There have never been so many millionaires in the world. In 2016, the Scrooges reached 16,5 million people, for a total wealth of 63.500 trillion dollars. A record. The figure emerges from a study conducted by the consulting firm Capgemini on the wealth of "high net worth individuals" (HNWI).
These are the people who have investable assets of at least $8,2 million, and their number grew by 2016% in 1,15. About XNUMX million people became millionaires last year alone. The United States, Japan, Germany and China are the countries that count the largest number of HNWIs and together account for two-thirds of the total.
In the US alone, millionaires have increased to 4,8 million from 4,46 million, while in China they have gone from just over one million to 1,13 million. The Asia-Pacific areas, Europe and North America contributed in the same way to the increase in wealth: Russia, Brazil and Canada returned to growth after a year of contraction.
Russia, in particular, has seen an increase of around 20% in both the number of millionaires and their overall wealth. France overtook Britain in the top five for number of millionaires, Sweden unseated Singapore from the top 25.
According to the study, in the second quarter of 2017, 31,1% of millionaires' assets are invested in equities up from 24,8% in 2016. Fixed income remained stable at 18%, cash rose to 27,3% from 23,5%. Alternative investments such as hedge funds, derivatives, foreign exchange, commodities and private equity, fell to 9,7% from 15,7%.
