Merrill Lynch and the Capgemini Group today released the 11th annual World Wealth Report, which shows that the World’s High Net Worth (HNW) population (those with at least $1 million in investible assets, excluding their primary residences) grew to 9.5 million in 2006 (an 8.3% increase from 2005), with their total assets rising to $37.2 trillion (an 11.4% increase from 2006). In the United States, the HNW population grew to 2.9 million (a 9.4% increase from 2005), lagging the increases in:
- Singapore: 21.2%
- India: 20.5%
- Indonesia: 16.0%
- Russia: 15.5%
- United Arab Emirates: 15.4%
- South Korea: 14.1%
- South Africa: 13.3%
- Israel: 12.9%
- Czech Republic: 12.6%
- Hong Kong: 12.2%
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