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AI in 2025: A Wealth Creation Machine Artificial intelligence did more than dominate headlines in 2025; it rewired how wealth is created at the very top of the global economy. Analysts estimate that AI-linked ventures helped mint more than 50 new billionaires this year, adding hundreds of billions of dollars...

A Billionaire’s Verdict on Britain “Britain has gone to hell.” With that line, Norwegian-born shipping magnate John Fredriksen crystallised what many ultra-wealthy London residents have been discussing privately for years: the UK is no longer the default capital of global capital. His decision to shut his London headquarters, move his...

The New Billionaire Playbook: Build a Mega-Family A growing subset of ultra-wealthy founders is treating family size as a strategic variable, not a private detail. Chinese gaming magnate Xu Bo and Telegram founder Pavel Durov are among the most visible examples, each associated with over 100 biological children through surrogacy...

Inequality is now a visibility problem The concentration of wealth at the very top of the global distribution has moved from academic talking point to systemic risk driver. Recent estimates suggest that fewer than 60,000 individuals — roughly 0.001% of the world’s population — now control around three times more...

The Age of Trillionaires: Built on Inheritance, Not Merit The world is moving from the era of the billionaire to the age of the trillionaire, and the wealth that defines this new class will be built far less on entrepreneurial merit and far more on inheritance, monopoly power, and political...

Why the Wealth Sector Must Change Its Story Across many developed markets, the wealth management industry is operating in an environment that is increasingly suspicious of great wealth and those who serve it. From political debates about wealth taxes to cultural portrayals of the ultra‑rich as detached or exploitative, the...

The Great Wealth Transfer Is Here — And Families Are Still Not Ready Over the next two decades, the world will experience the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history, with estimates ranging from $83.5 trillion to $124 trillion set to change hands globally. More than half of that capital is...

Korea’s Wealth Divide: Generations Split Over Inheritance Timing and Asset Strategy The Wealth Transfer Dilemma Among Korea’s Elite: South Korea’s economic transformation — from post-war scarcity to global prosperity — has not only created immense wealth but also widened the generational gap in how that wealth is managed, allocated, and passed...

Italy’s Golden Visa Moves From Footnote to Force Italy’s Investor Visa program has shifted from a marginal player to a meaningful pillar of the European residency-by-investment landscape. Launched in 2017, the regime offers a renewable residence route for non‑EU investors who commit capital into strategic Italian assets or public-interest initiatives.​...

A Strategic Shift in Belize’s Investment Framework - Belize Proposes $500,000 Investor Fast-Track to Permanent Residency. Belize has signaled a major policy transformation: a proposed $500,000 investor fast-track to permanent residency. The initiative, approved by Cabinet and awaiting legislative drafting, aims to remove longstanding bureaucratic barriers while attracting credible foreign investment...