Despite severe revenue shrinkage in the course of the financial crisis, Swiss private banks canstill be found among the most competitive players internationally. However, offshore businessmodels have stagnated as pressure on them intensifies. The latest edition of the«International Private...

This study is the latest issue of «The International Private Banking Study» publishedin 2007, 2005 and 2003. In total 263 (2007: 253) financial institutions focusingon private wealth management were analyzed. Data covers the period from1990 to 2008. The sample includes banks from Austria,...