The Best Architects for High-Net-Worth Individuals in 2022
As part of our Home & Design indices, Spear’s has ranked the best architects for 2022. Our list includes an eclectic range of qualified architects who marry together traditional and modern design styles, placing an importance on preserving an area’s heritage and landscaping while innovating and focusing on sustainability.
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The Best Technologists and Smart Home Advisers for High-Net-Worth Individuals in 2022
Technology moves fast. Even the savviest of high-net-worth individuals will not know every innovation in every field, so good advice on how to enha…
The Best Landscape Gardeners for High-Net-Worth Individuals in 2022
Whatever your horticultural needs, our featured designers have brought green spaces to life across the globe. As part of our Home & Design Indi…
The Best Interior Designers for High-Net-Worth Individuals 2022
High-net-worth homes can be beautiful places in the most sought-after neighbourhoods, but busy people with businesses to run and family demands can…
The Spear’s Home and Design Index 2022
The Spear’s Home and Design Index is an indispensable resource for high-net-worth individuals in search of expert advice on architecture, interior …
Is buying a football club a good investment?
Despite the risks and huge outlays involved, buying football clubs has never looked more attractive to billionaire investors. Lawrie Holmes explore…
The Functional Elegance Behind the McLaren Artura
From our partners: To create a plug-in hybrid, McLaren defined its engineering then followed with design. From the powertrain to the monocoque, man…
Place in the sun
St. James’s Place’s combined partner practices are the private client industry’s best-kept secret, with HNWs and UHNWs in particular recognising th…
Ladyburn 1966 Edition Two Captures Spirit of the 60s
A new whisky offers glimpse into the Age of Transformation through rare Norman Parkinson imagery, writes Alex Martin. When another fine and rare wh…
Prime Property of the Week: Culross House, Mayfair
Each week, Spear’s highlights one prime property or ultra-luxe development on the market. This week, a modish six-bedroom Mayfair townhouse nestled…
Wagatha Christie’s lessons for HNWs
The High Court libel trial known jovially as the “Wagatha Christie” case has fuelled Britain’s obsession with celebrity spats, bu…
Private equity favoured by family offices, UBS report shows
Family offices are increasingly venturing into private equity, real estate and private debt, UBS’s influential annual report into the sector …
Safe Haven: What it’s like to lose it all
Ruffer’s famously conservative approach to wealth management suits its head of UK wealth Luka Gakic, who has seen first-hand what it can be like to…
Nick Foulkes rejoices as one of the world’s greatest Patek Philippe collections comes to Kensington
I recently read about a new type of burnout. It appears that new classifications for finding life too much are being discovered all the time, and a…
Married to the mob: the Classics in America
The Classics have a long history of far-right misappropriation. Resurgent interest in the subject across America could portend darker things. Fift…
Confidant’s Trick: the evolving role of close-protection
‘People within our industry tend to forget that we’re a service industry first and foremost,’ says Richard Barclay, who trained with the Roya…
Does restricting foreign buyers reduce house prices?
Analysis of similar attempts to slow runaway house prices suggests raising stamp duty on foreign buyers in the UK will miss its mark, writes Kath S…
Serious Scotch from Single Casks: Justerini & Brooks
Through Justerini & Brooks, elusive individual bottlings from The Casks of Distinction series are available for the first time. There’s a golde…
Prime Property of the Week: Goodluck Hope, East London
Every week, Spear’s highlights one voguish prime property or development on the market. This week: a chic East London penthouse with a sky-view of …
The Rolls-Royce Black Badge Ghost is the luxury brand’s latest triumph
The Rolls-Royce Black Badge Ghost is the latest triumph in the venerable marque’s bold reinvention, writes Mark Walton You might think there’s some…
Spain emerging as ‘future source of wealth’
After years in the doldrums, Spain is emerging as ‘a future source of wealth’, Barclays’ Juan Vilarrasa tells Rasika Sittamparam Spain used to be o…