Most men can be relied upon to have just one mid-life crisis, but Nick Cave isn't like most men. In 2007, the moody Australian troubadour marked his 50th birthday by ditching the comfort of a piano and (with three of his regular Bad Seeds in tow), released an album of strident, gratuitous rock'n'roll. The risk paid off and reinvigorated Cave's career, but few expected the trick could be pulled off twice.
While Grinderman 2 feels less revolutionary than its predecessor - and perhaps that's because the novelty has worn off - it's similarly loaded with ferocious riffs, rumbling rhythms and bad-ass attitude. It departs from the steady chugging of the original in some ways, however most notably by being an album of greater sonic variation. The opener Mickey Mouseand the Goodbye Men is every bit as weird and jilted as the title suggests, and serves as a perfect reminder of the band's lunatic sound. Then lead single Heathen Child offers-up a 1970s rock-stomp mixed with occult imagery. Those in search of Cave's brilliantly bizarre lyrics won't be disappointed either - Palaces of Montezuma features the lines: "a custard-coloured super-dream of Ali McGraw and Steve McQueen".
From the psych-pop of Bellringer Blues, to the towering noise of Evil, the album slowly begins to reveal a subtle trend: whereas Grinderman's debut focused on the paranoia that can sometimes accompany later life, this offering sees Cave embracing those agitations.
A Thousand Suns
Linkin Park
(Warner Bros)
Their last album, Minutes to Midnight, saw the California sextet abandoning the angst-ridden anthems for which they became famous and embracing their softer side. A Thousand Suns continues this trend, and then some. The album marks the wettest point in the history of nu-metal - a genre that most music fans had probably forgotten ever existed.
Hands All Over
Maroon 5
(Polydor)
After a three-year hiatus, the Grammy-winning funk-poppers return with an album of blustery ballads and falsetto radio rock, midwifed by the super-producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange (Nickelback, Def Leppard). Singles Give a Little More and Misery will delight fans, but aside from the country-tinged Out of Goodbyes, there's very little here they won't have heard before.
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What is dialysis?
Dialysis is a way of cleaning your blood when your kidneys fail and can no longer do the job.
It gets rid of your body's wastes, extra salt and water, and helps to control your blood pressure. The main cause of kidney failure is diabetes and hypertension.
There are two kinds of dialysis — haemodialysis and peritoneal.
In haemodialysis, blood is pumped out of your body to an artificial kidney machine that filter your blood and returns it to your body by tubes.
In peritoneal dialysis, the inside lining of your own belly acts as a natural filter. Wastes are taken out by means of a cleansing fluid which is washed in and out of your belly in cycles.
It isn’t an option for everyone but if eligible, can be done at home by the patient or caregiver. This, as opposed to home haemodialysis, is covered by insurance in the UAE.
Mercer, the investment consulting arm of US services company Marsh & McLennan, expects its wealth division to at least double its assets under management (AUM) in the Middle East as wealth in the region continues to grow despite economic headwinds, a company official said.
Mercer Wealth, which globally has $160 billion in AUM, plans to boost its AUM in the region to $2-$3bn in the next 2-3 years from the present $1bn, said Yasir AbuShaban, a Dubai-based principal with Mercer Wealth.
“Within the next two to three years, we are looking at reaching $2 to $3 billion as a conservative estimate and we do see an opportunity to do so,” said Mr AbuShaban.
Mercer does not directly make investments, but allocates clients’ money they have discretion to, to professional asset managers. They also provide advice to clients.
“We have buying power. We can negotiate on their (client’s) behalf with asset managers to provide them lower fees than they otherwise would have to get on their own,” he added.
Mercer Wealth’s clients include sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and insurance companies among others.
From its office in Dubai, Mercer also looks after Africa, India and Turkey, where they also see opportunity for growth.
Wealth creation in Middle East and Africa (MEA) grew 8.5 per cent to $8.1 trillion last year from $7.5tn in 2015, higher than last year’s global average of 6 per cent and the second-highest growth in a region after Asia-Pacific which grew 9.9 per cent, according to consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In the region, where wealth grew just 1.9 per cent in 2015 compared with 2014, a pickup in oil prices has helped in wealth generation.
BCG is forecasting MEA wealth will rise to $12tn by 2021, growing at an annual average of 8 per cent.
Drivers of wealth generation in the region will be split evenly between new wealth creation and growth of performance of existing assets, according to BCG.
Another general trend in the region is clients’ looking for a comprehensive approach to investing, according to Mr AbuShaban.
“Institutional investors or some of the families are seeing a slowdown in the available capital they have to invest and in that sense they are looking at optimizing the way they manage their portfolios and making sure they are not investing haphazardly and different parts of their investment are working together,” said Mr AbuShaban.
Some clients also have a higher appetite for risk, given the low interest-rate environment that does not provide enough yield for some institutional investors. These clients are keen to invest in illiquid assets, such as private equity and infrastructure.
“What we have seen is a desire for higher returns in what has been a low-return environment specifically in various fixed income or bonds,” he said.
“In this environment, we have seen a de facto increase in the risk that clients are taking in things like illiquid investments, private equity investments, infrastructure and private debt, those kind of investments were higher illiquidity results in incrementally higher returns.”
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the largest sovereign wealth funds, said in its 2016 report that has gradually increased its exposure in direct private equity and private credit transactions, mainly in Asian markets and especially in China and India. The authority’s private equity department focused on structured equities owing to “their defensive characteristics.”
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