Markets | Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:34am EDT Europe's old wealth seeks new home in Asia SINGAPORE | By John O'Callaghan and Charmian Kok Reuters/Tim Chong/Files In the 1470s, the prominent Spinola family of Genoa had an apprentice business agent in Barcelona named Christopher Columbus helping to handle their shipments, preparing the young sailor for his later voyages of discovery to the New World. These days, that Italian clan and other ultra-affluent families are moving assets to Singapore by setting up family offices in a city-state often touted as the Switzerland of Asia. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-wealth-families-asia-idUSBRE83G05020120417