NBK Wealth Wins Best Private Bank in Kuwait 2026 by Global Finance Magazine
- The award is a testament of the Group’s high professionalism and exceptional ability to provide innovative solutions in an extremely competitive market.
- NBK Wealth strives to be the most trusted and number one choice in the field of wealth management.
- The Group is keen to seek to build multi-generational legacies for its clients.
- This award reflects the trust international institutions place in the Group’s performance and its support for seeking to achieve of its clients’ long-term financial goals.
NBK Wealth Group, a subsidiary of the National Bank of Kuwait, achieved a new milestone that reinforces its leading position in the wealth management field, after winning the award for Best Private Bank in Kuwait 2026, as part of the prestigious annual awards presented by Global Finance Magazine to the most prominent financial institutions around the world.
This award is a clear testament to the high level of professionalism of NBK Group and its ability to provide comprehensive financial solutions that meet the needs of wealthy clients in an extremely competitive market.
Before announcing the winner of this award, the judging committee relied on detailed criteria, including strong financial performance during the evaluation period that extended from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, growth in assets under management, quality of advisory services provided, in addition to the provision of innovative financial and investment solutions and an advanced digital experience that ensures the highest levels of privacy and security.
The power of NBK Wealth stems from its highly central and strategic role within the NBK Group, the largest financial institution in Kuwait and one of the most prominent banking entities in the Middle East. It has a geographical footprint that includes 9 cities in 5 different countries, which further enhances its ability to serve a diverse base of high-net-worth clients across a wide geographical area and gives it a solid base and extensive experience in local, regional and global markets.
It is worth noting that NBK Wealth does not solely seek to enhance its clients' wealth, but also aims to be the number one and most trusted choice in wealth management, as it strives to build a multi-generational legacies for its clients through customized solutions that suit the individual needs of each client and help achieve the goals of high-net-worth individual and corporate clients. The Group offers a comprehensive suite of private banking services to meet the needs of high-net-worth clients.
The approach on which NBK Wealth relies focuses on building strategies tailored to each client in line with their individual financial goals, while seeking to ensure the best possible returns through effective risk management, with the objective of supporting the sustainability and enhancement of wealth across generations.
Therefore, this global recognition reaffirms NBK Wealth’s ability to keep pace with the rapid developments in the world of wealth management, and to provide a high-quality banking experience that reflects its commitment to serving its clients with care and professionalism. This achievement also embodies the trust that international institutions place in the Group’s performance and reinforces its position as a reliable partner capable of formulating innovative, forward-looking solutions that support their clients in seeking to achieve long-term financial goals.
Global Finance magazine, which was founded in New York in 1987, is one of the most influential specialized magazines in the fields of economics and finance, reaching more than 50,000 senior executives and decision-makers in 188 countries around the world.
The magazine is distinguished by its comprehensive annual surveys that measure levels of innovation and profitability in banks and financial institutions, to identify the best regionally and globally based on a precise methodology recognized in the financial sector.
NBK Wealth is a brand registered under the name of National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P (“NBK”), for use by the Asset Management business of, among other NBK group entities, Watani Investment Company K.S.C.C. , a leading investment firm and its affiliates worldwide, combined with the Private Banking services of NBK worldwide, which is one of the largest and oldest financial institutions in the region.
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