The Ansbacher Group, the private client wealth manager owned by the Qatar National Bank, is to launch a wealth guide compiled by practitione...

The Ansbacher Group, the private client wealth manager owned by the Qatar National Bank, is to launch a wealth guide compiled by practitioners within the high net worth sector, for all of its members.

The "Ansbacher guide to wealth management" is being developed throughout 2006 for publication early in 2007 and will comprise up to date information on wealth and fiduciary issues, and will be complied with help from Tru-Est, the publishers.

Beginning with an all-important definition of what is wealth management, the guide looks at the wealth advisors' issues such as tax, asset management, asset classes, inheritance and succession planning. It also contains case studies on high net worth individuals and also contact information on advisors as well as differences in jurisdictional regulations on- and off-shore.

Ansbacher noted that according to some estimates the "worth" of the wealth management sector is some $66 trillion yet little appears in concrete terms about why this sector is "so important to us, our clients, and other professionals".

The guide when it is eventually published in early 2007 will be a 132-page book distributed to over 5,000 professionals.