Big name players are offering the same product range across the globe, reports Elisa Trovato

The richest thousand people in Britain may be worth E500bn, but only a fraction is available to the wealth management industry, writes Ted Wilson

Elisa Trovato reports on calls for Italian funds to carry out a “soul searching” exercise to try and identify the causes of the continuing decline of the industry, and to find ways of turning things around

Bringing new funds onto the market and a simplification of the product range to meet the needs of investors were among the solutions identified to combat the losses taken by the fund industry over the past 18 months

With only 30 per cent of Italy’s potential clients currently using a private bank, the industry is confident that the good times are set to continue, while today’s market conditions represent big opportunities

While the heady days of Santander’s record-breaking product push are now a distant memory, there is still hope for future success and innovation, María Dolores Ybarra tells Elisa Trovato

When it comes to choosing the right products and managers, it is often hard not to look at past performance. But performance isn’t everything, and it is just as important to understand how the fund is managed, writes Elisa Trovato