Eggs, celebs and tributes: Jennifer Aniston, Chadwick Boseman and the 10 most liked Instagram posts of all time

With more than a billion users generating more than 3.5 billion likes every day on the social media site, we share the 10 most popular Instagram posts of all time on the platform's 10th anniversary. And yes, Kylie Jenner features more than once ...

10. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson

Racking up 14,544,202 likes (and counting), the wrestler-turned-actor's photo of his August 2019 Hawaiian wedding to singer-songwriter Lauren Hashian is the 10th-most liked Instagram picture of all time. And the popularity of the post is testament to how beloved the Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw actor is, both in Hollywood, with his fans and his 199.8 million followers.

9. Kylie Jenner

The make-up mogul's adorable snap of daughter Stormi enjoying a bubble bath went down a (ahem) storm with Jenner's 197 million followers. Captioning the snap, "This pic makes me happy", the photo has so far been liked 15,344,207 times, and Stormi, 2, Jenner's daughter with rapper Travis Scott, continues to feature heavily on her mum's 'gram.

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8. LeBron James

The basketball star’s tribute to the late Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gigi, who were killed in a helicopter crash in January, touched fans across the world, who have liked it 15,497,605 times.

"I'm not ready but here I go. Man, I (am) sitting here trying to write something for this post but every time I try I begin crying again just thinking about you, niece Gigi and the friendship / bond / brotherhood we had!" wrote LA Lakers player James, 35, to his 72.8 million followers. "Man I love you big bro. My heart goes to Vanessa and the kids. I promise you I'll continue your legacy man!"

7. Tentree

Followers flocked to like this post by Tentree, which called itself "the world’s most sustainable post". Trading tree planting for likes, the "earth-first lifestyle apparel" company promised to plant 500,000 trees in Indonesia for five million likes, and hopes to eventually reach 100 million. The post is currently at 15,575,571 likes, so get clicking.

6. Kylie Jenner

Jenner makes the list again at number six, with a birthday tribute post to her on-off boyfriend Scott, as he plays with their daughter, Stormi.

“Happy birthday to daddy of the year!” wrote the Kylie Cosmetics entrepreneur in a post that garnered 15,967,045 likes. “I’m slowly but surely starting to accept the fact that Storm is a daddy’s girl, but whatever. We went half on greatness!”

5. Jennifer Aniston

For a short period this year, the Hollywood actress held the record for gaining one million followers in the fastest amount of time when she joined Instagram in October. And although her record was recently broken by David Attenborough, Aniston is at number five in this list with her photo of the Friends cast reunited, which racked up 16,292,849 likes. Could that be more impressive?

4. Kylie Jenner

Jenner returns, hitting the number four spot with the first photo of her daughter, Stormi Webster, back in February 2018. And simply by introducing her baby girl to her fans and followers, the reality TV star earned 18,592,812 likes.

3. Chadwick Boseman

The Black Panther star's family took to Instagram, as well as Twitter, to announce the actor's untimely passing from colon cancer at the age of 43, in a poignant tribute that has so far been liked 19,016,314 times.

"It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm the passing of Chadwick Boseman," the Boseman family wrote. "Chadwick was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016, and battled with it these last 4 years as it progressed to stage IV. It was the honour of his career to bring King T'Challa to life in Black Panther. He died in his home, with his wife and family by his side."

2. XXXTentacion

The American rapper's one and only photo on his Instagram account was posted on May 20, 2018, with the caption "Love is war" And less than one month later, the rapper, whose real name was Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, died after being shot in Florida on June 18. The post has so far been liked 21,742,790 times.

1. Eugene the egg

In an attempt to stop Jenner from dominating Instagram, British advertising creative Chris Godfrey posted a picture of an egg, which he named Eugene, writing: “Let’s set a world record together and get the most liked post on Instagram. Beating the current world record held by Kylie Jenner (18 million)! We got this.” And got this he did, as the egg has so far racked up 54,832,057 likes. And why an egg?

"An egg has no gender, race or religion," Godfrey told The New York Times. "It's universal."

All numbers were correct at the time of writing

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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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