Colin Farrell and Bill Nighy are both in the running to receive their first Best Actor Oscar nominations.
If nominated, the pair are expected to come up against US heavyweights Austin Butler and Brendan Fraser, who have also won acclaim for their performances in Elvis and The Whale respectively.
Nominations for the 95th annual Academy Awards are due to be announced on Tuesday from 5.30pm UAE time, and will be read out by Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams.
Nighy and Farrell have already picked up nods for their performances at other award shows, with Farrell winning the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy.
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The Irish star appears opposite long-time friend and colleague Brendan Gleeson in Martin McDonagh's dark comedy, The Banshees Of Inisherin, which is set on a remote island off the coast of Ireland.
Nighy has previously been recognised for his turn in Living, in which he portrays a veteran civil servant who is inspired to make the most of his remaining days, following a life of tedium.
Paul Mescal, who stars in coming-of-age drama Aftersun, also stands a chance of scooping an Oscar nomination in the Best Actor category, boosting chances of homeside success.
The Best Supporting Actor category may also be stacked with British and Irish talent, with Gleeson, Barry Keoghan and Eddie Redmayne all already having been recognised.
If all receive nods, they will likely have to contend with Ke Huy Quan, star of Everything Everywhere All At Once, who has led the field thus far with both nominations and wins for his performance.
The sci-fi thriller, also starring Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu, is about a family caught up in a scramble across the multiverse, following an inter-dimensional rupture.
The film dominated at the Critics Choice Awards, with wins including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor for Quan.
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Yeoh won Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, at the Golden Globes, and if nominated for the Best Actress Oscar, is likely to face stiff competition from Cate Blanchett.
Blanchett's performance in Tár, which follows the unravelling of star conductor Lydia Tar, has already earned her both a Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award.
Following their previous successes, The Banshees Of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once are also expected to be nominated for Best Picture overall, along with Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans.
That film follows young filmmaker Sammy Fabelman, played by Gabriel LaBelle, and his burgeoning career in the movie-making business — based in part on Spielberg's own life story.
If nominated, the trio may come up against blockbuster sequels including James Cameron's Avatar: The Way Of Water and Tom Cruise's high-octane Top Gun: Maverick.
Spielberg and McDonagh may also be set to continue their rivalry for Best Director accolades, both having received nominations in the parallel categories at other award shows.
Nominations in all 23 categories will be read in a live presentation from the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theatre and via a global live stream on Tuesday.
The star-studded Oscars ceremony, due to be hosted by US talk show host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel, will take place on March 12, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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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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