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A TRILLIONAIRES<br />
S Who will be the first one? How will they earn<br />
it? And what could they buy with it?<br />
I OILING THE WHEELS<br />
A A European bank is trying to win Asian<br />
customers by sending its best ambassadors<br />
to China: a treasure trove of paintings<br />
HONG KONG<br />
PRIVATE BANKERS<br />
We profile the safest, smartest<br />
hands for your money<br />
Wealth Management, Business and Culture Issue 6 US$45<br />
Our cover is inspired by our piece on European-style buildings popping up in Asia on page 28<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
`The world's first trillionaire is likely to hail from Asia — in particular China —<br />
where<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=1"> A TRILLIONAIRES S Who wil</a>
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<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=6"> CONTENTS `The world's first trillionaire is likely</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=7"> resort experience in Seychelles A MAGICAL PLACE</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=8"> CONTENTS 82 DIVINE DIVING DELIGHTS</a>
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<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=10"> FROM THE FOUNDER William cash i </a>
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<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=12"> EDITOR'S LETTER JoSh Spero U </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=13"> </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=14"> VIEW FROM HONG KONG Benjamin Pedley `We think th</a>
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<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=17"> WEALTH MANAGEMENT // PHILANTHROPY // LAW FAMILY</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=18"> THE ISSUES // ENTREPRENEURS > T </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=19"> THE ISSUES // ENTREPRENEURS </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=20"> the Chinese to exploit their wealth. One repor</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=21"> BVI: THE COMPLETE BUSINESS SOLUTION IN ASIA </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=22"> THE ISSUES // WEALTH ZERO WORSHIP With billiona</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=23"> any individual has today,' she says. `To get up t</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=24"> THE ISSUES // ART AND MONEY Oiling the wheels As</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=25"> THE ISSUES // ART AND MONEY banks. Before 200</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=26"> THE ISSUES // ART AND MONEY </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=27"> ideology, style, wealth inheritance, and will be </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=28"> THE ISSUES // CITIZENSHIP VENI VIDI VISA In the</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=29"> European countries have recently opened thei</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=30"> THE ISSUES // TRAVEL NO PLACE LIKE CLONE A host</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=31"> THE ISSUES // TRAVEL point. The national park</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=32"> THE ISSUES // FAMILY BUSINESS secrets of success</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=33"> THE ISSUES // INHERITANCE LAW give and tech Wil</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=34"> THE ISSUES // FAMILY BUSINESS FAMILY BREAKS Divo</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=35"> being joined up to the business and the business </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=36"> THE ISSUES // DIGITAL SECURITY SAFETY NET Wit</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=37"> its use for the global billions who are `under-ba</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=38"> THE ISSUES // WEALTH MANAGEMENT citi slicker Wea</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=39"> THE ISSUES // WEALTH MANAGEMENT </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=40"> THE ISSUES // FINANCE I </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=41"> 5 per cent. Having already lent £165 million and </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=42"> THE ISSUES // ECONOMICS CAPITAL CHARGE Thomas P</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=43"> Piketty's rentier aristocracy view of wealth a</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=44"> THE ISSUES // BANKING TRADING PLACES Since the fa</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=45"> THE ISSUES // BANKING firm specialising in pri</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=46"> THE ISSUES // PHILANTHROPY IF YOU’VE GOT IT, FLA</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=47"> moral and religious grounds, particularly in the </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=48"> DO YOU FOCUS ON WHAT'S FAMILIAR? OR FIND OP</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=49"> HONG KONG PRIVATE BANKERS The spear’s INDeX </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=50"> THE INDEX // HONG KONG PRIVATE BANKERS Andy Cha</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=51"> THE INDEX // HONG KONG PRIVATE BANKERS Simon Cl</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=52"> THE INDEX // HONG KONG PRIVATE BANKERS Serge Ja</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=53"> THE INDEX // HONG KONG PRIVATE BANKERS David La</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=54"> THE INDEX // HONG KONG PRIVATE BANKERS Bernard </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=55"> WEALTH MANAGEMENT, BUSINESS AND CULTURE: SHARP AN</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=56"> </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=57"> FOOD // ART // DESIGN // LUXURY // CULTURE </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=58"> THE GOOD LIFE // SINGAPORE UP ALL NIGHT </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=59"> cent. Assets under management have risen by more </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=60"> THE GOOD LIFE // THE BIG INTERVIEW Image courtes</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=61"> THE GOOD LIFE // THE BIG INTERVIEW OSCAR BRAVO A</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=62"> THE GOOD LIFE // THE BIG INTERVIEW if</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=63"> THE GOOD LIFE // THE BIG INTERVIEW Runway images</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=64"> THE GOOD LIFE // WINE CELLAR DWELLERS Why we sh</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=65"> THE GOOD LIFE // WINE </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=66"> REDS n Brunello di Montalcino, Il Colle Carli, 2</a>
