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Europe has too few billionaires, Russia too many
This year’s Forbes Billionaires list has revealed that the BRIC countries are producing an increasing number of billionaires. But if…
ByInvestors’ Fair Ups to 3 Times a Year
With banks shutting off the funding from innovative start-ups, despite promises to lend, private investors are stepping in more eagerly…
ByForbes Billionaires More Numerous, Richer
Despite the global downturn, HNWs are getting richer and more numerous. The Forbes Billionaires list for 2011 had a record-breaking…
ByScrewer and Screwee
The bankers are the screwer and the taxpayer is the screwee in these strange transactions. You might as well get…
BySaffery Champness: PETs to be put down
The inheritance tax review is likely to mean taxpayers lose the valuable exemption for potentially exempt transfers (PETs) that allowed…
ByWBrief: Schroders PB profits down
Schroders Private Banking reported a fall in pre-tax profits last year, to £10.1 million ($16.3 million) from £20.1 million the…
ByHNWs Need to be Nudged into Philanthropy
HNWs need to be nudged into greater philanthropy by banks, companies and governments, a report from New Philanthropy Capital concludes…
ByArtInfo: VIP Art Fair gives refunds, remodels itself
NEW YORKIt is no secret that there was dealer disgruntlement over the first edition of the online VIP Art Fair,…
ByRestoring the Republic
Blond has gone from dossing on an East End bean bag to host and chef de band with senior ministers.…
ByGaddafi's gold taints London
Whichever firm is found to have accepted the Libyan leader’s $3 billion will not be long for the Square Mile.…
ByKnight Frank: Record no. of nationalities buy London prime
The number of nationalities buying property in London has hit a new record, with 61 buying in the 12 months…
ByFT: Which wealth manager took Gaddafi’s money?
Unconfirmed press reports at the weekend claimed £3bn of Gaddafi family money was deposited with an unnamed London-based private wealth…
ByFood for (Revolutionary) Thought
Not why, but why now is what we should be asking about the revolts across the Arab world, says David…
ByForex Philanthropy
Cross-border giving just got a whole lot simpler, say Hannah Candlin and Leanne Hooper: now charity needn’t begin – and…
ByGuardian: Bonuses push house prices up
Bankers’ bonuses and mortgage lending rules that favour the super-rich have pushed up house prices in London, resulting in a…
ByFT: Private jet flights recover
Private jet travel, shunned in the recession as a sign of ostentation, is recovering in a further sign that the…
ByAt the Sharp End: Sir Terence Conran
Q. What would your other career be? A. Probably a farmer or landscape architect — living a simple life producing…
ByHans Town, It’s the Winner
Before One Hyde Park, there was Hans Town, says Clive Aslet: an eighteenth-century visionary turned Chelsea’s green and pleasant land…
ByFollow th€ Money
Don’t waste your time with crystal balls or tea leaves: the best way to predict the future of the property…
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