Guides
In-depth analysis of trophy-asset markets, transaction structures, and the professionals who operate them.
Discreet Superyacht Charter for UHNW Clients: How It Actually Works
How private and discretionary superyacht charter works for ultra-high-net-worth clients: the MYBA contract, where the money is held, what APA and VAT add, how privacy is protected on board, and how to choose a charter broker.
Superyacht Ownership Registries: What They Reveal and What They Do Not
There is no public database of yacht owners. Here is what flag-state registries, IMO numbers, AIS tracking and commercial databases actually show, why ownership is structured to be opaque, and how professionals verify who is behind a vessel.
How to Verify a Superyacht Broker: Credentials, Associations and Red Flags
Yacht brokerage is largely unlicensed. Here is how to check a broker's standing before entrusting them with a purchase, sale or charter above 30 metres: association membership, escrow practice, contract forms, licensing where it exists, and the warning signs that experienced buyers watch for.
Off-Market in Monaco: How the Principality's Real Estate Market Actually Works
Monaco's most significant real estate transactions never appear on a public listing. Here is how the off-market ecosystem functions, who the key players are, and what it takes to gain access.
Super-Prime London: The Geography of Capital Above GBP 10 Million
London's super-prime market operates by its own rules. A guide to the neighbourhoods, the transaction structures, and the professionals who move this market.
Trophy Assets in Dubai: Why the Emirate Rewrote the Rules of Luxury Markets
Dubai has become one of the world's most liquid markets for trophy assets: real estate, superyachts, private aviation, and private banking. A guide to how the ecosystem works and who operates it.
About these guides
The guides explain how individual trophy-asset markets actually operate: who controls supply, how transactions are structured, which rules apply and where buyers commonly go wrong. They are written for principals, family offices and their advisers, and they name the firms active in each segment so the reader can move from background to a shortlist.
Every guide draws on public registers, trade-association directories, regulatory disclosures and the firms' own published material. Facts that change, such as prices, fees and regulation, are dated in the text, and each guide carries its publication date. None of the firms named has paid for inclusion; the selection criteria are published in our standards.
To go further, the categories list every curated professional by asset class, the city pages for Monaco, London, Dubai, Zurich and New York group them by location, and the glossary defines the terminology used throughout.