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Falcon Private Bank, a Switzerland-based boutique private wealth manager backed by Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund, is exiting its Hong Kong operations.
总部位于瑞士的安勤私人银行有限公司(Falcon Private Bank)将退出香港市场。该行是一家由阿布扎比主权财富基金支持的私人财富管理机构。
The bank blamed the decision on growing competition and rising costs, even as the Asia region, led by China, is projected to power global wealth over coming decades.
该行称，退出香港市场是因为市场竞争加剧及成本上升，尽管以中国为首的亚洲地区可能会在未来几十年引领全球财富增长。
Falcon will seek to hand off the bulk of its Hong Kong business to another Swiss bank, EFG International.
安勤私人银行将寻求将香港业务的大部分转让给另外一家瑞士银行――EFG International。
'It is very difficult and costly to do business in China,' said Eduardo Leemann, Falcon's Chief Executive Officer in a telephone interview.
安勤私人银行首席执行长接受电话采访时表示，在中国开展业务难度很大，成本也很高。
'You have a lot of people who are asset rich but not necessarily cash rich,' he said, adding the firm hadn't lost money in its China operations.
他说，很多人拥有大量资产，但却不一定有很多现金。他还说，该公司中国业务并未亏损。
Falcon has had operations in Asia for 25 years and the Swiss wealth manager isn't exiting the region entirely. It plans to use the influence of its Middle East owners to win new business in Malaysia and Indonesia, while maintaining a focus on the Middle East, Africa and Russia.
安勤在亚洲地区开展业务已有25年，该行并不打算完全撤出亚洲。该行计划通过其中东股东的影响力在马来西亚和印度尼西亚建立新业务，同时把业务重心仍放在中东、非洲和俄罗斯。
Falcon is owned by Aabar Investments PJS, the majority shareholder of which is the Abu Dhabi government's International Petroleum Investment Company sovereign wealth fund.
安勤私人银行由Aabar Investments PJS拥有，后者的大股东是阿布扎比政府主权财富基金国际石油投资公司(International Petroleum Investment Company sovereign)。
Zurich-based EFG International will look to take over Falcon's Hong Kong business and could assume around 883 million dollars in assets under management. EFG was established in Asia in 2000 and has around $16.34 billion under management in the region.
总部位于苏黎世的EFG International将准备接收安勤私人银行的香港业务，可能将接管大约8.83亿美元的资产。EFG亚洲业务于2000年设立，在该地区管理着大约163.4亿美元资产。
While some wealth managers continue to bulk up their presence in places like Hong Kong and Singapore by expanding their offices and adding new hires, wealth management has been impacted by slower economic growth, forcing private banks to focus on costs and keep a lid on compensation.
虽然一些财富管理公司继续通过扩大办公场所和增加新雇员等方式在香港、新加坡等地扩大业务，但这些公司也受到了经济增长放缓的影响。经济放缓导致私人银行把重点放在削减成本、控制薪酬方面。
A growing list of millionaires in China and beyond has attracted small boutique players who are jostling for market share against established heavy weights such as UBS AG and Credit Suisse Group Inc.
中国等地的百万富翁越来越多，吸引小型财富管理公司与瑞士银行(UBS AG)和瑞士信贷集团(Credit Suisse Group Inc.)等重量级公司争夺市场。
The withdrawal of Falcon from Hong Kong comes as analyst's project the Asia-Pacific region to become the biggest wealth market by population this year, according to a 2013 report by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management. Wealth in the Asia-Pacific region has increased by 27% since 2007, the same report said, tipping Asia to overtake North America as the world's wealth center.
在安勤决定从香港退出之前，Capgemini和RBC Wealth Management 2013年的一篇报告显示，分析师预计今年亚太地区将成为以人口计规模最大的财富管理市场。该报道称，自2007年以来，亚太地区财富增加了27%，预计亚洲将取代北美，成为全球财富中心。
Yet despite the apparent jump, Asian private bankers produce fewer revenues than their global counterparts. A study by Accenture found that Asian private bankers generate around $600,000 in annual revenue compared with $1.1 million in North America and $1.3 million in Europe.
不过，尽管财富水平明显上升，但亚洲私人银行家的收入却低于全球同行。埃森哲(Accenture)的一项研究发现，亚洲私人银行家年收入约为60万美元，而北美地区的为110万美元、欧洲地区的是130万美元。
