Challenges and Opportunities for the Wealth Sector in Italy 2015

Synopsis

This report is a thorough analysis of Italy's Wealth Management and Private Banking sector, and the opportunities and challenges that it faces.

Summary
 This report is the result of WealthInsight's extensive research covering the high net worth individual (HNWI) population and wealth management market in Italy.

 The report focuses on HNWI performance between the end of 2010 and the end of 2014. This enables us to determine how well the country's HNWIs have performed through the crisis.

Scope
 Independent market sizing of Italy HNWIs across five wealth bands

 HNWI volume and wealth trends from 2010 to 2014

 HNWI volume and wealth forecasts to 2019

 HNWI and UHNWI asset allocations across 13 asset classes 
 
 Number of UHNWIs in each state and all major cities

 Fastest growing cities and states for UHNWIs (2010-2014)

 Insights into the drivers of HNWI wealth

Reason To Buy
 The Challenges and Opportunities for the Wealth Sector in Italy 2015 is an unparalleled resource and the leading resource of its kind. Compiled and curated by a team of expert research specialists, the database comprises dossiers on over 60,000 HNWIs from around the world.

 With the wealth reports as the foundation for our research and analysis, we are able obtain an unsurpassed level of granularity, insight and authority on the HNWI and wealth management universe in each of the countries and regions we cover.

 Report includes comprehensive forecasts to 2019.

Key Highlights
 Italian HNWIs held 38.2% (US$424.0 billion) of their wealth outside their home country, at the end of 2014; significantly higher than the worldwide average of 20-30%. 

 WealthInsight expects foreign asset holdings to increase to US$595.9 billion by 2019, accounting for 40.4% of total HNWI assets.

 North America accounted for 36.8% of Italian HNWIs' foreign assets in 2014. 

 This was followed by Europe with 29.5%, South America with 15.1%, the Asia-Pacific with 13.8%, the Middle East with 2.8% and Africa with 2.1%.

 Italian HNWI allocations to Europe decreased sharply compared with other regions during the review period, from 57.7% in 2010 to 29.5% in 2014. North and South America were the emerging regions in terms of global investments.

 WealthInsight expects HNWIs to increase their levels of investment in Europe over the forecast period, to reach 10.3% of foreign HNWI assets by 2019, with investments decreasing due to emerging confidence in North and South America.