Spear’s Book Awards Winners 2009
The inaugural Spear’s Book Awards, celebrating the very best books of the year – from finance to fiction – took…
ByMonth: June 2009
People Will Talk: Tennis
One reader submission of a telling quotation that they thought illuminated our times. Send in more! Real words taken from…
ByPeople Will Talk: Long Thighs
We invite our readers to submit telling quotations or snippets of conversation that they think illuminate our times. ‘My nickname…
ByPhuck Phedre
Helen Mirren chucks herself from one side of the Lyttelton’s stage to the other like a deranged fishwife Oh dear.…
ByImpotent in Iran
The dilemma for western intelligence centres on the impotence of any outsiders to influence events inside the theocracy. The frustrating…
ByPwC report shows industry struggling to regain trust
Private banks and wealth managers face enormous challenges as they try to redefine their role and regain “trusted advisor” status…
ByMillions of dollars flow out of Iran after election trouble
Millions of dollars in private wealth has started to flow out of Iran after mass demonstrations which followed the disputed…
ByTel: City figures donating millions to Tories
City benefactors have donated millions of pounds to the Conservative Party since the start of the year as the party…
ByFT: Rothschild and Freshfield linked to slavery
Two of the biggest names in the City of London had previously undisclosed links to slavery in the British colonies,…
ByFT: War between Switz and rest of world, says Mirabaud
An economic war has broken out between Switzerland and the rest of the world after the crackdown on Swiss banking…
ByReuters: Swiss court refuses to rule on client handover
ZURICH, June 26 (Reuters) – A Swiss court declined on Friday to rule on an application by three U.S. clients…
ByMurray Mole Hill
At Wimbledon it was more about just saying you had been to Wimbledon, even on the ex-Tiny Tim Hill. Murray-mania…
ByFree Globalista Miniguides
Globalista travel reports are your perfect travel companion. Like a trusted friend they outline only what you need to know…
ByGuardian: Are bad old days of bonuses back?
“We are like goldfish,” says Jon Macintosh, a Mayfair hedge-fund manager. “We swim once around our bowl and when we…
ByWBull: IRS extends oversight of offshore accounts
The Internal Revenue Service has bolstered scrutiny of tax-friendly offshore accounts, pressing investors in hedge funds and private equity firms…
ByHMRC tax compliance budget cut, against reports
Press reports that HM Revenue & Customs budget for tax compliance and enforcement is being hugely increased in order to…
ByTo lig or not to lig
Freebies are not always what they seem. Junket etiquette is a complicated thing. The ligger does not always lig lightly.…
ByWorld’s wealthiest now fewer and less wealthy
With the release this morning of the Merrill Lynch/CapGemini World Wealth Report 2009, what had been suspected for a long…
ByHSBC survey shows wealthy expats suffering
The current economic crisis has had a significant impact on expats’ financial situation, according to the world’s largest survey of…
ByFT: Switz willing to dilute secrecy as DOJ presses on
Switzerland emphasised on Tuesday its willingness to dilute bank secrecy, as the US Department of Justice indicated that it planned…
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