亞洲百萬富翁現已成爲全球最富有人羣

Asian millionaires now control more wealth than those in North America, Europe and other regions, according to a report from finance firm Capgemini.

金融企業凱捷顧問發佈的一份報告指出，亞洲百萬富翁掌握的財富總額現在已經超過了北美、歐洲和其它地區的百萬富翁。

Driven by China and Japan, Asia's millionaires saw their wealth jump by 10% in 2015, the firm's World Wealth Report found. The region's millionaires held $17.4 trillion of wealth, compared with $16.6 trillion in North America.

該公司的《世界財富報告》顯示，以中國和日本爲首的亞洲百萬富翁的財富總額去年增加了10%。亞洲的百萬富翁掌握了17萬4千億美元的財富，而北美富翁則爲16萬6千億美元。

Millionaires held nearly $60 trillion worldwide last year, four times higher than 30 years ago. That could rise to $100 trillion by 2025, Capgemini said.

去年全世界的百萬富翁掌握的財富總額接近600萬億美元，這一數字是30年前的4倍。凱捷顧問公司表示，到2025年這一數字有可能上升到1000萬億美元。

Asia's growth in high net worth individuals - defined as having $1 million in assets -came despite slowing economic growth in China and a weak Japanese economy.

儘管中國經濟增速放緩、日本經濟依然疲軟，不過亞洲擁有百萬美元淨資產的富翁人數仍在上升。

Capgemini found the growth in Asia was driven mainly by financial services, technology and health care industries.

凱捷公司發現，亞洲富翁人數的增長主要集中在金融，科技和健康行業。

"If past growth rates hold, Asia-Pacific is likely to continue to be a dominant force over the next decade, representing two-fifths of the world's HNWI wealth, more than that of Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa combined," Capgemini said.

凱捷公司表示：“亞太地區如果可以保持這樣的增長率，那麼再過十年，它仍會保持這樣的統治地位。亞太地區百萬富翁的人數佔到了全世界的五分之二，超過了歐洲、拉丁美洲、中東和非洲的總和。”

Poor performance in US equity markets slowed growth in North America to 2.3% last year, although the US still had the highest number of millionaires with 4.45 million.

美國的百萬富翁人數爲445萬人，仍是世界第一，不過疲軟的股票市場令富翁人數的增長率下降到了2.3%。