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Join us for a discussion on the latest trends in luxury property around the world, sharing research and findings from Knight Frank's Wealth Report. Compiled by their research teams around the world, The Wealth Report is Knight Frank's flagship thought-leadership publication. It is the ultimate guide to prime property markets, global wealth distribution, the threats and opportunities for wealth, commercial property investment opportunities, philanthropy and luxury spending trends.

This year the report examines the latest wealth creation data and reveals the performance of 100 of the world's most sought-after prime residential property markets. We also share the findings from the latest Wealth Report Attitudes Survey, based on over US$3 trillion of private wealth, as well as conversations with pioneers of their chosen fields, including South African venture capitalist and philanthropist Vusi Thembekwayo and fine-art photographer David Yarrow.

I will be joined by Liam Bailey, Global Head of Research at Knight Frank to explain and interpret the key findings of the 2021 report. To add to the discussion, I will also be joined by Majid Hussain Tax Partner at Smith & Williamson and Mark Fleming, Senior Director in the Real Estate team at JTC Group in Jersey.

Majid Hussain - Partner, Private Client Services, Smith & Williamson LLP, London. Majid joined Smith & Williamson in 2021 as Partner in their Private Client Tax team. Majid brings experience and expertise on all areas of private client tax, with a specific focus on international families with complex overseas structures.

Majid has experience in private client tax, residency, non-UK domiciles, overseas structures (trusts, etc) and private equity executives. Inheritance tax (IHT), income tax (IT), capital gains tax (CGT).

Majid advises high net worth individuals such as private equity executives, entrepreneurs and non-UK domiciled individuals on all aspects of private client tax. This includes advising individuals coming to and leaving the UK, the taxation of overseas structures including trusts and succession planning.

Mark Fleming - Senior Director, Private Client Services, JTC Group, Jersey. Mark joined JTC in 2020 as a Senior Director as part of the SANNE private client business acquisition. He is responsible for overseeing complex trust and fiduciary structures for global cross-border UHNW families and their family offices, as well as providing leadership to an experienced team of fiduciary professionals. He has a particular focus on clients based in the UK, Europe and the Americas and is heavily involved in fiduciary structures including private and quoted investments, luxury assets and commercial and residential property through a broad range of trusts and companies.

Mark has 20 years' finance industry experience. He started his career with KPMG where he qualified as a chartered accountant and gained a wide experience of banks, trust companies, funds and special purpose vehicles through his auditing role. He then spent 11 years with a major bank-owned trust company where he was ultimately responsible for leading a team of fiduciaries in servicing a varied client base.

Sarah May-Brown - Partner, The Private Office, Knight Frank, London. Head of Private Wealth Intelligence and The Channel Islands Team.Through 21 years in a top tier international agency Sarah has developed a valuable understanding of the interplay between private wealth trends and Super Prime global property markets. Seven years in the Gulf provided her with a unique insight into the ruling and significant merchant families' capital allocations to real estate.

Knight Frank is a market leader in UHNW client liaison. The Private Office supports clients with mixed asset portfolios spanning both the residential and commercial sectors. As Head of Private Wealth Intelligence Sarah's role is to oversee UHNW data, CRM and BD strategies.

In September 2020 Sarah took over the management of the Knight Frank Channel Islands Team, a hand-picked team of sector experts representing the consultancy and transnational service lines most commonly used by trusts and family offices.

Liam Bailey - Global Head of Research, Knight Frank, London. Liam is Global Head of Knight Frank's market leading Research team. Based in London, Liam writes and presents on property market trends around the world with a particular focus on residential markets. He also leads Knight Frank's flagship publication, The Wealth Report - which tracks private wealth investment into property.

Over the past decade, Liam has grown and deepened the market insight offered by Knight Frank's Research team and now runs a global team of over 100 people covering: residential and commercial property; geospatial insight; data and analytics and customer intelligence.

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