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'Spider-Man: No Way Home' trailer shows Tom Holland's Peter Parker battle his past

The long-awaited film, out in December, is set to bring back old villains from previous 'Spider-Man' films

David Tusing

August 24, 2021

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One day after its leak online, the official trailer of the much-awaited Spider-Man: No Way Home was released on Monday at the ongoing CinemaCon in Las Vegas.

“You’ve waited long enough ... I told you, you weren’t ready,” star Tom Holland shared on Instagram, along with the trailer, which shows the British actor return as the superhero along with Zendaya as his love interest MJ, Jacob Batalon as his best friend Ned Leeds, and Marisa Tomei as Aunt May.

The official Twitter account of the film seemed to make light of the trailer's leak on Sunday.

“Shout-out to the real ones who are watching the trailer for the first time right now,” it posted.

The No Way Home trailer confirms what many fans have been speculating, that the film will bring back villains of previous Spider-Man films, including Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus, Jamie Foxx’s Electro and Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin.

Fans have also been petitioning for the return of actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, who have played the superhero in their own franchises in the past, but the new trailer gives no such indication, for now.

In the three-minute trailer clip, we see Holland's Parker, whose identity as the superhero was revealed in 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home, become disillusioned with the exposure and the danger it caused his loved ones.

“For the record, I never wanted to lie to you,” Parker tells MJ. “But how do you tell somebody you are Spider-Man?”

He then turns to Doctor Strange, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, for help. Strange helps him cast a spell that will undo the reveal of Parker's true identity. But this unleashes new dangers as villains from the past, including Doctor Octopus, return to cause chaos.

“The problem is you're trying to live two different lives. The longer you do it, the more dangerous it becomes,” Strange warns Parker in the clip.

Unveiling the trailer on Monday, Sony Pictures boss Tom Rothman, acknowledged Sunday's trailer leak at CinemaCon.

“It deserves to be seen in the high-quality finished form in which it was made,” he told the gathering.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is set to be released globally on Friday, December 17



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Former Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson became its first MP after defecting in March 2024.

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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.

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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.”

Updated: August 24, 2021, 8:23 AM
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