effective digitization holds the key to success.