Aïda Molineux talks to Yuri Bender about Northern Trust’s family office service, which aims to provide wealthy clients with a greater control over investments, while offering them a custody and trading platform.

Word of mouth recommendations and referrals from within banking networks can help client-adviser relationships to start off on the right foot, writes Elisa Trovato.

Matthew Robinson, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, looks back at how the structured product market has evolved over the past 18 months in relation to counterparty risk concerns.

Clients have been moving back into property funds, but asset managers are treating the recovery with caution, writes Ceri Jones.

There are still plenty of opportunities in the retail property sector, writes Vicky Watson, Investment Director at Scottish widows investment partnership.

Private investors looking to access growth in Asia’s emerging markets should consider investing in global funds, therefore taking advantage of Western companies looking to source increased profits from the region, writes Elliot Smither, although some local specialists remain unconvinced.

Both domestic and foreign banks are looking to benefit from the easing regulations in the Korean market, reports Rekha Menon

The growing importance of Asia to the wealth management industry is underlined by the flow of new money from the region and a number of senior executives moving to the area, writes Sebastian Dovey