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How Much do the Wealthy Have to Thank Margaret Thatcher For?
An awful lot, says Freddy Barker, who interviewed Eamonn Butler at the Adam Smith Institute and Philip Booth at the…
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What does the gap between Tax Freedom Day (when UK taxpayers top paying the taxman) and Actual Freedom Day (when…
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The Great Rotation: Why Should You Move Out of Bonds?
Freddy Barker asks Willem Sels at HSBC Private Bank why people are moving out of bonds and into equities Amid…
ByBest of Spear’s Last Week: The Guardian’s BVI Revelations, Simon de Pury and Azerbaijan, Class in the UK
The most read articles on Spear’s last week and the best of the blogs The most read articles on Spear’s…
ByRelais & Chateaux Diner Des Grand Chefs 2013
The third edition of the Relais & Chateaux World Culinary Tour will take place in London this year with 45…
BySitwell Scoffs: A Wong and Hix Oyster and Chophouse
From new regional Chinese restaurants to a Great British food revival, the times are a-changin’, says William Sitwell Those of…
ByJersey Food Festival May 2013
If you want explore Jersey and more importantly eat your way around the island, the best time is during the…
ByMark Jordan’s Guest Recipe: Sole with Crab-Crushed Jersey Royals and Sauce Grenoble
I love this dish as, because of the way I prepare it, it is a really chunky piece of fish,…
ByStonehage: Over 20% of UHNW families have written constitutions
Written decision-making frameworks have become increasingly important for UHNW families over the last few years to prevent disagreements on asset…
ByRestaurant Review: Sushinho, Devonshire Square
Sushinho stems from the largely-unknown fact that Brazil has the biggest Japanese population outside of Japan. (Argentina has the same…
ByThe Guardian’s BVI revelations may cause a damaging flight of the wealthy
Today’s revelations in the Guardian about people who hold accounts in the British Virgin Islands certainly heightens interest in this…
ByThe Guardian’s BVI tax scoop tars all HNWs with the same brush
While the Guardian’s splash today on the wealthy who have secret accounts in the British Virgin Islands is salacious and…
ByBVI account-holders exposed, tax justice campaigner Richard Murphy vindicated
The Guardian has some quite astonishing news today, exposing thousands of people using offshore accounts who hold ‘anonymous wealth’. A…
ByWho can stop Germany sinking Cyprus, the PIGS and all?
The president of Cyprus really is completely blind: the wreckage of the Cypriot economy is all around him ’ courtesy…
ByThe UK now has seven social classes, a survey says. It's more like seven thousand
Class is such a slippery concept in the UK that while the latest survey claiming we now have seven classes…
BySimon de Pury: Blank Canvas
The art world was shocked when Simon de Pury quit the auction house he headed before Christmas. In an exclusive…
BySimon de Pury: Art Has Always Been Used as PR
The art world was shocked when Simon de Pury quit the auction house he headed before Christmas. Josh Spero is…
ByFinancial Conduct Authority may portend bad news for HNWs
Some worry that, through being bound by regulations that don’t necessarily apply to HNWs, banks’ levels of client service might…
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