NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Zurich, Switzerland, 09/30/2008 - This month marks the 10th anniversary of the International Private Banking and Wealth Management Retreat, a high level residential wealth management seminar organized by the Swiss Finance Institute that is held each year in Interlaken, Switzerland.

The Retreat assembles academic opinion leaders and senior private banking executives to discuss research and practical advances in the increasingly complex and globalized wealth management sector. Attendees are drawn from all over the world including North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

This year, the focus of the Retreat was on the most efficient means to craft and deliver risk-aware advice to wealth owners in an global context. "Internationally minded executives will be in the best position to seize the substantial opportunities that lie ahead," explained Dr Harry Hurzeler, Director of Executive Education at the Swiss Finance Institute.

Next year's International Private Banking and Wealth Management Retreat will be held on September 13-17 at the Hotel Victoria Jungfrau, Interlaken, Switzerland.

The Swiss Finance Institute (swissfinanceinstitute.ch) is a private foundation created in 2006 by Switzerland's banking and finance community in cooperation with leading Swiss universities. It supports and advances research, doctoral training and executive education in banking and finance. The Institute is supported by Swiss banks, the Swiss Stock Exchange, Swiss universities and the Swiss Federal Government.

The International Private Banking and Wealth Management Retreat is an exclusive international platform for senior executives in private banking and wealth management, organized by the Swiss Finance Institute. The objective of the International Private Banking and Wealth Management Retreat is to address the radical change private banking is undergoing from a once quiet and discrete service to a highly dynamic and competitive business, and to offer senior executives the opportunity to review and update their assessment of current issues and strategic options available in private banking. Leading academics and high-profile senior executives from various international companies will present and discuss their insights.

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