The alliance between SG Private Banking and Rockefeller will give the French institution know-how in consolidated reporting, performance analysis and management of non-financial assets, reports Elisa Trovato

Cath Tillotson explains why last year’s results indicate that 2008 could prove to be a good year for the private banking business

Speakers at the recent Inside Wealth Management forum in Zurich highlighted the need to preserve traditional Swiss values in an increasingly global financial world, writes Yuri Bender

Christiaan Sterckx, head of product development at KBC Asset Management, tells Yuri Bender how demand for structured products has led the fund house to expand into territories outside its traditional home markets

Picking up good stocks at low valuations and recruiting quality personnel currently out of work are just two ways that asset managers can benefit from the current market uncertainty. Elizabeth Cripps looks at where the big wins are likely to come from

The increasing use of ETFs, structured products and evolving commodities themes has led to a blurring of the boundary between core investments and their satellite assets. Elizabeth Cripps reports

Investors can use exchange-traded funds as a core investment in a portfolio, but as the exposures offered by ETFs increases, they are also increasingly being used as the satellite says Nick Shellard, head of UK sales at iShares

Large investment houses have developed a diverse range of strategies and products. More and more now seek to optimise that range in pursuit of better risk-adjusted returns. Christophe Lemarié head of Equities, Global Balanced and Convertibles Bonds at Crédit Agricole Asset Management in Paris, answers the questions on CAAM’s multi-strategies approach to equities