Citywealth WP Club

The WP Club is run by Citywealth, the private wealth publisher, and describes itself as the premier networking club for ambitious professionals with five to twenty years of experience in private wealth management and private client advisory.

Who joins

The experience range is the defining feature and is stated precisely: five to twenty years. That excludes both the newly qualified and the very senior, leaving people at the stage where their own network, rather than their firm's, starts to determine their career.

The professions named are portfolio and investment managers, accountants, private client lawyers, trustees, private bankers and family office executives.

The badge on this listing marks it as an advisers and professionals club, which it is. Family principals are not the audience. For a family office, the relevance is to its own staff: this is a network for the people who work in the office rather than for the family that owns it.

How membership works

Membership is by enquiry through Citywealth, and no fee is published. One detail is worth noting because it changes who decides: subscription is taken at company level rather than by the individual. So joining is usually a firm's decision about developing its people, not a personal one.

What members get

Three things. Complimentary tickets to Citywealth's flagship events, which is a concrete saving for anyone whose firm would otherwise pay for them. Editorial interviews and profile opportunities in Citywealth's publications, which for someone building a reputation in a small industry is worth more than it might sound. And priority access to networking circles and introductions.

The events themselves are quarterly, held in central London after work for a couple of hours, and each is hosted by senior figures from the industry.

The format deserves attention. Sessions are strictly timed and run as structured speed networking that deliberately separates buy-side and sell-side professionals. Most networking events leave people to find each other and reward whoever is most confident in a room. Separating the two sides and running to a clock means an introverted trustee meets as many relevant people as an extroverted salesperson, which is a sensible piece of design.

For a family office wanting its investment or operations staff to build a London network without committing them to conferences, this is a low-cost, well-structured option.