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I believe that giving a relatively concise overview of complex sectors and operations in an international context is a very challenging task. My goal with this publication is to show a rapidly expanding industry to individuals who are unfamiliar with it or have a hazy understanding of it. Many professionals work in it, but not everyone has an overview of the regulations, the main existing structures, the dynamics, and the industry’s size.
After more than thirty years in this industry, perhaps I myself felt the need to put things in order and better understand the direction in which the industry is heading. We are all swept up in the whirlwind of the day-to-day and need to give ourselves a wide important goal (WIG), a stimulus to get out of the routine and look at the pic- ture as a whole. Several successful professionals, be they asset managers, lawyers, CEOs, family offices, private bankers, and service providers, sometimes have excel- lent vertical skills but often lack an overall vision. This book has been my WIG for a long time. I hope that this work is only the beginning of a long journey, the birth of a small tool, which at its first appearance will not be without flaws but can then be perfected, expanded and improved.
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