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Security Intelligence Report · April 2026
The flight to optionality: how global instability is redrawing the private wealth map
UHNW clients across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe are quietly restructuring. Second passports. Singapore family offices. Gold held in jurisdictions their home governments cannot easily reach. This is not tax avoidance - it is existential hedging. And most private banks are entirely unprepared to have this conversation.
Module
07 - Security
Pages
32 pages
Distribution
Restricted
Key findings
01
42% of UHNW clients now rank geopolitical risk above market risk as their primary concern
Up from 18% in 2021 - a generational shift in the worry hierarchy
02
1 in 3 ultra-wealthy individuals holds assets across four or more jurisdictions
Singapore and Dubai absorbing the largest inflows from Chinese and European UHNW
03
67% of private bankers report clients raising security topics - fewer than 10% feel equipped to respond
The single largest training gap in private banking globally
04
CBI programme spend reached $4.3B in 2024 - up 3× from 2018
Citizenship-by-investment reframed as insurance
05
Physical gold held outside home jurisdiction now present in 1 in 5 UHNW portfolios
A growing and almost entirely under-discussed allocation category
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