報告顯示 亞太將成世界第二大富裕地區

Led by China, the Asia-Pacific region will surpass Western Europe this year as the world's second-largest wealth market behind North America.

由中國領銜的亞太地區將於今年超過西歐，成爲僅次於北美的世界第二大富裕地區。

Boston Consulting Group confirmed that the Asia-Pacific region will probably have wealth assets of about $42.3 trillion by the end of 2017, compared to $41.9 trillion for Western Europe.

經波士頓諮詢公司證實，亞太地區的財富資產在2017年底可能將達到42.3萬億美元，而西歐則爲41.9萬億美元。

The company separates Japan from the Asia-Pacific region.

該公司並未將日本列入亞太的範疇。

China possesses the highest private wealth in the Asia-Pacific region and the second-highest worldwide, according to an annual wealth report that was released by the global management and consulting firm.

據這家全球管理諮詢公司日前發佈的一份年度財富報告顯示，中國的財富排名位居亞太第一、世界第二。

The United States and China have the most millionaire households in the world, the report said. The US has nearly 7.1 million and China is second with 2.1 million.

該報告表示，美國和中國擁有全世界最多的百萬富翁，其中排名第一的美國有710萬，而第二名的中國則有210萬。

Japan, the United Kingdom and Canada round out the top five nations that are home to millionaire households.

百萬富翁數量排名前五的其他三個國家分別是日本、英國和加拿大。

Mariam Jaafar, the head of Boston Consulting Group's wealth-management practice in the Asia-Pacific region, noted that private financial wealth in the region grew 9.5 percent last year to $38.4 trillion.

波士頓諮詢公司亞太地區財富管理業務主管瑪利亞姆·賈法爾指出，去年亞太地區的個人金融財富增長到了38.4萬億美元，增幅達到了9.5%。

That was the first time in five years that the region failed to post double-digit growth.

這是該地區5年來第一次沒有達到兩位數的增幅。

Jaafar still expects the Asia-Pacific region to be at the forefront of global wealth growth and creation over the next five years.

賈法爾還預計，在接下來的5年裏，亞太地區仍將處於全球財富增長和創造的前沿。

"Annual wealth growth (in the region) is expected to be at or near double-digit levels through 2021," she said.

她說道：“直到2021年，該地區的財富增長率預計都將達到或者接近兩位數。”