Lookback: Asia-Pacific drives wealth expansion

Credit Suisse reports on wealth; more demand for ESG indexes; capitalising on an increase in the UK retirement age; Bahrain's stimulus for financial products; the French public want more from social responsibility

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Asia is where most growth in global wealth is taking place

To grow or not to grow, that is the question for wealth managers. October's annual Credit Suisse Global Wealth Study cited global wealth growth forecasts averaging 61% to each $315 trillion by 2015.

According to Michael O'Sullivan, head of UK research and portfolio analysis at Credit Suisse in London, "The kind of wealth a country has is very often a reflection of how developed their economic system is. There is a general link, in that in many emerging markets, financial systems and equity

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