Three years wiped out for world’s wealthy

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Three years wiped out for world’s wealthy

The rapid capital gains that investors made during the boom years of 2006 and 2007 were flattened by the financial crisis of last year, the World Wealth Report 2009 has found. Hong Kong saw the most dramatic decline in the number of high-net-worth individuals followed by India, but China managed to move up on the world stage.

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