Asian countries have overtaken North America, according to the riches of millionaires – RBC

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Asia Pacific region for the first time came in first place on the total of millionaires. The Russian millionaires was 2% less

The Asia-Pacific region for the first time came in first place on the total of living in the region of dollar millionaires, beating North America , according to a new report World Wealth report , prepared by the consulting firm Capgemini.

Exit in the first place thanks to Asia could significantly slow down the growth of the welfare of millionaires in Canada and the United States, the document says. In 2015, the total state of millionaires in North America grew by 2.3%, to $ 16.6 trillion. At the same time, the total state of millionaires in the Asia-Pacific region increased by 9.9% in 2015, to $ 17.4 trillion, according to the report.

The Asia-Pacific region is also ahead of North America in the number of millionaires. It grew in 2015 by 9.4%, to 5.1 million (in North America – by 2% to 4.8 million)

The total number of millionaires in Russia, according to. Capgemini, for the year decreased by 2% – from 155 thousand to 152 thousand people… However, in the ranking according to the number of millionaires Russia rose by one line – at the 16th place. This was due to a significant reduction in the number of millionaires in Brazil, which in 2015, ahead of Russia, – by 8%, from 161 thousand to 149 thousand

The number of global millionaires in.. 2015 has increased by 4.9% to 15.4 million. Their state in aggregate increased by 4%, to $ 58.7 trillion. In 1996, when the first World Wealth Report, the total state of millionaires was four half – $ 16.6 bln. The report did not exclude that the total state of millionaires in the world can rise to $ 100 trillion by 2025, If you save a growth that marked the last 10 years.

Capgemini also noted that “the ultra” millionaires (possess a fortune of $ 30 million or more) have ceased to be the driver of global growth in the wealth of millionaires. The 2010-2014 years with their ovokupnoe state on average grew by 6,1%, and it increased only to 2.5% in 2015. During the year, the ultra-millionaires was 4.2%, whereas the previous four years their number grew by 7,9%.

In March, consulting company New World Wealth has included Russia in the first ten countries, who in 2015 left most dollar millionaires. According to the company, from Russia last year went 2 thousand. Millionaires, and the total number of millionaires in the country decreased by 2%, to 127 thousand.

The report noted that Russia has great potential for growth, but the outflow of millionaires of the country is worrying. Among the main problems of Russia they called “an unhealthy level of government interference in local business” and “anti-American”, which “prevents inward investment and makes it difficult for foreign companies access to the market.”