Chinese bank launches art fund
China Merchants Bank (CMB) launched “art banking,” an alternative investment program, Tuesday to offer China’s new-rich a chance to enjoy…
ByMonth: June 2009
Half of financial firms to cut new graduate jobs
Over half of financial services firms are cutting graduate recruitment this year, according to the results of an online poll…
ByReuters: Swiss govt talking disposal of UBS stake
ZURICH, June 9 (Reuters) – The Swiss Finance Ministry is in talks with various parties to discuss options for its…
ByFT: WM signs up Cambridge college endowments
Partners Capital, a London-based wealth manager, has signed up three new Cambridge college endowments including St John’s in the past…
ByDesign for Life
Regularly updated dispatches with pictures from the Design Miami/Basel fair, sponsored by HSBC Private Bank, where high design meets high…
BySkinny-banking
Banks don’t want to sell toxic assets because the price offered would have left them swimming without their pants on…
ByProbably the best restaurant in the world
Some people’s idea of dining hell might be Trattoria Mario in Florence. You can’t book. You don’t even get your…
ByFT: City property best value for overseas businesses
The slump in the value of City of London offices has been so severe that it is now the only…
ByOpen season?
People know I don’t really like going to most things, so the season is definitely on. So the season has…
ByTax Special: Seek and Hide
Crusading politicians may posture and pronounce as much as they like. But the rich will always look for — and…
BySpear’s Book Awards 2009: Vote Here
To vote for your novel of the year, click here. The inaugural Spear’s Book Awards, celebrating the very best books…
ByFaust squared
I’ve been thinking about Faust a lot lately, not – I hasten to add – as a role model. What…
ByPendular motion
The problems to come are obvious: more major losses from bad debts and unemployment, but on a huge scale Hidden…
ByTel: Arki Busson on tonight’s Ark dinner
The Eurostar terminus at London’s Waterloo station might seem like a fitting choice for a party for City tycoons. The…
ByJP Morgan Recession Pack not a bust
Over 10,000 UK IFAs have downloaded the JP Morgan Asset Management Recession Pack since its launch 6 weeks ago in…
ByLiecht. assets fall by 19% after secrecy war, recession
Assets managed in Liechtenstein fell by 19 percent in 2008, after an onslaught against the principality’s banking secrecy as well…
ByTax Special: Suisse and Sour
Josh Spero on the future — shamed, chastened, battered and bruised — of Swiss banking O f all the obvious…
ByTax Special: Offshore and Off Message
The current crackdowns risk missing the important point that low-tax jurisdictions are both legitimate and necessary, says Roderick Balfour I…
ByCoping With It: Dead Flowers
Another cartoon from the sharpest pen: Dead Flowers
ByUpside to the Downturn
John Riches and Sophie Dworetzsky on ways in which lower asset valuations are opening up some attractive tax-planning possibilities Taking…
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