Fall in number of HNWIs worldwide. - According to the 2009 edition of the World Wealth Report, published by Capgemini, Merrill Lynch and Wealth Management, the number of High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs are defined as individuals having investable assets of US$1 million or more) has fallen and have fewer assets than at the end of 2008 as a result of the crisis. At the end of 2008, the world's population of HNWIs was down 14.9% from the year before (see Figure 1) to 8.6 million, and their...