ISSUE 12
David Bell, founding director. 25 April in Shanghai, China.
WELCOME FROM DAVID BELL
Welcome to Number 12. Since our last issue, we’ve been doing a
on our upcoming launch in Nairobi,
fair bit of globe trotting!
introduce you to one of our members, and share some engaging articles from
This past month has seen us launch
some of the thought leaders within our
PCD in New York and Shanghai, as
growing network of members.
well as the PCD Ladies concept in Zurich. We have discussed family law
As always, any questions about how
and high-net-worth divorce matters
you can increase your involvement with
over breakfast in London; and
the Private Client Dining Club, just
relocation and mobility for high-net-
drop me a line.
worth clients into and out of Ireland
David Bell, founding director.
over dinner in Dublin. A huge thank
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you to all of our sponsors for their
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support, as always. We have also introduced an exclusive benefit for corporate members - a 7-day ‘namecheck’ across our social media channels in our efforts to support your business development by giving you the opportunity to raise your profile and share content to a targeted audience
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Please enjoy this issue of our monthly digital magazine where we focus on what’s coming up next in the UK capital, showcase some highlights from the year so far, shed a spotlight
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DINNER DESTINATIONS
Dinner destinations for 2019
Dublin Guernsey
New York
Jersey
Miami
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DINNER DESTINATIONS
Isle of Man Leeds Edinburgh London Manchester Bristol Zurich Geneva Shanghai
Dubai
Hong Kong Mumbai
Nairobi
Cape Town
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
What’s happening? Just in case you thought that in all our globe trotting we had forgotten about London, we have a great variety of upcoming events taking place in the capital which will take us right into the summer.
Philanthropy Panel Many private wealth professionals joined our Philanthropy Panel at The Francis Crick Institute on Thursday 23 May. We are grateful to Hawksford, sponsors of our evening reception, and to our
Russia & CIS Forum
hosts, Cancer Research UK. A panel discussion chaired by Sianne Haldane,
We then hold a Russia & CIS Wealth
Head of Planned Giving Philanthropy
Management Forum at The Washington
at Cancer Research UK, kickstarted the
Hotel in Mayfair on Tuesday 2 July.
panel with panelists including:
This is a regional forum for advisors dealings with Russian and CIS clients,
• James Maloney, Charities and
with a key note address from Roger
Philanthropy Partner at Farrer & Co,
Gherson of Gherson London. The
Deputy Chair of STEP Philanthropy
event is kindly sponsored by ARQ
Special Interest Group
Group from Malta and IPG Family
• Anna Josse, CEO of Prism The Gift
Office from Zurich. It will cover topical
Fund
issues like Unexplained Wealth Orders
• Darren Kelland, Head of Private
(UWOs); citizenship schemes offered
Client Services, Hawksford
by the UK and other jurisdictions; latest
• Anthony Donatelli, Head of
tax changes impacting individuals from
Phillanthropy Services UK at UBSS
Russia and CIS countries; control and confidentiality issues; buying residential
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property in the UK and elsewhere.
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BOOK NOW
WHAT’S HAPPENING
Networking Dinner
NextGen Summer Party
Join us at The Langham Hotel for
Lastly, find us at
a networking dinner sponsored by
Greenhouse in
Hawksford on Thursday 4 July which is
Marylebone on
free for members under their allowance
Thursday 11 July for
or £250 + VAT for guests. This will be
our NextGen Summer Party. Colleagues
the second of three London networking
with less than 5 years’ experience are
dinners that we will host at this
encouraged to attend the quarterly
prestigious venue in 2019. Register now
meet ups that PCD are facilitating for
to avoid disappointment.
corporate members. Online booking will be available shortly but contact tickets@
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pcd.club to register your interest in the meantime. REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
AS ALWAYS, KEEP UP-TO-DATE WITH OUT EVENTS CALENDAR VIA THE PCD WEBSITE. CLICK HERE
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SPOTLIGHT ON
Spotlight on Nairobi serve wealthy international families. The majority of the audience will be composed of private client lawyers, accountants, wealth managers, bankers and trust companies. Our goal is to make new connections between advisors based in key global financial centres. We are expecting good numbers of guests from London,
PCD club is delighted to launch in
Switzerland, Dubai, Mauritius and
Nairobi on Thursday 20th June at the
other international financial centres.
