Dragon Wealth's app apt for banks

BANKS have traditionally relied on relationship managers to push products but, as the average investor gets more savvy, the bank's ability to hold their trust declines, said Bert-Jan van Essen, former Credit Suisse private banking Asia-Pacific CIO (chief information officer).

A panel of former top banking executives are betting that an iPad app revealing live benchmarks of how users' portfolios are faring against peers will pave a new way of connecting with users.

Together with former Credit Suisse director Dana Ritter…