Global HNWI Wealth Jumps 8.7% to $98 Trillion in 2025
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Updated · The Banker · Jun 4
Global HNWI Wealth Jumps 8.7% to $98 Trillion in 2025
3 articles · Updated · The Banker · Jun 4
Summary
$98 trillion in global high-net-worth wealth marked the strongest annual expansion in five years, according to Capgemini's latest World Wealth Report.
Resilient corporate earnings lifted equity holdings in 2025, driving the 8.7% increase for individuals with more than $1 million in investable assets.
Banks could still find an opening in that boom because many wealthy clients remain dissatisfied with fragmented financial services.
The report suggests rising asset values are enlarging the pool of affluent clients even as service expectations become a bigger competitive battleground.
With HNWI dissatisfaction rising and AI transforming services, will traditional wealth managers survive the coming 'Great Reordering' of global finance?
Could the explosive growth of millionaires in Asia and the shift to Hong Kong signal a permanent eastward shift in global wealth power?