Awards, winners and burgers
The night before I had a dream in which there weren’t any banks to give awards to. We had a…
ByMonth: September 2008
WMS on the WWW
Spear’s WMS has achieved electronic lift-off. Welcome to spearswms.com, the website of Spear’s Wealth Management Survey. Along with the quarterly’s…
ByIrish government to guarantee all deposits
The Irish government announced that it would guarantee all bank deposits for two years to maintain financial stability and calm…
ByStephen Hill
Stephen Hill is a businessman who has been published on classical economics and on European philology and philosophy.
ByJosh Spero
Josh Spero is the editor of Spear’s. Before Spear’s, he was at The Independent and has written for publications including…
ByThe bail-out that flared out
An unseemly brawl aboard the $700bn super jumbo. No sooner had Capt. Hank Paulson lined up his $700 billion super-jumbo…
BySecond Benelux bailout: Dexia gets EUR6.4bn
Belgium, France and Luxembourg have agreed to inject EUR6.4 billion into the pressured Franco-Belgian bank Dexia, Belgian Prime Minister Yves…
ByIn Bonus and Health
Gold-diggers are planning their exit strategies now their City husbands’ bonuses are evaporating, according to these worried cuckolds of the…
ByLet’s Do Crunch
Until now the credit crunch has been confined to the City and Wall Street banks who were selling each other…
ByCrib Chic
Raheem Brennerman has a very clear idea about how the owners of the properties he builds and furnishes get to…
ByFigure Skating
The scourge of the earning classes, Polly Toynbee, is back with her latest full-frontal assault on wealth-creators and wealth-receivers. The…
ByLet's Do Crunch
Until now the credit crunch has been confined to the City and Wall Street banks who were selling each other…
ByYachtmakers axe jobs as HNW orders fall
Luxury UK boat-building firm Fairline Boats is to axe jobs in response to the growing economic uncertainty which is starting…
ByVanessa Neumann
Dr Vanessa Neumann is a political philosopher who is editor-at-large of Diplomat magazine.
ByNigel West
Nigel West is the author of over twenty books and is a lecturer at the Center for Counterintelligence and Security…
ByWilliam Cash
William Cash is Editor-in-Chief of Spear’s WMS and has twice won Editor of the Year at the PPA Awards (2007…
ByCredit Suisse pays out clients on Lehman losses
Credit Suisse has said it will reimburse a small number of its private clients affected by losses on Lehman-issued structured…
ByCiti Private Bank is hiring again in Europe
A decision by Citigroup Private Bank in the UK to look to hire advisors may prove a timely positive indicator…
ByBonfires of New York
I am now at the centre, if not of the universe, then of the Zeitgeist: midtown Manhattan. I am now…
BySupping with the Devil
The former Chief Sir Richard Dearlove was unknowingly taped by the American journalist Ron Suskind. Unusually, the American journalist Ron…
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