Down on the Range
Polo has not yet managed to reach a wide audience in the UK; after all, the only time most people…
ByMonth: November 2010
Withers on Hong Kong divorce ruling
Marcus Dearle, Withers’ Hong Kong Office Managing Director, comments on the news that divorces in Hong Kong will start with…
ByBloomberg: Hong Kong divorces now 50-50 asset split
Hong Kong’s highest court ruled that a city businessman must pay his former wife half his wealth, upholding a 2008…
ByAFP: EU adopts hedge fund directive
BRUSSELS The European Parliament on Thursday endorsed wide-ranging curbs on the trillion-dollar hedge fund industry, blamed in part for fanning…
BySpear’s Wealth Management Awards: Shortlist
The fourth annual Spear’s Wealth Management Awards, in association with Hideaways Club, will be held on 22 November at The…
ByWBrief: Barclays Wealth profits up 9%
Pre-tax profits at Barclays Wealth rose by 9 per cent to £122 million (around $196.6 million) in the nine months…
ByGuardian: Guy Hands is ‘diminished’
Within 48 hours of his crushing legal defeat in New York, where a jury threw out allegations that Citigroup tricked…
ByDown Pompeii
The Italian government has once again shown that dolce far niente is not just a mode of living: it’s a…
ByFT: Gartmore loses another star manager
Shares in mid-cap London investment house Gartmore were under siege on Monday, after the departure of its star fund manager…
BySpanners at the Ready!
The simple fact is that this is trade war by another name, an eruption designed to put a smile on…
ByVill' It Be You?
People attend the Spear’s Wealth Management Awards coming your way on 22 November at the Saatchi Gallery on the King’s…
ByIs Shanghai the new London?
3 November Asia House, New Cavendish Street Spear’s presents its first debate at Asia House: Is Shangahi the new London?…
ByReady, Jet-Set, Go!
Jamaica is overcoming the headlines and returning to the glamour of the Fifties. Those were the days, says William Cash…
ByHome All-Own
If you’ve ever thought about building your own des-res, it’s not so far from dream to drawing-board to domestic bliss…
ByAll the Cotswolds a Stage
A moment or two of quiet reflection on the banks of the Coln provides a calm yet compelling reminder of…
ByFall in the Mind
Was it the gorgeous autumn weather or the excitement of Fashion Week that brought on my moment of wedding-crashing madness,…
ByDude Looks Like a Lady
What gives the hard-working male executive the edge in these tough times? Plastic surgery, a makeover and a touch of…
ByChinese Whispers
All the time, beneath most people’s notice, China was making its furious progress, building clutches of power stations every month…
ByInto the Vortex
The credit crunch was caused by the obsession with and lending to the property sector, which led to Banking Crisis…
ByFairs, Please
The Connaught was not at its best. When gallerist Richard Nagy, sitting in the Coburg Bar, asked for a pastry…
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