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1 Aug 2021

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Private Banking: Reimagining the Meaning of Wealth

If asked to describe a private bank, you would be forgiven for picturing landed gentry and business conducted in oak-panelled rooms...

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““Pictet is in between two worlds. They are in the old world of Geneva private bankers, and the new world of globalized finance, where they want to be present internationally, they want to grow, they want to present themselves as modern, but not too much. Two worlds that are on a collision course.””

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“Goldman Sachs has launched Marcus, an online savings account, signing up 250,000 savers with $8 billion, in an attempt to create not only an online proposition, but also a youthful brand that distances itself from the Goldman Sachs brand that was known to baby boomers and Gen X.”

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Esme Smith, Junior Strategist

Since graduating from the University of Cambridge in 2018, Esme has worked in a variety of roles for MOF, most recently insight gathering, trend analysis and brand strategy. As a strategist, she is interested in brands with a strong founding identity - especially those who are not afraid to push cultural and social boundaries.