Abstract
Overview
Introduction
This report will examine the business model of boutique wealth managers in the
UK. It will assess how the business model has evolved since 2004-5, how
boutiques are using technology, and profile some boutiques including newer
players
Scope
- Discusses key issues relating to the challenges and opportunities facing
boutique private banks in todays environment
- Explores current trends in the wealth management sector including
technology trends and merger and acquisition activity
- Evaluates the current business model for boutiques and looks at future
possibilities for development
- Provides detailed profiles of 14 boutique wealth managers across the globe
including scale, services, and growth potential.
Report Highlights
Private banking has long been a preserve of the wealthy. As the financial
services landscape has changed, however, so have the needs of these clients.
In the past, small private banks have had advantages in their ability to
service their customers, due to flexibility and their ability to provide
personalized customer service, among other reasons.
however,while small banks have historically dominated the upper echelons of
private banking, they have been losing ground in recent years as their
traditional differentiating features have been assimilated and offered by
larger competitors.
Despite growing numbers of potential clients for the wealth management
industry, these clients are often demanding different services than the
traditional boutique wealth managers might offer. However, there is the
potential for boutique wealth managers to take the lead through offering a
more integrated service.
Reasons to Purchase
- Understand the challenges facing boutique wealth managers in todays
competitive environment
- Gain industry knowledge into the future possibilities for the wealth
management sector, including opportunities for growth and development
- Obtain detailed profiles of a large number of independent and boutique
wealth managers in Europe and the US which demonstrate potential for growth
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Executive Summary
- Market Context
- Small private banks have had historic advantages
- These advantages are slipping away
- There is a growing shift towards service focus within wealth management
- The future for boutique private banks is hard to predict
- Competitive Dynamics
- The UK has a number of quality small and medium wealth management
providers
- Continental Europe is home to many boutique private banks
- The USA has developed its boutique wealth management sector into a
profitable industry
- Table of Contents
- Table of figures
- Table of tables
- MARKET CONTEXT
- Small private banks have had historic advantages
- Boutique banks provided a unique level of exclusivity
- Smaller banks offer greater agility
- Boutique banks pride themselves on personal relationships
- These advantages are slipping away
- Globalization makes international reach a necessity
- The primary challenge facing boutique wealth managers is distribution
- Society is becoming more egalitarian
- There is a growing shift towards service focus within wealth management
- Products are becoming commoditised
- This is something smaller banks can take advantage of
- Complexities of new wealth management demands
- Technology is moving on, but banks must be careful how they attempt
to differentiate themselves
- The future for boutique private banks is hard to predict
- Difficult to compete effectively against the larger players
- Possibility of polarisation in the market
- High level of recent merger activity
- COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS
- The UK has a number of quality small and medium wealth management
providers
- Butterfield Private Bank
- C Hoare & Co
- Church House
- Duncan Lawrie
- Continental Europe is home to many boutique private banks
- Insinger de Beaufort
- Hugo Kahn
- Syz & Co
- Dominick Company
- La Roche & Co
- Rahn & Bodmer
- Wegelin & Co
- Berenberg Bank
- The USA has developed its boutique wealth management sector into a
profitable industry
- Bessemer Trust
- Glenmede Trust
- APPENDIX
- Definitions
- Private bank: what is considered to be a ' private bank' varies, from
comprehensive banking service to core specialist
- Methodology
- Further reading
- Ask the analyst
- Datamonitor consulting
- Disclaimer
- List of Tables
- Table 1: Bessemer Trust Client Base: Profile
- Table 2: Bessemer Trust Assets: Profile
- List of Figures
- Bessemer Trust Client Base: Profile