Martin Gärtner, global head of SEB Private Banking, explains that while wealth management is nothing new for the Swedish outfit, is has been identified as an area to expand

Sarasin’s Burkhard Varnholt explains why he believes managers should be in no rush to move client money into risky assets in a search for higher returns

Frank Copplestone, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, looks at how the range of custom indices available from structured product providers has evolved over recent years to reflect the changing needs of investors

Most commentators believe that high yield bonds offer significant opportunities to investors as they have priced in a worst-case scenario that is unlikely to occur

“In the past two months the portfolio suffered the wave of risk aversion that hit equity and credit markets. The Euro debt crisis affected some of the Euro based strategies and in general all the risk assets spectrum.

Credit markets sold off as well as emerging markets bonds and currencies. Our portfolio remains diversified in geographical, currencies and instrument choice. The only change is a reduction in core Europe duration, with the sale of the Allianz Euro Bond Strategy, substituted with the Allianz Flexible Bond Strategy.

The alternatives portfolio remains unchanged.”

The third annual Global Private Banking Awards rewards those institutions successfully adapting to regulatory pressure and market volatility