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US and Asia swell world's wealthy

By Jane Croft in London

Published: June 9 2005 22:34 | Last updated: June 9 2005 22:34

The numbers of wealthy individuals grew fastest in Asia and North America last year, according to a new report.

The Merrill Lynch/Capgemini World Wealth report found there were now 8.3m rich individuals across the world who had $1m (€818,000, £672,000) of spare cash to invest, excluding the value of their homes and pensions.

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