London's wealth managers have missed their chance to reshape the profession
Josh Spero speaks to founder of Lord North Street, William Drake, about London’s wealth landscape and his new property venture…
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A look into the London opera salon nurturing tomorrow's stars
Melinda Hughes enjoys an evening at the National Opera Studio with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and the James Bond of…
ByLe Bristol marks 90 years with rose-tinted decadence
Zak Smith visits Le Bristol, the recently renovated jewel in Paris’s hotel crown, for one night of magic from a…
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Annie Leibovitz shoots from the hip for UBS's rebrand
Vanity Fair cover snapper Leibovitz has been enlisted to give the Swiss bank’s relaunch a touch of glamour (if not…
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Why P2P lending is about to become the next big thing
Peer-to-peer lending (P2P) has experienced astonishing growth in the UK since its inception a decade ago, but it is only…
ByPatrick Kidd on Corbyn's comrade bingo and sketching a 'Wodehousian menagerie' at Parliament
The Times’ political sketchwriter and column editor talks about how he began his journey as a ‘diary-fodder gopher’ The historian…
ByLord Lucan still isn't dead… yet
The murderous peer’s son is applying to have his father finally declared dead so he can at last inherit his…
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Is classic aircraft investment really taking-off?
Seventy-five years ago, young airmen were fighting for King and Country as the Battle of Britain raged in the skies…
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Why the best way to enjoy a safari is from the air
Elewana’s newly launched SkySafari Kenya is a totally brilliant concept. Provided there are two or more of you, you have…
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Winners of Spear’s Wealth Management Awards 2015 announced
Spear’s, the wealth management, business and culture magazine, has announced the winners of the Wealth Management Awards 2015, in association…
ByWinners of Spear's Wealth Management Awards 2015 announced
The awards, in association with Gaggenau, celebrate the innovations and successes of entrepreneurs, philanthropists, private bankers and more Spear’s, the…
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The chancellor has made employers responsible for their gardeners' pensions
Employers must contribute to the pensions of their domestic help or face a tax evader’s fine under the government’s automatic…
ByHalloween stirs London's cauldron of decadent devilry
Boy About Town Zak Smith gives Spear’s a rundown of the capital’s most delightfully debauched places to celebrate Halloween London…
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ARC: The company so good their client bought them out
Above: An example of the way ARC can look at an investment manager’s performance Established twenty years ago, Asset Risk…
ByCan art criticism ever be defamatory?
Aurea Kevill thinks considering the implications ’is worthy of a law school exam’ Frieze, London’s leading contemporary art fair, created…
ByLife for one victim after Bernie Madoff's $64 billion Ponzi scheme
Bernard Madoff will spend the rest of his days behind bars ?but how are the victims faring? Alex Matchett hears…
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Around the World in 80 Hotels: Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Lake Como, Italy
At this moment I’m sitting on a bed, in the dark, in a North Korean hotel. There is no hot…
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Meet Pierre Hermé, the macaron maker so famous he has his own waxwork
The celebrated patissier tells Rasika Sittamparam a culinary tale like no other, spanning over 40 years’ of experience and travel…
ByMeet Pierre Hermé, the macaron maker so famous he has his own waxwork
Rasika Sittamparam meets the ‘Picasso of pastry’ who now has his own waxwork to add to his Chevalier de la…
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Global figures discuss tax on HNWs to ease refugee crisis
Matthew Hardeman reports as policymakers and thought-leaders meet at the Global Citizen Forum in Monaco to discuss the proposed Global…
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