Global Scans · Wealth · Weekly Summary

• [New] By 2040, 51% of households aged 60 and over could benefit from accessing their housing wealth in retirement through later life lending. FCA
• [New] Because SpaceX sits culturally adjacent to the crypto community, some traders expect new paper wealth to rotate into speculative assets. Sanbase
• [New] Today, there's a global debate about the perils of building data centers, the growing wealth inequality probably exacerbated by the AI boom, and the risks of giving robots tools to build autonomous or biological weapons. BATimes Newspaper
• [New] Volatility remains one of the single biggest structural risks behind crypto wealth 2026, notably in sectors with speculative retail and leverage. Bitcoin Foundation
• [New] One of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds expanded its use of artificial intelligence to analyze environmental, social, and governance risks across thousands of portfolio companies. Dwealth.news
• [New] Hawaii joined the race to the top of state income tax rates, and a new Bloomberg Economics analysis warns that UK wealth tax proposals risk undermining growth for little additional revenue-underscoring the global tension between taxing the wealthy and retaining the tax base. Family Enterprise USA
• [New] Emerging markets will add trillions in wealth by 2030, but the fast-growing affluent class driving it remains largely unserved by banks and advisers. Euronews
• [New] With wealth mobility rising every year, and US$ 5.8 trillion expected to be transferred between generations of wealth-holders in Asia-Pacific between 2023 and 2030, based on McKinsey statistics, Singapore will continue to be sought out as a safe haven. The Business Times
• [New] In Canada, wealth planning refers to the structured coordination of financial goals, cash flow, investments, taxation, retirement considerations, risk protection, and estate considerations within a single framework. Learning
• [New] Putin's ability to buy off losers will be constrained, moreover, by dwindling national wealth reserves and low oil prices, assuming there are no major global oil production outages. China-Russia Report
• [New] A wealth-focused podcast host argues that SWIFT's blockchain-based cross-border payment rails could create a practical pathway for Ripple's XRP, shifting attention from short-term price moves to payment infrastructure. BingX News
• Population: ~234,000 individuals globally Share of Wealth: 34% of total HNWI wealth Growth Rate: The UHNW population is projected to grow 31% by 2030. X1 Wealth
• India is expected to account for the largest share of new wealth creation, adding more than $2 trillion by 2030. Yahoo Finance
• The technology landscape in 2026 offers a wealth of investment opportunities driven by innovation, digital transformation, and evolving consumer needs. Persian Horizon
• HSBC's wealth management division has identified artificial intelligence as one of the strongest structural investment opportunities shaping global financial markets. Spherical Insights
• Australian retail wealth managers should review their onboarding strategies and ensure they address any friction points, as there are significant growth opportunities coming. Yahoo Finance
• The long-overdue property tax reform is the clearest example, as imposing one while home prices are still falling would intensify negative wealth effects and risk accelerating the very price declines Beijing is trying to arrest. Asia Society
• Currently, discretionary trusts allow some Australians, often high wealth individuals and families, to plan their tax affairs in ways that are not available to most people. Prime Minister of Australia
• Fate of California's Billionaire Tax Could Turn on Primary Race - Bloomberg Opinion The California governor's race could shape the fate of the proposed wealth tax by determining whether a future governor publicly backs or opposes it. Family Enterprise USA

Last updated: 22 June 2026