Early intervention by private funding can save billions, report says
Early intervention can significantly reduce the economic cost of some of the UK’s most difficult social problems, currently £100 billion…
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FT: Adoboli allegedly used Kerviel tactics
Kweku Adoboli, the trader charged with blowing a $2.3bn hole in the books of UBS, allegedly disguised huge lossmaking positions…
ByUseless Bloody Swiss!
Adoboli has done us all a favour: we all now know casino banks are definitely a waste of time and…
ByJosh Spero on the BBC World Service
Spear’s editor Josh Spero has been interviewed for the BBC World Service on African investment. Click here to listen to…
BySeeing Swarovski's Sights (and the Heights) at St Paul's
If you’ve ever found climbing to the top of St Paul’s Geometric Staircase a little tiring, the new installation of…
ByThree cheers for UBS's rogue trader?
In the week of the Vickers Report, what better evidence that investment banks and retail banks should be separated? Following…
ByThe Zagats talk Google and celebrity chefs
Just as The Ivy has become London’s most popular restaurant, according to the new 2012 London restaurant survey from Zagat,…
ByHow the Vickers Report Affects the Wealthy
The Vickers Report on banking reform, published today, provided little clarity on how HNW private banking clients would be affected…
ByWho owns the landscape?
How do we balance the Arcadia of the English countryside with more housing, better transport and climate control? Aristocrats, farmers…
ByDown and Out in Paris, Berlin, Athens…
London has a chance, not a great one, but only because we are not saddled with the euro straitjacket We…
ByAFP: Hurun announces wealthiest Chinese
SHANGHAI A machinery tycoon topped a list of China’s richest people released on Wednesday, as the world’s second biggest economy…
ByA Sour August for Oenophiles, says Mark Bedini of Fine+Rare
Following a poor August for the Liv-Ex fine wine index, which declined by 4 per cent, Mark Bedini of wine…
ByWilliam Cash on The Class Ceiling on Radio 4
Here are some key quotes from William Cash’s interview with Peter York and Polly Toynbee on The Class Ceiling on…
ByRIBA announces best new house shortlist
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is pleased to announce the six new private houses shortlisted for the 2011…
ByFrancly Speaking
The Swiss action has put a decisive line under all that kind of nonsense. The gloves are now well and…
ByCoutts: Swiss move forceful but risky
Fighting against the tide of global investors in search of a safe haven could get very costly very quickly for…
ByGuard: Swiss to force down franc, buy ‘unlimited quantities’ of other currencies
Switzerland sparked fears of a new currency war on Tuesday after it pegged the Swiss franc against the euro in…
ByLiv-ex wine index lost 4% in August
The Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 Index lost four per cent in August – its third-most dramatic monthly fall since its…
ByProm 67
Let us not forget the raison d’être of the Proms: to deliver music to a wider audience, not in a…
ByImpetus appoints director of philanthropy and partnerships
Impetus Trust, the UK pioneer of venture philanthropy, has appointed Joanna Walker to the new role of Director of Philanthropy…
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