WBrief: Credit Suisse PB income down, AuM up
Credit Suisse’s private banking arm – comprising global wealth management and Swiss corporate and institutional clients – logged pre-tax income…
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New Philanthropy Capital’s guide to corporate giving launched
A practical guide, Corporate Giving aims to lay out best practice for business-sector philanthropy. Read its key points here A…
ByAt The Sharp End: Sir Frank Williams
The founder and manager of the AT&T Williams Formula One team faces our inquisition Q. What would your other career…
ByRegent’s Park’s Superprime Property
Park Life From the rose garden to the Nash terraces, Regent’s Park remains a high-net-worth haunt, says Rebecca Nayler HENRY…
ByWhy More Home-Ownership is Good for Everyone
Heavy Letting The current situation in which would-be home-buyers are shut out of the market is no good for anyone,…
ByHanding Europe's future to China
The Chinese no doubt do have a plan to save the euro: buy Mercedes, Airbus, Rolls Royce, Fiat, Danone. The…
ByS&P: The Week Ahead in Finance
It’s Halloween, but ghosts and ghouls may not be the only things spooking investors this week. There are plenty of…
ByFT: Osborne says eurozone on “right road”
Eurozone leaders have put their economy on “the right road” to crisis recovery, but must be kept under pressure to…
By99th Velazquez Uncovered and Up for Sale at Bonhams
The 99th picture assigned to Velazquez has been unveiled at Bonhams, one of only five in private hands. It is…
ByBig Bang 25th Anniversary Party More Like a Wake
The party at Drapers Hall last night to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Big Bang was made cheerful by the…
BySpear's Exclusive: David Linley says Christie's to Launch Next Generation Art Education Course
Just before he corrected my pronunciation of ‘Velazquez’, David Linley gave Spear’s an exclusive: as chairman of Christie’s, he will…
BySingapore: The Switzerland of the East?
Singing a New Song Tiny Singapore has always punched above its weight, and now it’s making the most of the…
ByGeoffrey Kent on HNW Chinese Tourism
Chinese Takeaway Geoffrey Kent, founder of Abercrombie & Kent, has started offering luxury holidays for Chinese millionaires. What does the…
ByDmitri Hvorostovsky
His audience was enraptured (even if half of them were busy sending emails or taking photographs) Getting to the Barbican…
ByWBrief: Credit Suisse fined £6m over systems failings
The Financial Services Authority, the UK regulator, today said it has fined Credit Suisse (UK) £5.95 million ($9.5 million) for…
ByTax Justice Network: 10 loopholes in UK-Swiss tax deal
An agreement between the UK and Swiss governments, which permanent secretary for tax Dave Hartnett has stated will raise between…
ByFT: UBS in profit, despite rogue trading
UBS reported better than expected third quarter net profits of more than SFr1bn ($1.13bn), in spite of a massive unauthorised…
ByEuropa's School Report
In her economics mock in July she calculated that ’440 billion was the answer, but the real answer was nearer…
ByVestra Wealth on Helping Entrepreneurs
There’s Someone You Really Must Meet Spear’s talks entrepreneurship with the boys at Vestra Wealth — not so much venture…
ByCredit Suisse Global Wealth Report: Financial crisis ‘modest setback’
The report describes the financial crisis as ‘no more than a modest setback in a benign decade for household wealth…
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