Kempinski Villa Rosa.
A full guest list will be provided to all
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delegates in advance of the event.
ROSA WEBSITE
Please take a look at the gallery and
Our Gold sponsor for the event is the
guest lists from our Cape Town
multi family office Audina Treuhand
dinner last November for a flavour of
AG and Silver sponsor is Barclays
who attends our events.
Private Bank. Further sponsorship
If you have any queries please contact
opportunities for the event are still
us at tickets@pcd.club.
available - please download the brochure here for more details. The format of the evening will be a one hour drinks reception followed
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by a networking dinner. Guests will
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WHAT’S NEXT
What’s next?
NETWORKING DINNER
NETWORKING DINNER
VIEW GENEVA 13-06-19
VIEW NAIROBI 20-06-19
RUSSIA & CIS FORUM
NETWORKING DINNER
VIEW LONDON 02-07-19
VIEW LONDON 04-07-19
VIEW ALL UPCOMING EVENTS
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Thought Leadership Insurance for the Global Citizen: Negotiating the pitfalls for family office and trust managers. By Mike Taylor-West, La Playa Private Client & Marine.
READ ARTICLE
Top tips for negotiating in today’s uncertain market. By Hannah Aykroyd, Aykroyd & Co.
READ ARTICLE
Why cash isn’t always king when it comes to acquiring a private jet. By Iain Houseman at Elit’Avia.
READ ARTICLE
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Mark Davies Albert Einstein told his accountant “the hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes” since then technology has made the world much smaller, taxes have become more complex and governments more avaricious, which provides many tax problems to solve. I am a private client tax specialist, with a leaning towards international tax issues. This means that I am generally
Mark Davies
more interested in dealing with the tax
& Associates
issues of people rather than companies,
(“MDA”) is an
although many wealthy individuals
award-winning
do not see the distinction between
firm of Chartered
themselves and their businesses. I have
Tax Advisers focussed on international
a particular interest in dealing with
clients. Mark Davies established MDA
UK resident non-doms, being one
in 2007. Based in the City of London, it
myself. I love the spirit of adventure that
boasts HNW and UHNW clients from
they have and I love the fact that with
around the world, including the UK.
planning we can deliver considerable tax
Mark Davies is a Chartered Tax Adviser
savings to our clients.
with over 20 years post-qualified
Why did you set up MDA?
experience. He has been named Tax
Prior to setting up MDA I was a
Commentator of the Year by Tolley’s
private client partner at a top 10 firm of
Taxation magazine and Tax Accountant
accountants. My job had evolved into
of the Year by Spear’s Wealth
marketing and managing the...
Management magazine.
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Tell us why you work in tax? I enjoy solving problems! In the 1950s 11
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PCD IN PICTURES
PCD in Pictures Since the start of 2019 PCD has been all around the world. Here are some highlights - for more information and to view each gallery in full please click the thumbnails.
7 FEBRUARY - LONDON - PANEL
13 FEBRUARY - LONDON - CHINA NOW
15 FEBRUARY - MUMBAI - PANEL
28 FEBRUARY - PANEL AND DINNER
6 MARCH - LONDON - PANEL
7 MARCH - BRISTOL - DINNER 12
20 MARCH - LONDON - NEXTGEN
21 MARCH - LONDON - DINNER
18 APRIL - NEW YORK - DINNER
25 APRIL - SHANGHAI - DINNER
8 MAY - LONDON - PANEL
9 MAY - DUBLIN - PANEL AND DINNER
VIEW ALL PCD GALLERIES HERE.
9 MAY - ZURICH - COCKTAIL RECEPTION 13
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