Wealth management with Barclays Wealth International

Wealth management and private client wealth management services

With a long history of private client wealth management services, Barclays Wealth International has the knowledge and experience to help you build your wealth, use and enjoy it, protect it and pass it on.

We have the international expertise to help you make the most of your finances if you are:

  • Living in the UK temporarily
  • Working, living or retiring outside of the UK
  • Looking for a safe home for your wealth in the UK or offshore.

You may want financial planning based on a close personal relationship. Or you might prefer to run your investment management and banking through online trading tools and online access to market information. We can provide you with any of these options.

As a Barclays Wealth International client, our goal is to provide you with a wealth management service that recognises your unique needs.

As part of Barclays Wealth we have £134.1 billion client assets under management1 worldwide (as at 30 June 2009) and as a client, you benefit from our international reach and our ability to act as a single source for:

  • International banking and investments
  • Asset management
  • Family wealth management
  • Financial planning
  • Estate planning
  • Brokerage
  • Online services onshore and offshore.

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Family office wealth management

Barclays Wealth has a long tradition of excellence in developing trusts and estate planning structures for wealthy individuals and their families.

We provide the one-to-one expertise you need in order to protect your assets. By gaining a real understanding of your requirements, we can offer you effective solutions based on our wealth of knowledge in trust law, investments and financial planning.

We will then work closely with your own legal and tax advisers to implement a unique solution that meets your family's aspirations and requirements.

Asset management and investment management

Your wealth may come from business or inheritance; it may be in many different countries and in diverse assets. Whatever your situation Barclays Wealth International, working with our affiliates Barclays Capital and Barclays Global Investors, could help you enhance it.

We can be as hands-on or as hands-off as you like. If you want guidance, you can work with one of our expert investment managers to tailor your portfolio.

That could be as simple as ensuring you get the best rates for short-term cash management, or a more complex undertaking to create an investment portfolio to grow your wealth for the long-term.

If you prefer to trade and invest independently, we can provide expert market information, research and a comprehensive range of investment products through our award-winning brokerage and execution-only services.

Capital wealth management for retirement and protection

Barclays Wealth International can work with you to help you build up the funds you will need to enjoy your retirement. We will evaluate your goals, personal circumstances and projected living costs to set financial targets and look to achieve these using an investment plan that is tailored to you.

We can help you:

  • Set clear goals for your retirement
  • Take control of your existing retirement savings
  • Maximise your use of tax allowances
  • Tailor an investment strategy to your needs
  • Maximise your post-tax income in retirement
  • Adapt to changing circumstances.

Wealth management structuring

Wealth management is complex, but our philosophy is simple: the right structures can protect your wealth and secure valuable benefits for you and your family. By acting as your guide to wealth structuring, our insights can help you achieve your long-term financial objectives.

We offer you:

  • Innovative, flexible solutions from a highly rated group of experts
  • A simpler way to manage your wealth, by using our technical expertise and administrative skills
  • Our proven commitment to quality and client service excellence
  • Advice you can trust based on a wealth of knowledge, and a desire to understand and manage your needs to deliver effective solutions.

You can arrange a call back from one of our expert advisers:

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See also
Link to wealth protection
Link to wealth protection

Wealth protection

Why not investigate the range of wealth protection services that we offer at Barclays Wealth International?

Find out how banking offshore can help to protect your wealth.

Link to wealth structuring
Link to wealth structuring

Wealth structuring

How to leverage our expertise so that your estate is protected, now and in the future.

Find out more about structuring your wealth.

Link to offshore bank accounts
Link to offshore bank accounts

Offshore bank accounts

An offshore bank account from Barclays Wealth International opens the door to a wide range of attractive benefits.

Find out more about offshore banking.

1 Barclays Wealth is the largest UK wealth manager as ranked by Private Asset Managers (PAM) in 2008. Total global client assets as at 30 June 2009 were £134.1 billion.

You have sole responsibility for the management of your tax and legal affairs, including making any applicable filings and payments and complying with any applicable laws and regulations. We have not provided and will not provide you with tax or legal advice and recommend that you obtain your own independent tax and legal advice tailored to your individual circumstances.

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The products and services described on this page are provided by the following companies, which are part of Barclays Wealth: Barclays Bank PLC in England and Wales, Barclays Private Clients International (Gibraltar) Limited in Gibraltar and Barclays Private Clients International Limited in the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. For further information on these companies and Barclays Wealth please read the Important Information.

Products and services on this site may not be available in certain jurisdictions. In particular, these products and services are not being offered in Japan or the United States or to US residents. For full details of exclusions and disclaimers please see the Important Information before proceeding. Each Barclays Wealth company reserves the right to make a final determination on whether or not you are eligible for any particular product or service.

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