HSBC Explains Art Collection Strategy, Planning In New Report

Editorial Staff

9 October 2025

The ways that art investors build long-term value in their collections and figure out how to transfer them to family and wider society are set out in a new guide from HSBC Private Bank.

Entitled the Art of Preservation, the guide sets out how high net worth and ultra-HNW clients shape and manage collections.

launched its report earlier this week at the Saachi Gallery in London; the bank, in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Art, welcomed clients and art experts to an event connecting emerging artists with collectors, gallery owners, and other figures in the art market. HSBC became a global partner of Abu Dhabi Art in November last year.

The exhibition previewed curated works from the bank’s “Different Perspectives” collection, based on emerging artists from around the world, alongside Abu Dhabi Art’s “Beyond Emerging Artists” – a debut collection from three young Middle Eastern artists.

“Art and culture, like trade and finance, flourish on openness and exchange. By bringing Emirati artists from Hong Kong to London, we are showcasing the UAE’s growing role as a hub that bridges East and West,” Mohamed AI Marzooqi, chief executive, UAE, HSBC Bank Middle East, said.

The main picture, taken from the HSBC report, is of a work by Emmanuel Awuni, entitled Bethesda, 2025, oil on canvas, and courtesy of the artist.