Global Scans · Wealth · Weekly Summary

• QNB has launched live account-information and payment-initiation APIs, with the framework expected to extend into Islamic finance, insurance, and wealth management verticals through 2028. / Qatar MENA Advisory
• The Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon will receive up to £71m from the National Wealth Fund to help restart operations at the mine on the outskirts of Plymouth. The Guardian
• If Suriname can combine its new petroleum wealth with accessible digital finance, stronger institutions and modern payment infrastructure, fintech could help ensure that the coming boom reaches considerably further than the offshore platforms where it begins. The Fintech Times
• If billionaires in California had a similar response, a 5% wealth tax could result in substantial outmigration. California Budget & Policy Center
• Singapore continues to strengthen its position as one of the world's leading wealth centers, creating significant opportunities for financial institutions. RFI Global
• In the future, agricultural productivity and labour productivity are predicted in Australia to further decline due to climate change: by 2030, more than USD 19 billion; by 2050, more than USD 211 billion; and by 2100, more than USD 4 trillion are expected in accumulated wealth loss. PubMed Central (PMC)
• By closing loopholes on profit-shifting and tax havens, and setting new taxes, nationally and globally, on the profits of the biggest polluters and on extreme wealth, countries could unlock public funds urgently needed for climate action, nature protection and essential public services. Greenpeace International
• Since the last negotiations in February, the world has seen the arrival of its first trillionaire, wealth that goes largely untaxed while more and more communities are experiencing a cost-of-living crisis and many Global South countries move further into the existential threat of unsustainable debt. United Nations
• Masdar and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth funds (Mubadala, ADQ) are expected to provide anchor equity for the first commercial UAE offshore wind projects. UAE Free Zone Finder
• The UK is emerging as a hub for innovative sectors such as technology and renewables, creating a wealth of opportunities in the private markets space. US
• Income and wealth inequality is the second biggest risk for India, highlighting social and regional disparities. Drishti IAS
• The S$518bn sovereign wealth fund aims to lift its exposure to core-plus infrastructure from 1 to 5% by 2031. PEI Infrastructure Investor
• Addressing health and wealth together represents one of the most consequential, addressable and underestimated economic opportunities of the next two decades, with preventive interventions capable of delivering significant long-term returns for governments, businesses and households. ET HealthWorld
• By 2030, women will own more than half of the world's wealth. Next Big Idea Club
• Baby Boomers hold approximately 40% of U.S. residential real estate, representing $18 to $20 trillion in housing wealth, that will gradually change hands over the next 15 to 20 years. Las Vegas Sun
• Asia's capacity for deploying private funding for social good is not keeping pace with its growing wealth and billion-dollar philanthropic potential. Alliance magazine
• Over the longer term, women are projected to inherit roughly 70% of the US$ 124 trillion Great Wealth Transfer by 2048, materially reshaping demand across advice, protection and retirement income. / USA State Street
• An estimated US$ 84 trillion in wealth will transfer between generations through 2045 - updated to roughly US$ 124 trillion through 2048. TFOA
• Brands adjusting their VIC programs to tap into tech-driven wealth foresee concentrated luxury spending among the highest income brackets through 2031. / USA Yahoo! Finance
• In the U.S. alone, a modest wealth tax on multimillionaires and billionaires - at a rate of 1% for fortunes $10 million, 3% for fortunes $100 million, and 5% for fortunes $100 billion - could raise an estimated $414 billion to invest in social programs and fighting poverty. Digital Rhetoric Collaborative

Last updated: 21 September 2026