The global ultra-wealthy are digging into their cash surplus to make the most of the recovery in global markets.
However, equities found less favour with the high net worth individuals in 2014 compared to 2013, according to the new Capgemini-RBC Wealth Management ‘World Wealth Report 2014’, which showed a decline in these investments to 24.8 per cent of their total financial assets from 26.1 per cent in 2013. Instead, they have parked larger sums of money in alternative investment avenues, including structured products, hedge funds, derivatives, foreign currency, commodities and private equity.