As families navigate what could be the greatest transfer of wealth in human history, Deutsche Bank Private Bank’s NextGen Paris Seminar brought the next generation of clients together for two days of discussion, insight and connection centred on investing, wealth planning and the future of family wealth.
Held at Deutsche Bank’s Paris office in May, our NextGen Paris Seminar was designed to help like-minded individuals sharing a similar background connect with peers, deepen their financial understanding, and broaden their perspective at a time when many families are confronting profound questions around succession, stewardship and responsibility.
Over two days, the programme brought together senior leaders and specialists from across the bank to explore the forces shaping wealth management today, alongside the longer-term questions many families are navigating as assets, leadership and decision-making pass from one generation to the next. We welcomed guests from across Europe, including Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Turkey, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK, many of whom came from families already working with a family office.
Day one began with a grounding in the fundamentals of investing, helping participants build confidence around core concepts, asset classes and investment vehicles. From there, the focus widened to the global market backdrop and the role of sustainability, before taking an inside look at Deutsche Bank’s discretionary portfolio management approach and how investment decisions are made on clients’ behalf.
Day two broadened the conversation further, combining insight into different parts of the bank with practical themes relevant to long-term wealth management. Sessions offered a closer look at the Investment Bank, explored the role lending can play across a range of client scenarios, and considered how investment advisory can support decision-making.
The programme also turned to the crucial topic of wealth and succession planning, including estate planning, intergenerational transfer and the cross-border considerations that often form a central role in decision-making for internationally minded families.
Later discussions examined how Deutsche Bank works with external asset managers to broaden investment access and concluded with a session on artificial intelligence, bringing the seminar to a close with a forward-looking perspective on innovation and change.
Alongside the sessions, the seminar created space for conversation and shared experience among the next generation of clients, including an evening in Paris and a private guided tour of the Opéra Garnier, enabling them to build relationships with people facing similar questions around wealth, responsibility and succession.
Together, these moments gave the programme a personal dimension, reflecting the value of informed dialogue and long-term thinking across generations.
