Luxuriating
I make it a principle to avoid putting gratuitous jewellery shots or sexy yacht photos in the magazine. We at…
ByYear: 2010
Why Greece Should Default
14 July LSE Website Going back to Philip II of Spain in the 16th century, government debt defaults need not…
ByWSJ: Die in 2010, pay no tax
It has come to this: Congress, quite by accident, is incentivising death. When the Senate allowed the estate tax to…
ByStop the Presses!
The rich, the famous and anyone with a reputation to protect from our increasingly intrusive media have much to thank…
ByThe Cure for Death and Taxes
When facing the inescapable, says Ben Backhouse of HNW insurance broker Risk Assured, it’s politic to take out a policy…
ByHedge funds show $300bn decline
New York, NY – July 13, 2010 – TrimTabs Investment Research and BarclayHedge reported that the hedge fund industry posted…
ByNot Haunted by Hoarding
As of this Friday, I wil be a householder in Dalston, Hackney – not an area known to most Spear’s…
ByNYT: US steps up HSBC offshore probe
Federal prosecutors are ramping up their criminal investigation into HSBC concerning its sale of offshore tax services to wealthy Americans…
ByNational: al Khorafi $225m claims struck out
Three members of Kuwait’s wealthy al Khorafi family have vowed to appeal against a decision last week by a Dubai…
BySpain Reigns
As Beckenbauer said, the English have learnt nothing under Fabio, as they still kick the ball aimlessly forward in the…
ByFail Again. Fail Better.
Andrew Ross Sorkin is the wunderkind behind Too Big to Fail, the minute-by-minute account of Wall Street’s collapse in 2008…
ByChapter One
My lords, ladies and gentlemen: good afternoon, and welcome to the Criterion Restaurant for the second Spear’s Book Awards. My…
ByIndy: Coutts withdrawing free banking
Coutts, the state-owned private bank whose clients famously include the Queen, is withdrawing free banking from anyone who doesn’t do…
BySpear’s Book Awards II
More photos from the Spear’s Book Awards, in association with Citi Private Bank
ByTreasures
Sotheby’s 6 July Website 21 outstanding works of art, each one with an exceptional provenance, and many not seen or…
BySorry, Your Honour
There must be some slick financiers who are living in terror, afraid of the knock on the door of their…
BySunshine and Somerset
You sense that Lady Cosima’s black book – compiled with skill and every social grace over the years – is…
ByBP = Borgias?
When good patrons go bad… When good patrons go bad… Enjoy! AHG
BySpear’s Book Awards Winners Gallery 2010
Click here to see the winners of the Spear’s Book Awards, in association with Citi Private Bank
ByMaster Paintings Week
London 3-9 July Website Following the success of London’s first Master Paintings Week in 2009, twenty-five of the world’s leading…
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