Is the prime role of a private bank to provide investment expertise to its clients or to build a close relationship through a much wider range of services? Opinion is divided, but the industry is at last asking the right question

London’s pre-eminence as Europe’s leading financial centre may well be under threat following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, but institutions assess many competitive factors before shipping out staff

The new generation of techno-nerds may be guilty of speaking in jargon and much of what they pass off as new ideas are anything but, yet evidence of a generational shift in wealth management was clearly evident at the summer Fund Forum event in Berlin 

The scandal surrounding the Panama Papers have put the Central American country on the front pages for all the wrong reasons, but it is banks working with international law firms who should really be under the microscope

UBS and Credit Suisse may have posted disappointing results but both are doing well in Asia, the key battleground for private banking

Private banks talk a good game about technological transformations but many are just tinkering rather than truly innovating

The most successful private banks will be those who embrace digital technology while at the same time empowering relationship managers

The new entrepreneurial class will shape the future of wealth management and private banks are at last starting to respond