Martin Gilbert’s willingness to discuss Aberdeen’s failures, as well as their successes, makes a refreshing change.

To succeed as truly trusted advisers, private banks will have to up their game in service provided and value delivered.

Strategies for targeting wealthy individuals living in the regions must be very different from approaching those in capital cities.

Politics, not economics, will shape Europe’s reaction to the risk of a Greek default, making it hard to determine how to allocate portfolios

Physical wreckage has led to market uncertainty

The situation in Greece is extremely volatile but should not lead to radical investment changes.

Tougher regulation should lead to a consolidation of the financial services industry in Greece

JP Morgan’s Private Banking chief Pablo Garnica explains why providing clients with access to both the global capabilities of the American bank and a range of well-vetted external providers is essential

Burkhard Varnholt, Sarasin

With many investors now wanting to make short-term tactical bets, private banks must identify which products are best suited to this style of investing and how to go about promoting them to clients wary of glitzy sales pitches

Swiss M&A expert Ray Soudah (left) and private banking headhunter Sarah Dudney debate the relative merits of wealth management cultures in Zurich and London

Emerging markets are now firmly at the centre of investors’ portfolios, but opinion remains divided as how best to harness the rapid growth seen across the developing world

Domestic and international groups are boosting their operations across Asia, but both agree that local knowledge is imperative

Benjamin Conquet, BNP Paribas Investment Partners

The all time highs enjoyed by corporate bonds over the past couple of years may be over, but the sector still offers attractive yield-based returns

As real estate becomes more global, investors must be careful how best to gain exposure, particularly when looking at non-core properties, which carry an element of risk but are attractively priced at present

China’s rapidly expanding economy is constantly evolving, and investors must manage this transition from an export-led to a more diversified, consumer-driven market