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"Global wealth has returned to 2007 pre-crisis levels, largely because of the recovery in stock and bond markets, according to a study by the Boston Consulting Group. Assets under management -- investable assets that do not include the money in investors' own businesses, real estate or luxury goods -- increased 11.5% to $111.5 trillion last year, the report said. Wealth also grew more concentrated: Millionaire households, hich represent less than 1% of all households, held 38% of the world's wealth last year, up from 36% in 2008.
The top 10 places Millionaires Live, according to the Boston Consulting Group
1. Hong Kong
2. Taiwan
3. France
4. Switzerland
5. Italy
6. Germany
7. United Kingdom
8. China
9. Japan
10. United States
The beneficiaries of this uptick included entrepreneurs and individual investors, who saw their net worth rebound after the financial free fall of 2008 and early 2009, says Greg Skidmore, the president and chief investment officer for Belray Asset Management in Greenwich, Conn. North America saw the biggest absolute gain in wealth: up $4.6 trillion, or 15%, from the previous year. Asia-Pacific saw the biggest jump at 22%, or $3.1 trillion. Although the U.S. hosted the largest number of millionaire households -- 4.7 million -- the study found the greatest concentration in Singapore, where more than one in 10 households had assets worth $1 million or more. Singapore also ranked first among the surveyed countries for growth in millionaire households, with a 35% increase from the previous year.
The United States:
2009 population: 306.8 million
2009 number of millionaire households: 4,715,000
Increase in millionaire households from 2008: 15.1%
Share of country's wealth held by millionaire households: 56%
While the U.S. real-estate market remained weak, the rebound in the stock market helped lift the nation's number of millionaire households. The United States had the most millionaires by far, leading second-in-line Japan by 3.5 million households. "
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