Setting Hay on Fire
Spear’s was a media partner for HowTheLightGetsIn, the world’s first philosophy and music festival. Bianca Brigitte Bonomi reports back from…
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Lovely Jumby!
No longer happy to imitate their ‘betters’, the new wealthy are striking out for the exclusive villas of Jumby Bay,…
ByDottore Death
Wanna get someone whacked in Sicily? Easy. Just send them to a local GP, says Andrei Navrozov Wanna get someone…
ByRBC: Simplifying tax is a good thing
In principle, the Office of Tax Simplification is very good news. It is in everybody’s interests for tax legislation to…
ByAfrica Special
From funds to fun to philanthropy, Spear’s has Africa covered in our Africa Special The problem, to put it baldly,…
ByWSJ: Grübel pleads with UBS HNWs to stay
ZURICH—Ten times over the past year, UBS AG Chief Executive Oswald Grübel has been called upon to speak personally with…
ByFT: UBS, Credit Suisse to survive stress tests
Swiss regulators will on Friday attempt to steal the thunder of long-awaited European Union stress tests for banks by publishing…
ByLand of Opportunity
Call it the New Colonialism, if you will. But, once again, Africa is being carved up this time by international…
ByFlight Mischief
If you’re going to pay a flying visit to the hotspots of East Africa, then by golly do it in…
ByAfrican-do Attitude
Josh Spero on the new breed of post-post-colonial investors who are recognising the huge potential of Africa IT’S TIME TO…
BySwiss Banking 2.0
Secrecy served Switzerland well for centuries, but now transparency is the basis of its attractive new boutique-banking model, says Freddy…
ByGreen is Good
Ben Goldsmith on two compelling reasons for embracing clean technology — saving the planet and making a packet IF IT…
ByI Liech That!
Freddy Barker says carpe diem to take advantage of the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility: it’s never been easier to come clean…
ByNo More Money!
Too much money, he says, is given to the same old places, rather than to small projects which tackle the…
ByThe Kindest Cut
Penelope Bennett meets the Swiss plastic surgeon who is transforming the face of medicine in Ivory Coast at the hospital…
ByRaising the Standard
Standard & Poor’s Tony Angel acknowledges the recent failure of his own and other rating agencies, but sticks up for…
ByIFC: Don’t rush on tax-haven reform
The IFC Forum welcomes yesterday’s debate in the British Parliament calling for an “informed, consistent and balanced” debate on the…
ByFree the Markets!
State capitalism as practised by China, Russia and Saudi Arabia will bring free markets to ruin, says Ian Bremmer. It’s…
ByTel: Large hedge funs win most new money
The world’s biggest hedge funds walked away with the lion’s share of the industry’s $9.5bn of net inflows despite a…
ByFor Richer, For Poorer
There are four percentage figures worth knowing, and they are 40%, 50%, 60% and 99%, and in 99% of all…
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