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<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=68"> THE GOOD LIFE // WINE LIGHT FANTASTIC The arriv</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=69"> THE GOOD LIFE // WINE Photograph by David Rookw</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 70" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=70"> THE GOOD LIFE // ART BIDDING WAR Sotheby's kingly</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 71" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=71"> fees and dues to elite country clubs'. Loeb attac</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 72" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=72"> THE GOOD LIFE // ART snap happy </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 73" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=73"> THE GOOD LIFE // ART </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 74" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=74"> THE GOOD LIFE // ART </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 75" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=75"> THE GOOD LIFE // ART </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 76" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=76"> THE GOOD LIFE // ART CREATIVE ACCOUNTING The ec</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 77" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=77"> coms company — say, BT. This would be the same fo</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 78" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=78"> THE GOOD catalogue raisonné and came wit</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 79" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=79"> level below their previous sale, as this sends to</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 80" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=80"> THE GOOD LIFE // ART THE GREAT PRETENDERS The v</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 81" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=81"> THE GOOD LIFE // ART Photograph courtesy Frequin</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 82" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=82"> THE GOOD LIFE // ART </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 83" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=83"> ing: Irving went on to forge the diaries of Howar</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 84" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=84"> THE GOOD LIFE // TRAVEL </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 85" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=85"> THE GOOD LIFE // TRAVEL SInkIng fundS One way to</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 86" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=86"> lightning speed through the fish, it caught its </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 87" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=87"> THE GOOD LIFE // TRAVEL Photographs by Uwe Jacob</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 88" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=88"> THE GOOD LIFE // BARS called to the bar He was </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 89" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=89"> THE GOOD LIFE // BARS of beauty products base</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 90" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=90"> THE GOOD LIFE // LUXURY choo pastry Afternoon t</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 91" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=91"> S opt for a HK$11,800 (US$1,500) package</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 92" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=92"> SPEAR'S PARTNER sky-high standards Business </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 93" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=93"> S service centre in Asia dedicated to pro</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 94" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=94"> EDITORIAL PROMOTION TIME LORDS Using technology</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 95" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=95"> Book Awards 2014 Now the nominees have been annou</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 96" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=96"> THE GOOD LIFE // WATCHES JOUX TO THE WORLD A par</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 97" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=97"> THE GOOD LIFE // WATCHES Patek Philippe were </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 98" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=98"> THE GOOD LIFE // PORTFOLIO TwisTing The nighT awa</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 99" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=99"> THE GOOD LIFE // PORTFOLIO </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 100" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=100"> THE GOOD LIFE // PORTFOLIO </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 101" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=101"> THE GOOD LIFE // PORTFOLIO TEN OF THE BEST A</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 102" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=102"> THE GOOD LIFE // PORTFOLIO Photograph by Barbara</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 103" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=103"> THE GOOD LIFE // PORTFOLIO </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 104" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=104"> THE GOOD LIFE // MOTORING LIFE IN THE ROAR Will</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 105" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=105"> I had noticed the men — muscular, with shaven </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 106" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=106"> THE GOOD LIFE // AT THE SHARP END Jason Atherton</a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 107" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=107"> QUINTESSENTIAL BRITISH LEATHER GOODS </a>
<a title="Spear's Asia 6 page 108" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6a6cd228?page=108"> Your Wealth Can Do More Than You Think. Citi Priv</a>