In the heart of London's Marylebone district, a new artistic gem has emerged – The Brown Collection. This unique museum, founded by the renowned British artist Glenn Brown, offers visitors a captivating journey through the corridors of art history. Opening its doors to the public, The Brown Collection showcases not only Brown's own mesmerising works but also a carefully curated selection of historical and contemporary art.
Who benefits from Artificial Intelligence? What does AI mean for human interaction? And what can a regulation of new technologies look like? These are the questions that Sara Weber’s new book deals with. A critical work on work today has received the 2023 German Economic Book Award for Readers.
Luxury can't be bought. An expensive, elaborate bracelet doesn't bring a luxury experience. You do it only when you know how the clockwork works. Luxury requires knowledge and judgement.
The Gilded Age, spanning the latter half of the 19th century, was a period of significant economic growth and wealth accumulation in the United States.
The inherited jewellery was often the whole pride of our ancestors. The treasures were mostly kept by the women in the family in the safe under the stairs or at the bottom of the closet. Only with request could you admire the heavy pearl chain, the sparkling diamond rings, or the golden needles. The magnificent pieces are part of the family's history.
The most iconic Christmas song, All I Want for Christmas is You, by Mariah Carey, has become so popular that the singer has become synonymous with the holidays. The song still receives a huge amount of playtime, nearly three decades after it was first released.
Elliott Erwitt, a legendary photographer known for his unique black-and-white images, left an indelible mark on the world of photography. With a career spanning over 70 years, Erwitt captured a diverse range of subjects, from political figures to Hollywood starlets, from everyday life to the absurd. His photographs reflect a keen eye for detail, a sharp wit, and a deep understanding of human nature.
Contemporary figurative art has experienced a remarkable resurgence in recent years, captivating art enthusiasts and collectors alike. The European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) in Barcelona has been at the forefront of promoting this artistic movement, showcasing the works of internationally renowned and emerging figurative artists.
ART COLOGNE is the oldest art fair in the world. In the German-speaking world, the event is therefore often referred to as the “mother of all art fairs." This year, almost 200 exhibitors and dealers from 20 different countries participated. What was interesting to learn from the last exhibition, which closed its gates in November?
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Family offices were built to endure, not to expand without limit. Their strength has always come from clarity: knowing how capital is structured, why decisions were made and who carries responsibility forward. For decades that clarity emerged naturally. Teams stayed small. Structures stayed understandable. Decisions remained close to memory. Today wealth is scaling faster than that inherited model can absorb, and complexity is accelerating beyond the reach of informal understanding. The real risk is not volatility. It is losing sight of the structure that holds everything together.
Most family offices believe they are preparing the next generation. The evidence suggests they are doing something considerably more modest: including heirs in governance without equipping them to participate in it. The distinction matters because presence and preparation are not the same thing, and the gap between them is where succession risk accumulates.
Family offices take measuring investment performance seriously. From benchmarks to fee tracking, the infrastructure for investment measurement is continuous, detailed, and increasingly automated. Apply that same question to governance — how effective is your board, your family council, your oversight function? — and the answer is different. The structures may exist, but the measurement often does not.
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The defining question in Swiss wealth management is not whether artificial intelligence will replace the advisor. The more important issue is whether the information environment is coherent enough for productivity gains to hold in practice. AI has attracted attention because it promises speed, efficiency and automation. The real test is whether information across banks, entities, asset classes and documents can be brought into a form that is visible, current and usable in day-to-day work.
