Art investment isn't a pretty picture
It’s a mug’s game You don’t tend to read that much about art investment – buying art to make money…
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Bank guidance on politically exposed persons assumes HNWs are guilty until proven innocent
’Even before customers are accused of any wrongdoing, many banks and other businesses are being pressurised to treat them like…
BySocial investment starting to bear financial and moral fruit together
The survey of nearly 100 institutions showed that 98 per cent were happy with the social impact their portfolios were…
ByGift Aid
Spear’s philanthropy blog, Gift Aid, will offer a spin on philanthropy in the news every other week. The blog will…
ByWhy high charity CEO pay is not always a bad thing
We are pleased to introduce our new philanthropy blog, Gift Aid, which will offer a spin on philanthropy in the…
ByWhen ’10 million just isn't enough for the flat of your dreams
The problem is ’ ludicrous as it sounds ’ his budget doesn’t quite stretch to his wants and I’m held…
ByDoes the export ban on Jane Austen's ring show sense or sensibility?
Kelly Clarkson, we assume, was dismayed when the culture minister placed a temporary export ban on her recently purchased ring…
ByTop privacy lawyer says Twitter needs to clean up its act
Mishcon de Reya’s Charlotte Harris says that Twitter is creating a new type of crime In the next issue, the…
BySuper-basements hit rock bottom
In early 2014, both Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster councils intend to bring in new planning policies designed to specifically…
ByTelegraph: Chinese man builds ‘mountain palace’ on Beijing roof
The property even has a rocky mountain garden, complete with rubble and shrubbery A Chinese man is believed to have…
ByComplex and demanding US tax laws keep citizens expatriating
Two pieces this week have reinforced the trend identified by Spear’s for Americans to expatriate – give up their citizenship…
ByReview: Charles Ratton – The Invention of the 'Primitive' Arts, Mus’e du Quai Branly
The Mus’e du Quai Branly, in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, is an oddly modern entombment for such antique…
ByHow are John Hall’s Venice gap year courses staying relevant today?
So your parents want to pack you off to Venice in your gap year and make you hang out in…
ByThe eurozone solution is in Germany's hands
Merkel has in fact already given us her answer: ’More Europe is the solution’ Europe is bathed in sunshine and…
ByWhat legacy will London 2012 and Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games really leave?
Before next year’s Commonwealth Games have even reached the starting blocks, the city of Glasgow is wondering what legacy they…
ByAfter Saatchi and Lawson, we uncover the truth about domestic violence among the wealthy
BLACK AND BLUE AND GOLD ‘What you’re seeking is the nurturing and the love following the violence. If you’re willing…
ByWatch: Josh Spero on domestic violence among the wealthy
This week, editor Josh Spero is talking about domestic violence among the wealthy and why wealth can often make the…
ByBest of the Weekend: Art and trade, Goldman Sachs and the Great British Bake-Off
We’ve picked the best items from the weekend’s media so you don’t have to We’ve picked the best items from…
ByBest of Spear’s: Work experience for the Justice secretary, bankers firing clients, a cup of tea to a tee
The most read articles on spearswms.com last week: a minister humbled, bankers firing clients, a cup of tea perfectly brewed…
ByGallery Etiquette and the Free World
I recently visited a modest but well-known art gallery, home to a number of masterpieces. But my transport of wonder…
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