Managers of Wealth

10 of the World’s Best Yachting Locations

From the French Riviera to the Virgin Islands, Luxury Defined explores 10 top yachting destinations around the globe

Luxury Resort Portfolio - South Florida Luxury Real Estate High Net Worth Sales Agents Sell Highest Priced Home Recorded In Beaches 2023

This exclusive sea to lake waterfront location is a unique feature to only a handful of mansions in South Florida where the home is balanced between the shimmering beachfront waves and the tranquil Intracoastal waters replete with your own private boat do

Luxury lets: from vanishing swimming pools to glass car displays — the opulent world of ultra-wealthy London renters

Inside London’s ultra high-end rental market, where the very best homes can cost more than you earn in a year — and there seems to be no ceiling

Hermès bounces back big time: the luxury French fashion house sees annual sales and profits surge with record highs

The news comes after the world’s biggest luxury conglomerate LVMH shared its record-breaking US$15 billion profit margin while Kering, behind Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, also saw excellent results

Switzerland’s appeal for wealthy foreigners reaches new heights

It boasts two outbuildings, one for guests connected to the main house via tunnel, and another for offices and staff apartments.

Gucci banks on private 'salons' for the ultra-rich to revive sales

Chasing after the ultra-rich whose fortunes are largely immune to economic turbulence, Gucci will stock the new private boutiques with some of its highest-end clothing, furniture and jewellery.

Dubai Remains One of the Most ‘Affordable’ Luxury Home Destinations in the World

The ‘affordable’ price per square foot in most prime residential neighbourhoods—combined with Dubai’s safety, excellent climate, and unrivalled sun-sea-sand lifestyle—is helping the city cement its iconic status in the luxury

How One Wall Street is turning landmark office space into luxury apartments

Beyond it was the rest of Manhattan, which was more or less wilderness.

Hong Kong Billionaire Hosted Mega Handbag Sale

At over HK$1.5 million, the most expensive sale was a 2006 Bleu Jean Shiny Porosus Crocodile Birkin 25, which features 18-karat white gold and diamond, according to results posted online.

China luxury market to rebound in 2023

However, luxury brands need to work towards harmonising pricing between China and the rest of the world, report by Bain found.

Asia Set to Take a Greater Role in LVMH’s Growth Moving Forward

The luxury conglomerate’s revenue for the year 2022 grew by 23 per cent to €79.2 billion.

Crisis, what crisis? Luxury boom shows staying power of ultra-rich

For the world’s richest, their money – and their lifestyles – really do seem to reflect a new Gilded Era. I can’t help but wonder when, and how, it will all end.

Luxury boom shows the staying power of the ultra-rich

Many of our expectations about the spending patterns of the wealthy are being confounded

Architecture of the East: Inside 6 Luxury Homes in Asia

Venture to the diverse landscapes of Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand to witness the very best of Asian traditional architecture as well as contemporary design in these six luxury homes

Gen Z is driving luxury sales as wealthy shoppers get younger

Generation Y, also known as millennials, and Generation Z accounted for all of the luxury market’s growth last year.

The Peninsula London: Hyde Park Corner’s beautiful and ultra-luxe new residences

A collection of 25 ultra-luxe intimate residences form the jewel in its crown – a lovingly crafted collection of one- to four-bed apartments, complemented by a destination spa and looked after by the same team caring for the hotel’s 190 guest

Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Lamborghini had record sales last year, again

Rolls-Royce delivered more than 6,000 vehicles last year, its first time topping that thresh

These Eco 5-Star Hotels Prove That Greenwashing Doesn’t Have To Be The Standard

This number is likely to increase, especially with the growing awareness of a warming planet, thrown into sharp relief this month with images of posh European ski resorts devoid of snow.

Championing Craftsmanship: The Architecture of the Pedevilla Brothers

Brothers Armin and Alexander Pedevilla of the eponymous architecture practice in South Tyrol, Italy, discuss the importance of local craftsmanship in creating spaces that evoke an emotional response

Step Back in Time: Return to the Designer Seventies

What do the words “1970s” and “designer” make you think of? An orange and brown color palette? Avocado suites and shagpile carpets? A refined version of the 1970s is back in vogue