Challenges and Opportunities for the Wealth Sector in the United Kingdom 2013

Published: Jul, 2013 | Pages: 55 | Publisher: WealthInsight
Industry: Wealth Management | Report Format: Electronic (PDF)


Synopsis
 This report is the result of WealthInsight's extensive research covering the high net worth individual (HNWI) population and wealth management market in the UK.
 The report focuses on HNWI performance between the end of 2007 (the peak before the global financial crisis) and the end of 2012. This enables us to determine how well the country's HNWIs have performed through the crisis.
Summary
This report is a thorough analysis of the UK Wealth Management and Private Banking sector, and the opportunities and challenges that it faces.
Scope
 Independent market sizing of UK HNWIs across five wealth bands
 HNWI volume and wealth trends from 2007 to 2012
 HNWI volume and wealth forecasts to 2017
 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 (2007-2012)
 Insights into the drivers of HNWI wealth
Reason To Buy
 The WealthInsight Intelligence Center Database 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.
 The Intelligence Center also includes tracking of wealth and liquidity events as they happen and detailed profiles of major private banks, wealth managers and family offices in each market.
 With the Database 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 2017.
Key Highlights
 There were just over 736,000 HNWIs in the UK in 2012. These HNWIs collectively hold US$2,810 billion in wealth which equates to 23% of the total individual wealth held in the country. 
 UK HNWIs underperformed compared to the global average during the review period ? worldwide HNWI volumes decreased by 0.3% whilst UK HNWI numbers decreased by 4%.
 In 2012, UK HNWI numbers rose by 8.9%, following a decline of 1.0% in 2011.
 Growth in HNWI wealth and volumes are expected to improve over the forecast period. The total number of UK HNWIs is forecast to grow by 43%, to reach over 1,053,037 in 2017. HNWI wealth is projected to grow by 55% to reach US$4,350 billion by 2017.

 1 Introduction 
1.1 Details of this Report 
1.2 Definitions 
2 Executive Summary 
3 Wealth Sector Fundamentals 
3.1 Political Background 
3.2 Economic Background 
3.3 Benchmarking UK Wealth in Context 
3.1.1 World statistics 
3.1.2 Distribution of wealth in the UK 
3.4 HNWI Volume and Wealth Trends 
4 Competitive Landscape of the Wealth Sector 
4.1 Competitive Landscape 
4.1.1 Private Banks 
4.1.2 Wealth Managers 
4.2 Family offices 
4.3 UK Wealth Management Market - Clientele Model and Maturity 
4.4 Behavioral Mapping of Wealth Management Market and Private Banking Industry in the UK 
4.5 Financial Services Review 
4.5.1 Retail banks 
4.5.2 Hedge funds 
5 Appendix 
5.1 Regulations on Taxes 
5.2 Key Drivers 
5.2.1 GBP to US$ exchange rate 
5.2.2 Real GDP growth 
5.2.3 Per capita GDP 
5.2.4 Domestic market capitalization 
5.2.5 Commodity index 
5.2.6 FDI 
5.2.7 Inflation rate 
5.2.8 Interest rate 
5.2.9 Balance of payments 
5.2.10 Government debt 
5.2.11 Stock market performance 
5.3 Wealth Breakdowns 
6 About WealthInsight

Table 1: HNWI Wealth Band and Group Definitions 
Table 2: UK's Main Regions/Cities/Countries 
Table 3: UK's Largest Cities 
Table 4: UK's Fastest-Growing Cities/Towns by Population 
Table 5: UK Top-10 Private Banks in the Wealth Management Market, 2012 
Table 6: Top-15 Wealth Management Companies in the UK, 2012 
Table 7: UK Cities by Volume of Wealth Management Offices 
Table 8: UK Family Offices, 2012 
Table 9: UK Top-10 Banks, 2010 
Table 10: UK, Hedge Funds,2011 
Table 11: UK Income Tax Structure and Taxable Bands, 2011?2014 
Table 12: UK GBP to US$ Exchange Rate, 2007-2017 
Table 13: UK Real GDP Growth, 2007-2017 
Table 14: UK GDP Per Capita, 2007-2017 
Table 15: UK Domestic Market Capitalization (US$ Billions) 2007-2011 
Table 16: UK Commodity Indices, 2007-2017 
Table 17: UK FDI Inflows (US$ Billions) 2007-2017 
Table 18: UK Inflation Rate, 2007-2017 
Table 19: UK Money Market Rate, 2007-2017 
Table 20: UK: Balance of Payments (US$ Billions) 2007?2012 
Table 21: UK Government Debt as a Percentage of GDP, 2007-2017 
Table 22: UK Stock Market Performance, 2007-2012 
Table 23: UK HNWI Wealth vs GDP Ratio, 2007-2017 
Table 24: UK Appendix One 
Table 25: UK Appendix Two