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WBrief: UBS profits rise
UBS reported a 7 per cent quarter-on-quarter rise in pre-tax profit at its wealth management arm in the three months…
ByDigital Revolution
Looking at our panorama of the Middle East and North Africa in this issue, it may appear that you are…
ByBegging Bowl
The word on everyone’s lips these days is ’philanthropy’: as fast as people used to want to make money, so…
BySpin Cycle
The only good news to emerge in Q1 2011 is that in March the US economy added a pretty anaemic…
ByHedgehog Issue 20
Sharp tailoring, blunt comment. It’s Hedgehog. ALL PRESENT AND INCORRECT It is rare for a website to be both a…
ByBond Villain
Inflation is turning that portfolio stalwart, the bond, into a wealth manager’s worst enemy, says Freddy Barker. How do you…
ByVictoria’s Secret
Don’t be fooled by the giggles Victoria Tryon is a serious jewellery designer with a large following in the Middle…
ByArabia Adorned
Jewellery has an important role in Arab culture, yet Middle Eastern jewellers are increasingly torn between pursuing traditional styles and…
ByNo Prams Here
Combating the enemy of creativity, William Cash has established a writers’ retreat at his Elizabethan gatehouse, as the winners of…
ByBoom Town
Amid the violence and unrest, everyday commerce in Baghdad goes on. It’s also playing an essential part in the rebuilding…
ByAt the Sharp End: Alan Miller
The financier faces the Spear’s inquisition Q. What would your other career be? A. My passions from a very early…
ByThe Giver and the Gift: Mark Constantine of Lush Cosmetics and Patches Rhode
Zain Alatas talks to Mark Constantine, founder of Lush Cosmetics, and Patches Rhode, whose son was executed on death row…
ByPretty Vacant
Ross Clark on the increasing number of super-prime, foreign-owned London properties that stand empty year in, year out IF YOU’RE…
ByTrust Me, I’m a Lawyer
How does a trust turn into mistrust? When it’s time to divorce, says Fiona Wood WHEN IT COMES to finding…
ByGet Your Facts Straight
It sounds simple, but the more efficient a family office is at managing its clients’ information, the better for everyone,…
ByWhy, I Do Declare!
If undisclosed offshore accounts are playing on your conscience, now’s the time to come clean — the government has never…
ByGoing for Broke
Bankruptcy can cause people to lose their marbles along with their assets. But the whole process can be made less…
BySuper-Cycle Me
Commodity prices continue to rise — but are the doom-mongers right when they say it’s just a case of a…
ByAnd Now for Someone Completely Different
Now we know that Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, is expecting a baby, we thought we’d revisit Caroline Garnham’s…
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