Postcard from... Dubai

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Arrived here safely five years ago. Climate usually very pleasant, but weather at present as bad as ...

Arrived here safely five years ago. Climate usually very pleasant, but weather at present as bad as you're getting at home. No plans to cut short my visit, though. One of the obvious attractions to Dubai while the credit squeeze took shape has been the opportunity to contest a GCC pool of $2trn of investable assets, spread across sovereign investors, high net worth individuals, and an increasing mass affluent sector. Whilst mature market sentiment in the West worsened, the dynamism of the international investor based in the Middle East has represented an exciting new opportunity for t...

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