DCMS announces scheme to encourage private giving to arts and heritage
Arts Council England, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) today announced further…
ByMonth: September 2011
Freedom from Human Rights
There are far too many human rights about While going through the list of the Tory Party Conference fringe meetings…
ByLinley? Bentley? Absolutely!
Not too many days start off in a Bentley (or end in a Bentley, or indeed have anything to do…
ByDerek Paravicini Concert
In a world first, musical savant Derek Paravicini is to premiere a new piano concerto written specially for him by…
ByGlobal Financial Centres Index: London still top – just
London remains the most competitive city for business, according to the latest edition of the Global Financial Centres Index 10,…
ByChristie’s luxury property survey shows prices still unrealistic
A survey from Christie’s International Real Estate shows that most vendors of luxury property ‘are still unrealistic about pricing, but…
ByWealth Insight Forum Panels
We present here photos of our high-powered panels and speakers from the first Spear’s Wealth Insight Forum, held at One…
ByFinally, Some Truth
The public has been so shocked because finally someone has revealed to them the way the world works ‘I go…
ByChristie's London Asian Art Week
As has often been reported, Asian art is the next big thing. Except, it’s been a big thing for a…
ByThe Penny Drops
The biggest problem is the lost time, caused by the slimy invertebrates that constitute the euro-elite At last, at the…
BySummoned by Bells (and Biscuits)
Plans to use rural churches for Citizens’ Advice Bureaux miss their timeless point THE OTHER DAY, I opened up Upton…
ByFT: Grübel stepped down over strategy
UBS chief executive Oswald Grübel resigned after the board refused to back his plans to overhaul the bank’s strategy and…
ByNo puedes comprarme amor, or Can’t buy me love
What do Spain’s most titled woman and one of Liverpool’s best-loved sons have in common? The answer, say Annmarie Gosling…
BySpear’s Wealth Insight Forum: Highlights
Spear’s did what it does best helping wealth managers, lawyers and other private client professionals to understand the world of…
BySpear’s Wealth Insight Forum: Women and Wealth
What do women want? Freud was wise enough to keep silent, but we’re venturing some answers on the subjects of…
BySpear’s Wealth Insight Forum: Tax Havens
Money never sleeps, of course it’s too busy enjoying itself in Caribbean hideaways or respectable European jurisdictions. But do IFCs…
BySpear’s Wealth Insight Forum: Privacy
The newspapers never lose their fascination with the moneyed: where they go, what they buy, who they’re with day and…
BySpear’s Wealth Insight Forum: Finding The Unknown Wealthy
You can throw a stone at any window in Kensington Palace Gardens and hit an HNW’s house. But how do…
BySpear’s Wealth Insight Forum: The New Class of the Super-Wealthy
The wealthy have always lived in many different countries, but do they now live on a different planet? In a…
BySpear’s Wealth Insight Forum: Entrepreneurs
Is there a difference between accumulating your money by manipulating numbers and making things? What are the priorities and the…
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