Tom Cruise made a surprise appearance at a 'Tenet' screening in London. Twitter / Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise made a surprise appearance at a 'Tenet' screening in London. Twitter / Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise made a surprise appearance at a 'Tenet' screening in London. Twitter / Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise made a surprise appearance at a 'Tenet' screening in London. Twitter / Tom Cruise

'Back to the movies': Tom Cruise makes surprise appearance at London 'Tenet' screening


Farah Andrews
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While he may not be in the film, Tom Cruise loves a blockbuster movie and a surprise appearance, and the star got both when he crashed a London screening of Tenet on Tuesday.

"Big Movie. Big Screen. Loved it," Cruise tweeted of Christopher Nolan's film, along with a video of the experience.

In the clip, we see Cruise, well, cruise through a grey, rainy London in the back of a black cab on his way to the screening, wearing a black face mask.

At one stage he is recognised by fans while sat at traffic lights. He dutifully waves and asks, "How does that happen? I'm wearing a mask."

Tom Cruise in the back of a London taxi, wearing a face mask, on his way to a 'Tenet' screening. Twitter / Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise in the back of a London taxi, wearing a face mask, on his way to a 'Tenet' screening. Twitter / Tom Cruise

"Back to the movies," he says as he arrives at the cinema, posing by a poster for the film.

We then see Cruise inside the theatre, where he can be heard clapping as the film begins, along with other moviegoers. "It is great to be back in a movie theatre, everybody," he says.

He claps again as Nolan's epic ends, and as he leaves a fan asks if he enjoyed the film, to which he replies: "I loved it. I loved it."

Watch Tom Cruise's full journey to watch 'Tenet' here: 

Tenet is finally due for cinema release this weekend, after three delays. It was originally scheduled for a July release.

The thriller has been written and directed by Nolan, and stars Robert Pattinson, John David Washington, Elizabeth Debicki, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Dimple Kapadia, Himesh Patel, Clemence Poesy, Michael Caine and Kenneth Branagh in key roles.

The film has been given very warm early reviews by critics. For The National, James Mottram gave the film 5/5, and described it as "a puzzle-box picture that's sprung from the steep trap that is Nolan's mind".

It is currently rated as 8.3/10 on IMDB and 83 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes, awaiting an audience score.

It is thought that Cruise is in London to film Mission: Impossible 7, which is due for a  November 2022 release.

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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