The private bank taps the reading habits of its relationship managers and their clients around the world to get recommendations on the best books published in the past six months. This year a total of 202 books were submitted mostly non-fiction. This was then narrowed down to a list of 10 books dealing with themes deemed to be of interest to high net worth clients, wherever they are in the world.
The firm's review committee consisted of two people from Asia, two from the US, two from Europe and two from Latin America.
Clients of the firm are given copies of the books, but can...