The US remains a magnet for wealthy Asian entrepreneurs even as its growth lags behind developing markets, new research has found.
The report, by Barclays Wealth, found that those who made their money in booming economies such as China still hoped to move to North America and Europe in search of stability and better business prospects.
Over the next five years, almost half of China’s rich expected to move, with the US then Europe the most likely destinations. Qataris and Latin Americans were also likely to be planning moves. But only 6 per cent from North America and 12 per cent from Europe were considering Asia.
Some 15 per cent of the global rich are likely to move within the next five years, rising to almost a third for those who consider themselves entrepreneurs.
Christian Berchem, head of UK key clients and family offices for Barclays Wealth, said entrepreneurs “will go where the next step for their businesses takes them”.
Liam Bailey, head of residential research at Knight Frank, the property consultancy, said that the “Anglosphere” remains popular for its use of English, good education system and stable government.
Just under half of the 2,000 people Barclays surveyed had lived in more than one country and a fifth in three or more countries.
“A number of entrepreneurs we have spoken to are looking towards overseas expansion to other English-speaking markets, such as the US and Australia, while others are researching ways to gain access to newer, untapped markets in Asia and Latin America,” said Mr Berchem.
While Asian, European and North American wealthy individuals prioritised higher returns and better interest rates when moving their money abroad, 74 per cent of respondents in Africa, 54 per cent in Latin America, and 40 per cent in the Middle East, say that finding a safe is one of the main reasons for doing so.
The UK has seen the number of non-domiciled multimillionaires rising 15.2 per cent between 2011 and 2013, fuelling the London property market.
But even Londoners are prepared to move. Anthony Rushton, who set up Telemetry in 2009, established a New York base for the online business 18 months ago. It helps identify fraud in online advertising, whereby criminals register false interest using bots or drive up prices in automated online auctions.
Mr Rushton, 42, said his family moved for four weeks while the office was being set up. “I go over there one weekend a month as that is where our customers are.”
They tend to cluster around certain cities. Many identify themselves as “multinational” and a majority in Asia and Latin America believe their children will live in even more countries than they have.
A fifth of wealthy individuals in the UK are setting their sights on new horizons but they tend to be older. Almost a third were looking to retire, a fifth seeking a lower cost of living. But the most popular choice was no surprise – 44 per cent wanted warmer weather.
最新研究发现，尽管美国的经济增速落后于发展中国家，但仍对富有的亚洲企业家有着很强的吸引力。
巴克莱财富(Barclays Wealth)发布的这份报告发现，在中国等蓬勃发展的经济体发迹的企业家，仍希望移居到北美和欧洲，以觅得稳定和更好的商业前景。
未来5年，中国有近一半的富人希望移居海外，美国和欧洲是最有可能的目的地。卡塔尔和拉美的富人很可能也在计划移居海外。但在北美和欧洲，分别只有6%和12%的富人在考虑移居亚洲。约15%的全球富豪可能会在未来5年里移居海外，对应的人数升至自认为是企业家的人群的近三分之一。
巴克莱财富英国关键客户与家族理财室主管克里斯蒂安•贝尔赫姆(Christian Berchem)表示，企业家“会移居到有利于他们企业下一步发展的地方”。
地产咨询公司莱坊(Knight Frank)的住宅研究主管利亚姆•贝利(Liam Bailey)表示，“盎格鲁文化圈”(Anglosphere)仍因其使用英语、教育体制良好和政府稳定而颇受欢迎。
在巴克莱调查的2000人中，有略低于一半的受访者曾在一个以上的国家居住过，五分之一的受访者在三个或更多的国家居住过。
贝尔赫姆表示：“很多受访的企业家正考虑向其他说英语的国家进行海外扩张，例如美国和澳大利亚;另一些企业家则在设法进入亚洲和拉美的更新的、尚未开发的市场。”
亚洲、欧洲和北美的富人在将资金转移到海外时，优先考虑的是更高的回报率和利率，但在非洲、拉美和中东，分别有74%、54%和40%的受访者表示，为资金找到一个安全之所是他们将资金转移到海外的主要原因之一。
在英国，身份为非永久居民的富豪的人数，在2011年至2013年间增长15.2%，促进了伦敦房地产市场的繁荣。
就连伦敦人也准备移居海外。2009年创建Telemetry公司的安东尼•拉什顿(Anthony Rushton)，18个月前为其在线业务设立了纽约总部。此举有利于该公司甄别在线广告中的欺诈行为。犯罪分子会利用网络机器人登记虚假购买兴趣，或者在自动在线拍卖中推高价格。
现年42岁的拉什顿表示，在纽约总部建立期间，他的家人搬到那里住了四周。“我每月有一个周末会到那边，因为我们的客户在那边。”这些企业家往往会聚居在某些城市周围。很多人自视为跨国人士，亚洲和拉美的多数企业家相信，他们子女未来要居住的国家会比他们还要多。
在英国，有五分之一的富人正考虑移居海外，但他们的年纪往往比较大。其中近三分之一正考虑退休，五分之一想搬到生活成本更低的国家。选择比例最高的一项完全在人们意料之中：44%的人想搬到更暖和的地方去住。
