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Wealth Management: Like Watching An Industry Reshape Itself

Earlier today, Wealthbulletin published an overview listing this year’s “Wealth Management Winners & Losers” in terms of capturing net new money inflows coming out of High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs). From the overview, it becomes painstakingly clear that the industry is in the middle of a shakeup, and the gap between the winners and the …

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5 Trends For ’10

After browsing through a recent Interbrand-report entitled “What’s In Store for 2010 ?”, I started wondering what could be the key five trends that are likely to dominate this year for financial services companies. Based upon my own observations, the following five stood out from the pack. The Move Towards Transparency I have talked about this …

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ING (No Longer) Direct ?

Yesterday’s announcement made by ING to spin off their insurance and investment management business hit markets like a torpedo, and sent its share price spiraling down by 18 %. As part of the deal struck with the EU, ING is forced to sell part of what is universally considered to be one of its crown …

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Social Media In Finance: Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf ?

Earlier this week, I received an e-mail pointing to an interesting blogpost about the adoption of social media in finance (or rather, the lack thereof). As I drafted a response with some further thoughts on the idea, I started wondering: how far along are financial institutions really on the social media adoption curve ? The …

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