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Report spotlights Germany's growing wealth space

The customers, products and big players in Europe's largest
affluent market. A new survey of Germany's wealth-management
market Datamonitor maps out the players, products, services and
customers in Europe's largest high-net-worth market.
Ten tiers
Focusing on the onshore liquid assets of mass-affluent and
high-net-worth individuals, Wealth Management in Germany
2006 examines the period from 2001 with forecasts through the
end of the decade. With more than 9 million individuals with
at least $63,000 in onshore liquid assets totaling over $2
trillion, London-based Datamonitor sees Germany's onshore
high-net-worth market hitting $2.5 trillion by 2010.
The report pegs Deutsche Bank, UBS and Sal. Oppenheim as the
largest wealth managers in Germany, and cites inheritance
planning and alternative investments as areas of particular
growth potential. Other major players mentioned in the report are
Barclays, Credit Suisse, ING, Dresdner and Bankgesellschaft
Berlin.
Wealth Management in Germany 2006 further delineates and
segments Germany's wealth market in 10 bands, and delves into
product and service development, client trends and attitudes, and
general market issues as gleaned from a survey of 18 German
wealth managers.
The report goes for $4,495. Here's the brochure . -FWR
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