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Michael Kahlich is a core member of Boston Consulting Group's Financial Institutions practice and has extensive experience in the wealth management industry in Switzerland, as well as Europe, and Asia. He has strong expertise in international wealth management, digital, and human resources topics and is also a member of BCG's Global Wealth Management leadership team.

Michael was a consultant at BCG from 2011 to 2014. Prior to rejoining BCG in 2019, Michael ran the CEO Office of a large international wealth manager for several years.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • Master's degree, accounting and finance, University of St. Gallen 
  • Bachelor's degree, accounting and finance, University of St. Gallen 

Publications and Videos

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Global Wealth Report 2024: The GenAI Era Unfolds

The time is right for a full-scale technology transformation to boost profit margins and enable a new era of efficiencies.
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Global Wealth Report 2023: Resetting the Course

BCG’s 23rd annual study of the global wealth management industry sizes the global market, analyzes booking-center trends, examines wealth manager performance, and offers eight initiatives to help players achieve consistent growth.
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Scalable Tech and Operations in Wealth and Asset Management

A new breed of end-to-end, third-party platforms can be successfully deployed by wealth and asset managers to help them cut costs and lift revenues.
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Global Wealth 2022: Standing Still Is Not an Option

The most important question facing wealth managers right now is not which initiatives to prioritize—but how best to implement them all.
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Navigating Wealth Management in a Covid World

Despite the global pandemic, the past year has turned out to be productive for wealth managers. As the pandemic continues to impact lives and economies around the world, they are focused on where the industry goes next. In a comprehensive global survey, we asked senior executives to share their perspectives.
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2021年全球财富报告：客户至上，掘金三大财富管理客群

长久以来，财富行业一贯采用由内而外的业务运营模式，而现在这种局面亟待改变。未来五年前景光明，个人投资者和财富管理机构皆有望迎来一派欣欣向荣之景。然而，在衡量和把握机会的过程中需要从客户视角出发，想客户之所想，并开展与其匹配的全面商业模式转型。
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Global Wealth 2021: When Clients Take the Lead

Flipping the lens to look at global wealth from the perspective of client needs instead of net worth reveals huge untapped revenue pools lying in plain sight.
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2020年全球财富报告—财富管理20年：洞见未来—财富管理机构的进阶之路

深入洞察过去20年全球和中国财富变化密码，放眼未来20年财管市场投资和职业发展的机遇。
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Global Wealth 2020: The Future of Wealth Management—A CEO Agenda

Firms have been late to the present, and they’re even further behind in preparing for the future. With shifts accelerating, leaders must commit to essential changes now.
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Managing the Next Decade of Women’s Wealth

For too long, wealth managers have looked at the women’s segment through a marketing lens. But women don’t want pink products. They want individualized service. Advisors that fail to adapt will miss out on a $93 trillion opportunity.
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Global Wealth 2019: Reigniting Radical Growth

The wealth market is changing. To win over the next five years, leading firms will leave business as usual behind and commit to bold plays and new ways of working.