Singapore has highest concentration of millionaires
Singapore has the highest concentrations of millionaires, amounting to 15.5% of the population, followed by Switzerland and Qatar. Is this due to high property prices? Read this article.
Hi thomas The exclusion of property applies to China, but it seems that for Singapore, people must be counted - otherwise we can't have so many millionaires!
Mr Tan, I believe the report excluded property and private business assets across the board - after all, this was a global survey.
you might want to verify this by requesting a copy of the report via this email: Global.Wealth@bcg.com
This article implies that the standards were the same worldwide: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-06-02/news/29613070_1_millionaire-households-china-ranks-compound-annual-rate
Mr Tan, the metric for evaluating millionaires should be the same for all countries. I suggest you verify by requesting a report from Global.Wealth@bcg.com
Hi Mr Tan, sorry for the multiple posts - please feel free to combine into a single post.
I managed to find the BCG press release that defines AuM as below. It seems that only residences are excluded - investment properties are included? This plus the strong S$ must have helped boost Sg's millionaire households.
"Global wealth is defined as total assets under management (AuM) across all households. AuM includes cash deposits, money market funds, listed securities held directly or indirectly through managed investments, and onshore and offshore assets. It excludes wealth attributed to investors’ own businesses, residences, or luxury goods. Unless stated otherwise, AuM figures and percentage changes are based on local AuM totals that were converted to U.S. dollars using a constant year-end 2010 exchange rate for all years. This approach excludes the effects of fluctuating exchange rates."
'One reason for the increase would be due to the rapid increase in property prices in the past few years. Even though the report excludes residential property, people who dabble in additional properties would have seen a significant rise in their assets.'
It seems that investment property is included as assets.
Doesn't seem so.
ReplyDeleteFrom the 3rd para,
Still, wealth in privately held businesses and property wasn’t accounted for in the survey,
An interesting article from Planet Money:
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Hi thomas
ReplyDeleteThe exclusion of property applies to China, but it seems that for Singapore, people must be counted - otherwise we can't have so many millionaires!
Mr Tan, I believe the report excluded property and private business assets across the board - after all, this was a global survey.
ReplyDeleteyou might want to verify this by requesting a copy of the report via this email:
Global.Wealth@bcg.com
This article implies that the standards were the same worldwide:
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-06-02/news/29613070_1_millionaire-households-china-ranks-compound-annual-rate
Mr Tan,
ReplyDeletethe metric for evaluating millionaires should be the same for all countries. I suggest you verify by requesting a report from
Global.Wealth@bcg.com
Hi Mr Tan, sorry for the multiple posts - please feel free to combine into a single post.
ReplyDeleteI managed to find the BCG press release that defines AuM as below.
It seems that only residences are excluded - investment properties are included? This plus the strong S$ must have helped boost Sg's millionaire households.
http://www.bcg.com/media/PressReleaseDetails.aspx?id=tcm:12-77753
"Global wealth is defined as total assets under management (AuM) across all households. AuM includes cash deposits, money market funds, listed securities held directly or indirectly through managed investments, and onshore and offshore assets. It excludes wealth attributed to investors’ own businesses, residences, or luxury goods. Unless stated otherwise, AuM figures and percentage changes are based on local AuM totals that were converted to U.S. dollars using a constant year-end 2010 exchange rate for all years. This approach excludes the effects of fluctuating exchange rates."
http://www.lioninvestor.com/millionaires-in-singapore/
ReplyDelete'One reason for the increase would be due to the rapid increase in property prices in the past few years. Even though the report excludes residential property, people who dabble in additional properties would have seen a significant rise in their assets.'
It seems that investment property is included as assets.