The broader significance of wealthy individuals should not be underestimated. As leaders, innovators, facilitators and pioneers, the wealthy often represent the most dynamic sections of society, while as investors they tend to be the most prescient, passionate and incisive individuals you can meet.

The Barclays Wealth Insights reports, developed in partnership with the Economist Intelligence Unit, provide a comprehensive picture of what it means to be wealthy in the 21st century.

Based on global research with over 600 mass affluent, high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals and the views of a panel of wealth experts, drawn from academia, industry and financial circles, each Insight report paints a picture of the private world of this influential group, by analysing their shifting demographic profile, priorities and preferences.

And by uncovering the complex social and psychological dynamics – including gender, family and social interactions – that define the behaviour and outlook of the wealthy, our reports provide a compelling snapshot of the deeper trends that shape the future of society at large.

Download Volume 1: The Future of Wealth – 2006 to 2016

PDF format, 1.6MB, 40Pages.

The first Insight report charts the growth in different categories of wealth within G7 countries, and measures the quality or attractiveness of the business environment in individual countries around the world.

Download Volume 2: A Question of Gender

PDF format, 2.11MB.

From luxury goods manufacturers to private banks, the commercial world is starting to sit up and take notice of women’s growing spending power, and is now redoubling its efforts to tap into this money-spinning market.

Download Volume 3: Risk, Return and Reward

PDF format, 1.11MB.

The third volume of Barclays Wealth Insights, focuses on how wealthy individuals consider ‘Risk, Return and Reward’ throughout their lives and the role that each plays in their approach to investment and planning their legacy.

Download Volume 4: The True Value of Wealth

PDF format, 1.41MB.

Written by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on behalf of Barclays Wealth, this fourth volume of Barclays Wealth Insights examines what it means to be wealthy today.

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Barclays Wealth was recently named as the UK's leading Wealth Manager for the second year running by PAM (Private Asset Managers) and has £84.7bn assets under management globally (H1 2006). Barclays Wealth is made up of four business units - international and private banking, financial planning, investment services and brokerage. It provides customers with a comprehensive range of solutions to meet their wealth management needs, in the UK and overseas.

Thomas L. Kalaris is the Chief Executive of Barclays Wealth and he joined the business at the start of the year. Barclays Wealth is part of the Barclays Group, one of the largest financial services groups in the world by market capitalisation.

Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services. Operating in over 60 countries and employing over 113,000 people, we move, lend, invest and protect money for over 25 million customers and clients worldwide.

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