Did You Hear the One About the Ex-Banker?
Secret agent? Stand-up comedian? For a lot of high-flyers, leaving the City opens up all manner of more interesting career…
ByMonth: September 2009
Harrods Designer Room
Harrods September 19 Harrods celebrated the completion of the International Designer Room (new boutiques include: RM by Roland Mouret, Lanvin,…
ByWBrief: Pictet to launch precious metals fund
Pictet Funds, part of Pictet & Cie, the Swiss private bank, said it will launch a precious metals fund on…
ByOECD: Swiss secrecy melting away
Switzerland has signed a protocol to its tax treaty with the United States that incorporates the internationally agreed tax information…
ByMy heart goes out to you
Another cartoon from the sharpest pen: My heart goes out to you. Another cartoon from the sharpest pen: My heart…
ByBloomberg: Art Moscow tries to tempt back buyers
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) — Russia’s biggest contemporary-art fair opens tonight, trying to lure billionaire collectors after a year in which…
ByAwards address
Last year, a thousand BlackBerries beeped at once and a thousand faces fell as news arrived that Congress had rejected…
ByWealthy confident about becoming wealthier
The Futurewealth Report from Scorpio Partnership shows that the wealthy expect 2010 to be a year of growth, but also…
ByA terrorist's life assurance
His elimination by Special Forces demonstrates that participation in a terrorist organization is guaranteed to severely limit an individual’s life…
ByPardoning Alan Turing
The proposition that more than half a century later an administration should apologise for the past conduct seems illogical. Prime…
ByFT: Banking consolidation to continue with sell-offs
“Two down and plenty to go” could be the motto of investment bankers eyeing up the biggest consolidation in wealth…
ByWBrief: SG PB to move more into UHNW territory
SG Private Banking is focusing its efforts on the upper range of clients, according to the organisation’s chief executive, Daniel…
ByGuardian: Lloyds finds low-tax route through China
The tax authorities are investigating Lloyds Banking Group after evidence emerged that the bank, kept alive by £17bn of taxpayers’…
ByWBrief: Swiss stock exchange investigating UBS
The Swiss stock exchange is investigating UBS for possible breaches of the market’s regulations, according to media reports. The Swiss…
ByMaking Pipi in France
My dining companion said he found my political views to be “slightly to the right of the Ku Klux Klan.”…
ByStanding for Nothing in Iraq
But if al-Zaidi’s torture allegations are true, it would mean the allies have substituted Hussein with their very own torturer:…
ByPoke Without Fire
Yes, it’s instantly addictive and in some ways quite revealing about other people – but what Facebook lacks is any…
ByRight Back Atcha
Caroline Garnham on thoughtful philanthropy – giving not just because you can but also because you care IN THIS COLUMN…
ByChief Minister: Guernsey doesn’t need a bailout
Guernsey’s Chief Minister, Lyndon Trott, has firmly rejected suggestions that the Island might require a ‘bail out’ from the UK…
ByGuardian: Barclays offloads toxic assets to Caymans
Two top bankers are leaving Barclays to manage a fund in the Cayman Islands that is buying $12.3bn (£7.47bn) of…
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