Down the Jackson Hole
Last week the world’s leading finance wizards ’hauled-arse off to Wyoming’. Last week the world’s leading finance wizards ‘hauled-arse off…
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If Gilbert & Sullivan Wrote on the Riots…
Friend of Spear’s and opera and cabaret singer extraordinaire Melinda Hughes has penned, produced and performed a witty ditty on…
ByProm 53
The pizzicato in the third movement was stunningly slick, such was the understanding between this octogenarian and his fledglings by…
ByFT: Sarko raises taxes on the wealthy
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has given the green light for a highly political budget, placing the burden of new revenue…
ByArte Not So Povera
At the other end of the scale, doing something new and thoughtful and even a bit daring, is Bonhams, which…
ByUK-Swiss secret deposit tax agreed
Britain and Switzerland have signed an agreement in principle to levy a one-off tax on deposits held by Britons at…
ByElena Baturina: An apology
On the 23rd August 2011 we published an article headed ‘Tel: Britain’s most expensive homes’ in which we incorrectly reported…
ByFT: US wealthy face new disclosures
Rich families around the world face a choice between surrendering privacy around their investments and significant legal risk as a…
ByWBrief: Rock star turns wealth manager
Duff McKagan, the former bassist of rock legends Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver, has set up his own wealth…
ByAt the Sharp End: Nobu Matsuhisa
The chef and restaurateur faces the Spear’s inquisition Q. What would your other career be? A. Artist/painter. Q. Who is…
ByTel: Britain’s most expensive houses
1. £140m – Park Place, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire Bought in August 2011 by an unnamed Russian billionaire from Michael Spink, the…
ByReserve Currency
The Chagos Archipelago, with its countless coral and fish, has faced environmental pillaging. Ernesto Bertarelli explains how he came to…
ByThat’s Hot
Reduce the heating bill for your draughty old country pile by turning the thermostat up! Ross Clark on the government’s…
ByMan Group review of July
Markets in July were dominated by two major macro issues: US debt ceiling negotiations and Eurozone sovereign debt. Concern over…
ByTime is Money
Caroline Garnham on why complicated new rules from the Treasury may be making checking whether you’re a UK resident much…
ByJohn Studzinski of the Genesis Foundation on his philanthropy at the Royal Court Theatre
THE GIVER AND THE GIFT Zain Alatas speaks to John Studzinski about human dignity and Elyse Dodgson of the Royal…
ByAccentuate the Positive
FROM A GEOPOLITICAL perspective, just about everything that might have gone wrong in the first half of 2011 probably has:…
ByHands Off the Loot!
FOR ANY HIGH-NET-WORTH individual, safeguarding one’s money from attack, either from the tax man or other predators, is normally a…
ByWhat Is Luxury? At Last, An Answer
Spear’s has learned of one pioneering individual who decided to make a stand against the overuse of ‘luxury’ by Sophie…
ByProtect Rural Life
Local regional economic growth and a distinctive character of rural life go together, and cannot be severed This is part…
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