ABOUT 2.8 MILLION people in north America have net investable assets of more than $1 million. Together they hold $8.5 trillion. By 2008, Capgemini and Merrill Lynch estimate, this will have increased to $14 trillion, with the US overtaking Europe as home to the biggest share of the world’s wealth assets.
Financial services firms have already begun to beef up their offerings to profit from this growing wealth. However, the expectations of US high-net-worth investors are shifting in surprising ways that will put pressure on those in the financial services industry hoping to make money from them.
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