Spear'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…
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Singapore: 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…
ByGrowing Gains
In the world of entrepreneurialism, your commitment matters far more than your date of birth. Mark Nayler meets four future…
ByNot The Retiring Kind
Take away the stress, the buzz, the flap and the friction and what’s an ageing high-flyer left with? Literally dying…
ByTrending Topics
Spear’s and Butterfield Private Bank identify the ten hottest issues in private banking today 1. Philanthropy We’re always told that…
ByTwo State Dissolution
PERCHED HIGH ON Mount Gerizim, overlooking the urban bustle of the West Bank city of Nablus, stands an imposing Italianate…
ByWilliams de Broë buys BNP Paribas UK WM
Williams de Broë has completed the acquisition of BNP Paribas’ UK wealth business Williams de Broë has completed the acquisition…
ByGaines-Cooper loses appeal: expert reaction
Robert Gaines-Cooper, the Seychelles-based millionaire entrepreneur, has lost his appeal in the Supreme Court against a High Court decision which…
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Luxury Property in China: Boom, but at what cost?
Great Walls An apartment in China is like a Patek Philippe watch: you never really own one. But that’s doing…
ByGay Marriage… Gay Divorce… Gay Prenups…
We hear a lot these days about messy divorces and their legal implications — but what about the growing number…
ByWhat If?
Matthew Lynn imagines Europe after the euro — catastrophe followed by gradual rebuilding, a permanently altered business and political landscape,…
ByTuning in to Tunisia
Sophie McBain watched an interview with the new finance minister of free Tunisia. He’s got the banking and political skills…
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