Wealth Report analyses rise of the HNWIs and KPMG Forensic reports on the rise in anti-money laundering costs.

The common standard designed to limit the threat of security breaches in the card industry has met with a slow response. Some say that more details need ironing out. Stephen Timewell reports.

After pursuing a strategy of investing in less-developed Asian markets, ANZ is set to enjoy the fruits of its labours as these markets grow. Virginia Marsh reports.

Kazakhstan’s economic growth story is attracting foreign investors, especially in the booming banking sector. Ben Aris reports.

At HSH Nordbank, CEO Hans Berger is too busy preparing for an IPO to be concerned about the debate over Landesbanken consolidation or what role his bank could play in it.

In the debate on whether German Landesbanken should consolidate further, Hannes Rehm is Siegfried Jaschinski’s ideological opponent. While he does not rule out further consolidation in the sector, Mr Rehm, who has a PhD in economics, sees no pressing need for it, arguing that the three-pillar system has adequately financed corporate Germany.

The US and European stock exchanges have long dealt with competition from alternative trading systems, but with the challenge from Project Turquoise, is this trend likely to go global? Frances Maguire reports.

The phenomenal expansion of the world’s super-rich requires a parallel growth in specialist advisers – a development that has private banks rethinking their recruitment and retention strategies. Elisa Trovato reports.

Banks are ramping up their wealth management capacity as the market heats up, writes Yuri Bender.

Smoking in enclosed public spaces, including offices, is about to be made a criminal offence in England. The move is welcomed in many quarters, but employers whose employees break the law will be liable to pay much heftier fines than the errant employees themselves, writes Michael Imeson.