Luxury

Fitch Ratings-London-17 February 2014: Results from Fitch Ratings' 1Q14 European fixed income investor survey show that investors are more bullish on eurozone fundamentals. Only around one-third are concerned about a prolonged recession derailing credit markets - the lowest reading in almost three years. Only one-quarter said fundamentals would worsen for developed market sovereigns, down sharply since October. Nevertheless, deflation concerns have risen to their highest level since 2010.

His Royal Highness Prince Harry made his Goodwood Motor Circuit debut today (Saturday, February 15), as part of a track day run by the Royal Foundation Endeavour Fund.
After being greeted by Lord March, owner of Goodwood Motor Circuit, Prince Harry completed a handful of adrenaline-fueled laps of the historic circuit in a classic Aston Martin DB4, before another high-speed run, this time in a Lamborghini Gallardo.

Investment Update on the Barings Frontier Markets Fund Feb 2014
Recent Performance
2013 was a positive year for frontier markets, with the MSCI Frontier Markets index returning, in US dollar terms, 27.1% on a total return basis.* This performance was driven by a number of factors, with inflows into the asset class remaining strong, in contrast to the outflows witnessed in emerging markets. For the year to date, the index has risen 1.4% in US dollar terms on a total return basis, which compares to a fall of 8.3% for the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.*

The London Film Museum and EON Productions are delighted to announce that the BOND IN MOTION exhibition, the largest official collection of original James Bond vehicles, will be on display for the first time in London from 21 March.

An evening at Manchester’s Cornerhouse recently brought to mind a post-modern question. What constitutes a film?
The obvious answer, of course, is filmed footage in either digital or celluloid form. Yet for many people the definition would probably be more focused on narrative. That is, after all, the most prominent type of ‘film’, and for most people the idea of watching anything else- for example the experimental work of Jeff Keen- would be rather obscure (and, in the case of said practitioner, at times quite terrifying).

Classic Car Investment
It comes as no surprise over the last decade when banks have performed so poorly that canny investors are looking for alternative methods of increasing their capital. Anything to beat the poor interest rates available from savings accounts and traditional investments.
One of the most interesting to emerge recently is classic car investment. Not only can you invest in something that carries great history, looks fantastic and brings a certain cachet of glamour, but you get a good rate of return.

In a landmark achievement in the fight against conflict minerals, the leading industry initiative on conflict minerals, the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI), has validated conflict-free smelters or refiners of all four conflict minerals for the first time in the initiative’s five-year history. The CFSI calls on more smelters and refiners to join the effort to become conflict-free by undergoing the CFSI’s independent, third-party conflict minerals audit.

What was the first watch that you owned?
- I don’t even know if this watch belonged to a brand or had any name, actually it was just providing time and at the moment it was enough for me. It is exactly what luxury watches do not do: simply display time, it is so much more than this…
How did you start in the industry?

Former World Touring Car champion Rob Huff is the latest star name to confirm his attendance at the Goodwood 72nd Members’ Meeting on 29-30 March, 2014.
The 34-year-old Englishman, who claimed his WTCC title in 2012, will race in the Gerry Marshall Trophy for Group 1 touring cars and also take part in the weekend’s high-speed demonstration of turbocharged Formula 1 machinery.

Culture Jamming is the latest term to come from the states. Essentially it’s a cool Californian term for engaging and creating a team spirit with your employees.
Many companies have an outward facing ethos but do little to foster that ethos within their own community.
Marketing your message out to clients and the world is one thing, but you need to have everyone on your own company rowing in the same direction and enjoying the ride.