Joe Wicks, The Body Coach, headlines the Sun and Sand Sports Fitness Fest 2016 at Skydive Dubai on Friday and Saturday. Courtesy Sun and Sand Sports Fitness Fest
Joe Wicks, The Body Coach, headlines the Sun and Sand Sports Fitness Fest 2016 at Skydive Dubai on Friday and Saturday. Courtesy Sun and Sand Sports Fitness Fest
Joe Wicks, The Body Coach, headlines the Sun and Sand Sports Fitness Fest 2016 at Skydive Dubai on Friday and Saturday. Courtesy Sun and Sand Sports Fitness Fest
Joe Wicks, The Body Coach, headlines the Sun and Sand Sports Fitness Fest 2016 at Skydive Dubai on Friday and Saturday. Courtesy Sun and Sand Sports Fitness Fest

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5 healthy things to do this weekend: visit Sun and Sand Sports Fitness Fest, learn how to practise mindfulness and more

Ellen Fortini

November 03, 2016

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Take part in the Electric Run Recharged. The "world's brightest 5K night run" returns to the UAE with a celebration of music and light, featuring nine new themed wonderlands along the 5km course, including disco and EDM party zones and Electric Avenue. UAE Olympian swimmers Nada Al Bedwawi, Yaqoub Al Saadi and weightlifter Ayesha Al Balooshi, who all competed in Rio this summer, and British middle-distance athlete Dame Kelly Holmes will also participate. Friday, 6-11pm, from Dh200, Zabeel Park, Dubai, www.electricrun.ae

Attend the Sun and Sand Sports Fitness Fest 2016. Headlined by Joe Wicks, The Body Coach, the festival features challenges, competitions, fitness celebrities, elite athletes, healthy cooking shows, kids activities, fitness games and demo sessions. The Healthy Living Show, which focuses on four sectors: beauty and anti-ageing, nutrition and supplements, health, and organic and natural products, will also take place. Friday and Saturday, 9am-7pm, Dh40 in advance, Skydive Dubai, Al Sufouh, Dubai, www.fitfest.ae

Head to Yas Mall early on Saturday and take part in a free Get Driver Fit session. Enjoy the workout as part of the community initiative to encourage people of all fitness levels to live an active and healthy lifestyle. Arrive one hour in advance to register as the event is first come, first served. Saturday, 10am to 11pm, Yas Mall, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, www.yasmall.ae

Learn ways to practise mindfulness in a full-day workshop for parents a teachers. Mindful Matters by Inner Seed aims to share how music, yoga, nutrition, dance, fitness and more can help guide children to living more healthful lives. In addition to six workshop sessions, the event also includes a light breakfast, guest speaker, a buffet lunch, a stalls exhibition, raffles and prizes. Saturday, 8.15am to 5.30pm, Dh500, Novotel Abu Dhabi Gate, Abu Dhabi, search "Mindful Matters Abu Dhabi" at www.allevents.in

Register now to take part in iTrainSaturdays, presented by Daman's Activelife. The informal community run-walk event takes place outdoors at Umm Al Emarat Park, where participants can enjoy the cooler weather with friends and family, and meet like-minded people. Saturday, 8.30am, free, Umm Al Emarat Park (formerly Mushrif Park), Abu Dhabi, register by Friday at www.premieronline.com

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It firmly rejected “acts of terrorism, which constitute a flagrant violation of the sanctity of houses of worship”.

“Attacking places of worship is a form of terrorism and extremism that threatens peace and stability within societies,” it said.

The council also warned against the rise of hate speech, racism, extremism and Islamophobia. It urged the international community to join efforts to promote tolerance and peaceful coexistence.

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Stat of the day – 1,358 There were 1,358 days between Haris Sohail’s previous first-class match and his Test debut for Pakistan. The lack of practice in the multi-day format did not show, though, as the left-hander made an assured half-century to guide his side through a potentially damaging collapse.

The verdict As is the fashion of Test matches in this country, the draw feels like a dead-cert, before a clatter of wickets on the fourth afternoon puts either side on red alert. With Yasir Shah finding prodigious turn now, Pakistan will be confident of bowling Sri Lanka out. Whether they have enough time to do so and chase the runs required remains to be seen.

 


 

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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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