High Net Worth - July/August 2007 Edition

HIGH NET WORTH is a unique publication that provides a digest of data, trends, insights and opinions for professionals who market and sell to the wealthy.

The publication is compiled and edited by James Lawson CFA, the Research Director at Ledbury, and is distributed 10 times a year to clients spanning the wealth management, luxury goods, luxury automotive and travel sectors, and their agencies

It contains a digest of key news and events, in-depth analysis of their implications, and a wide range of data collected from Ledbury's research projects into millionaires, the affluent, and luxury consumption around the world. Additionally, each edition contains a country profile giving key insights into a the size, growth, habits and trends of its wealthy population.

1. FEATURES:
Luxury Retailing Trends
Baby Boomers Conitue Working
Private Equity and Luxury Brands

3. WEALTH AND FINANCE
Why Private Banking Clients Leave
Communicating Fees with Clients
What Advisors Think Worry their Clients
Rise in £1m Mortgages
The Importance of Client Segmentation
Private Client Lawyers Profit from the Wealth Boom
Wine Market Buoyed by Wealth Hong Kong Connoisseurs
Wealthy Invest in Social Responsibility

5. LUXURY
Indian Luxury Market
Sales Pendulum Swings Back Towards Couture
Consumers Boycott Unethical Brands
Luxury Investments of the Wealthy
What the Wealthy Think of their Luxury Homes
Medical Tourism on the Rise
Experiential Luxury Reward Cards
Exclusive Credit Cards

7. SOME QUICK NUMBERS
Luxury Counterfeiting
Luxury Users Online
Hybrid Market Looks Strong
Market for Megayachts Expands...
...Whilst the Market for Middle Yachts Shrinks?
Luxury Yacht Insurance
Luxury Submarines
Bespoke Items
Private Jet Growth Reaches New Levels
US Philanthropy Fuelled by the Wealthy
New Wealth Creation
Wealth of the Top 50 South African Directors
The Wealthiest Country in the World
Private Bank's Penetration in Asia
UK Wealthy Dodge Income Tax
SIPPS Market
Cost of Living for the Wealthy Rises Dramatically
Richest 1% in the US Earn $1.3 Trillion
1 Minute on the Train Equals £1,000

8. LEDBURY'S RESEARCH
Profiling At Risk Clients
Alternative Assets

12. COUNTRY PROFILE:
China