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International Banking International Private Banking and the emergence of the Family Office By Karen Winter, Senior Manager, Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Limited, Guernsey How is private banking as delivered by international banking shaping up in the first decade of the new century? Karen Winter charts the evolution of the concept and practical delivery of private banking services over the last three decades and the recent emergence of the family office as a key market segment. To receive your regular copy of the journal, including this month's issue containing the full text of this article, please click on the Subscribe Now button.   International Banking The Changing Face of Banking in the Caribbean By Ryan Devaux, General Manager, Bank of Saint Lucia International Limited, Castries, St. Lucia As banking in the Caribbean continues to evolve, the provision of first rate products and services will have to adapt accordingly. Ryan Devaux discusses the key factors – regionalisation, consolidation and modernisation – driving the current banking landscape. To receive your regular copy of the journal, including this month's issue containing the full text of this article, please click on the Subscribe Now button.       International Banking Like it or not, Mr Buffet – credit derivatives are piquing investor interest By Frédéric-K. Dawance, Head of Marketing, Products and Solutions Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland Despite Warren Buffet’s dismissal of credit derivatives as “weapons of mass destruction” for the average investor, their growth rate is more than 100% year on year.  Frédéric-K. Dawance explains why they are becoming must-haves for managing risk in the financial sector. To receive your regular copy of the journal, including this month's issue containing the full text of this article, please click on the Subscribe Now button.     International Banking Private Clients and 21st Century Wealth Management – feast or famine?   By Paul O’Donnell – Head of Private Banking, EFG Bank Limited, London, UK What is meant today by “wealth management”?  Is it just a new name for “stockbroking”, “investment” or “asset management”?  Paul O’Donnell suggests that it aspires to something different, to provide genuinely broad asset allocation advice across the totality of a client’s assets, including both investment assets and debt. To receive your regular copy of the journal, including this month's issue containing the full text of this article, please click on the Subscribe Now button.