Elisa Trovato defines threats on the horizon, such as the risk of inflation and problems relating to the eurozone debt crisis which may yet derail a year of expected solid growth for private investors

Recruitment is proving to be a key battleground for wealth managers looking to expand across Asia, writes Yuri Bender

The successful listing of China’s Noah Holdings on the New York Stock Exchange is an example of the potential for private equity to access the Asian growth story by buying into the wealth management market, writes Stephen Wall

In 2001, Goldman Sachs Investment Research team created the Bric (Brazil, Russia, India, China) concept in an effort to identify the world’s fastest growing economies. By 2050, it was forecasted that the Bric economies could collectively rival the G7, in terms of share of global growth. GIR now believes this timeline is conservative the speed of development is such that the Bric economies could rival the G7 by 2032.

China Merchants Bank’s chairman Ma Weihua discusses the bank’s shift towards retail banking and the challenge of tapping into the Chinese high net worth individual segment. Yuri Bender reports

Although most players in the Indian wealth management industry are confined to the big cities, HDFC Bank’s Abhay Aima explains why he believes the greatest potential for growth can be found in the country’s smaller towns, and highlists some of the problems international players are facing. Rekha Menon reports

As the Asian economic growth phenomenon continues, both Western and domestic players are looking to expand across the region. But in order to be successful it is imperative they they first try to understand the mentality of the customers they are looking to attract, writes Yuri Bender