Barclays Wealth: Wealth management (graduate programme)

Question:

Could you please mention some of the challenges that the private banking world is currently facing?

Answer:

- A shift in global wealth distribution towards Asia, with the Middle East, China and India emerging as new wealth centers.

- Regulatory changes to reduce tax evasion.

Question:

What are your developing areas both profesionnaly and personally ?

Answer:

Project management, understanding cultural diversity, time management

Question:

What differentiates Barclays Wealth from its competitors?

Answer

Its Investment Philosophy that employs psychometric analysis to get in depth insight into client's financial personality; the fast paced expansion of the business towards Asia.

Question:

What do private bankers do?

Question:

What do you know about Barclays Wealth?

Question:

Speak about a time when you faced a challenging experience. What did you do to overcome it? What was the result?

Question:

What set of skills does a private banker need?

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