Manchester United's Marcus Rashford scores his side's opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Brighton and Hove Albion at Old Trafford, Manchester, England. AP
Manchester United's Marcus Rashford scores his side's opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Brighton and Hove Albion at Old Trafford, Manchester, England. AP
Manchester United's Marcus Rashford scores his side's opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Brighton and Hove Albion at Old Trafford, Manchester, England. AP
Manchester United's Marcus Rashford scores his side's opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Brighton and Hove Albion at Old Trafford, Manchester, En

‘Always difficult to play Brighton' says Solskjaer as Man United see off Seagulls


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Manchester United edged closer to a top-four finish in the Premier League after Mason Greenwood headed an opportunistic late shot to secure a 2-1 home win over struggling Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday.

Former United striker Danny Welbeck had headed Brighton into a 13th-minute lead before Marcus Rashford equalised in the 62nd.

Then Greenwood popped up on the edge of the six-metre box to complete the Old Trafford side's comeback in the 83rd.

The result left second-placed United on 60 points from 30 games, 14 behind leaders Manchester City who have played a game more, and four ahead of third-placed Leicester City.

Brighton stayed 16th on 32 points, six points above the relegation zone.

United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was pleased with his side's hard-fought win and said David de Gea and England's Dean Henderson, who was picked ahead of the Spaniard, were now neck-and-neck in the order for first-choice goalkeeper.

"It's always difficult to play Brighton," Solskjaer told the BBC.

"We have had good results and we've had to earn them the hard way. We managed to find a way in the second half.

"We had to come in at half-time and compose ourselves as we didn't create much after they scored.

"I've got two great keepers, two numbers ones. David de Gea spent a while back home and then he had internationals so he hadn't played for about a month.

"He'll definitely play football for us again."

Welbeck fired Brighton ahead with a composed finish after Henderson saved his initial header, with United's static defence giving him time and space to pick his spot after Neal Maupay swung in a cross from the right.

Lewis Dunk shaved the crossbar for Brighton with a 19th-minute header and Jakub Moder also came close for the visitors on the stroke of half-time, before United moved up a gear in the second half.

Rashford levelled when he took a Bruno Fernandes pass in his stride and beat goalkeeper Robert Sanchez with a clinical side-footed finish into the far corner from inside the penalty area.

Maupay's shot flashed across the face of goal in the 72nd before Greenwood got on the end of a speculative Paul Pogba volley in the 83rd to find the net.

Visiting manager Graham Potter conceded Brighton were still far from assured of staying in the top flight.

"I'm confident in terms of the team, the way we're playing and the personality in the team, but until you get the points you can never relax," Potter said.

"We took the lead and were probably the team that carried the most threat in the first half. We just missed that final pass.

"Man United responded in the second half without creating too many chances. They scored from not too much."

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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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