Part two of Maria’s story of living with abuse, continues with how she finally broke her silence against domestic abuse.

We also hear from another lady called Lesley on how she made the transition from abused victim to thriving and vocal leader.  Through self work, personal growth and dedication to applying the lessons she learned.  Lesley believes every woman can heal from domestic abuse and create a safe, happy, healthy life after their escape.

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We continue deconstructing the book, The Great Fraud Fightback and in this episode, following industry revelations from the Dubai regulators, Amber takes her suspicions to the local police in an attempt to take forward her complaint and open an investigation into her financial advisor, Neil Grant.

Here she recounts her experience of persuading the police to open a file and the simple online research that led to an unexpected turn in her story as she discovered she was dealing with a more serious, sinister type of fraudulent behaviour, and not simply a typical case of mis-selling and mis-management.


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He swept her off her feet.  She believed she had fallen deeply in love with an ideal partner and was set for the perfect family life.

First, he pushed her, then grabbed her, then squeezed her neck so tightly she almost blacked out.  As she lived in abuse, she morphed into someone else.  The emotional, mental, financial and physical abuse at home caused her to change into someone else.  Someone her abuser created. A few years later she was standing on top of her apartment block.

In part one, Maria tells the dark story of her relationship, correcting misconceptions many hold about victims of domestic abuse, and explains why many domestic abuse victims don’t leave.

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What’s the point of living minimally now so you’ve got a big pot when you’re too old to enjoy it?

In this episode in The Great Fraud Fightback series, we discuss the three bucket asset allocation – the philosophy of investing, and a gentle reminder from the late Steve Jobs, in one of his greatest motivational speeches, the importance of investing in yourself, first, and the rest, and particularly financial security, as Jobs' life is a testament to, will take care of itself.


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The top social problems teenagers struggle with every day – in coaching parents and their teenagers, these are always on the list – mental health, depression, bullying, substance abuse, obesity, academic problems, peer pressure – and these concerns you tend to find are multifarious but interrelated in many cases.

The first thing you ask is… where are they originating from?  

Well let’s ask the teenagers themselves…because no one can answer that question better than them.

In this episode of Behind the Scenes, Amber is joined by Jai Joshi, Ahan Kalra Mathur and Sara Daouk - today’s teenagers, covering some key points and solutions and spreading awareness in the areas most shy away from, discussing how if we set the right foundations for our youth, teenagers can truly flourish.  Together they share their experiences and offer advice to parents on some of the important steps to build a heathy relationship with the teens and handle the concerns effectively.  They explain the impact of creating a safe environment to open the lines of communication, the importance of stability in the home life and the crucial early warning signs that their teen may be struggling.

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In this episode of The Great Fraud Fightback series, Amber reveals how the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) sowed the seed of the reality behind her investment portfolio and the Dubai Insurance Authority (DIA) gave a very worrying insight into her rogue financial advisors business affairs. She shares the advice and support she gained from the local regulators and the official industry confirmation that changed it all. 

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Throughout the pandemic, energising stories of community, compassion and kindness all around the globe have been heard. Stop and Help is one such story here in Dubai.

The organization started up in March of last year 2020, at the start of the pandemic - with a single objective: to support families in need and families with children in particular. 

It started off as a Facebook group and has ended up helping 200,000 people in need, and counting.

In this episode in the Behind the Scenes series, the founder of the organization, Heather Harries talks about her inspiration behind the initiative, and shares heartbreaking stories of poverty, the increase in invisible children, the emotional toll of insurmountable debts and corporations failing to deliver on gratuities, as well as inspiring stories from the community - essentially strangers who have come together with a common purpose “to help” and to “spread kindness”.

An incredible story that will inspire listeners to follow their passion and to ‘Stop and Help’. 

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A big part of financial plans is retirement planning and a big part of retirement plans is a pension.  A state pension offers a minimum income to cover the basics, whilst a private pension is a way of deferring some of your income now by putting some money aside for spending when you are older.  When you have a pension, things start to get complicated when you move abroad and the duration of that work experience overseas; add to that the conversations around tax that needs to take place.

In this episode, David Denton, a pension expert from Quilter International encourages expats to think beyond their current job and beyond their time in Dubai if they intend to return home or move to another country in the future.  David discusses some of the complexities expats face and some of the things they need to plan for, in advance, and shares his mantra in financial planning.  And most importantly - what figure do we need to save in order to retire, and retire comfortably? And what does that look like on a state pension and on a private pension.

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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been gaining momentum – but what exactly are they, and what constitutes an NTF?  How much are they really worth? Can one tokenize and sell their digital work as an NFT? And are people really paying millions of dollars for tokens?

Amber is joined by award winning Kristel Bechara and the first artist from the UAE to enter the Crypto world and launch and sell NFT’s to global collectors. Here she explains why NFTs are important to artists, the authenticity of artwork and how they are opening doors to global revenue.  Most significantly how the underlying technology of NFTs could become ubiquitous sooner than we think and ultimately everything that we own could be made into and traded as an NFT.

 
Kristel Bechara Gallery Dubai
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Gate Avenue Zone C 100

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Financial advisory fraud looks to be extremely complex in makeup, and it can feel really overwhelming to try to understand all the nuance and how it happens. But when you break it down, you will find it’s actually not. It’s simply manipulation against a backdrop where neither party can be held legally responsible.  In this episode in the Great Fraud Fightback series, Amber talks us through a case study of how she was manipulated into parting with her savings and was essentially trapped in a Trust she had set up in Jersey via her financial advisor and Guardian Trust Company Ltd as part of a long term savings plan.

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