Wealth Management Roundup

A four-minute raid on Spain’s Treasure of Villena highlights a growing global threat to cultural heritage, where stolen artefacts represent not only financial loss, but an assault on national identity, collective wealth and soft power.

Amazon has overtaken Walmart to become the world’s largest company by revenue, as technology, healthcare and e-commerce reshape the upper ranks of global business. Here are the top 10 corporate giants of 2026.

The world’s largest sovereign wealth funds now manage trillions of dollars in national wealth, giving state-owned investors an increasingly powerful role in global markets, infrastructure, technology and long-term wealth management.

Rising housing costs, taxes and remote working continue to reshape America's population map. New migration data reveals which major cities are losing residents, where they are relocating, and the economic forces driving the shift.

Revolut has been named the world’s best digital bank for 2026 after a record year of profits, licensing breakthroughs and global expansion, cementing its transformation from travel card to banking powerhouse.

Passport power has nearly doubled in 20 years, even as the Global Peace Index records worsening conflict, declining peacefulness and a widening divide between countries whose citizens enjoy extensive mobility and those who remain largely shut out.

Icelandic billionaire Thor Björgólfsson has moved his tax residence from Britain to Italy and shifted his investment firm to Switzerland, highlighting Europe’s intensifying competition for mobile wealth, capital and internationally active business leaders. Pictured: Thor Björgólfsson. Photo Credits: Ane Cecilie Blichfeldt

EU pressure on Caribbean CBI programmes intensifies as Antigua and Barbuda says Brussels wants a 2028 phase-out or risks to Schengen access.

IMGW News pays tribute to Jonathan Cardona, CEO of Residency Malta Agency, remembering his contribution to Malta’s international residency profile and the wider global mobility community.

Europe’s foreign investment map is shifting. While France, the UK and Germany still lead, Southern, Central and smaller European markets are gaining fresh investor attention.