Justine Markovitz
Chairperson | Geneva
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The total number of high net worth individuals continues to grow at the significant rate of around 5% per year, with 15.4 million HNWIs around the world (based on Capgemini's definition of an HNWI as an individual with US$1 million in wealth to invest).
Features of this HNWI population are shifting too, as Asia overtakes North America as the location of the largest amount of HNWI wealth.We represent many of the world’s top art collectors, museums and institutions. Our long history enables us to offer advice on everything from structuring transactions to challenging fraud.
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