WBrief: KPMG gets new chairman
KPMG, the financial services firm that includes wealth advisory services in its offering, has appointed a new head and a…
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Wedlake Bell: Trust disputes up 238%
Legal disputes over trusts containing assets including property jumped 238% during the recession, according to Wedlake Bell, the City law…
ByThe Euro Stalls
As the wheels came off this dream, the engineers scratched their heads in blank disbelief: it wasn’t meant to do…
ByNever Let Me Go
We are forced to confront the importance of grabbing the life and love (if we are lucky) we have now…
ByFT: UK immigration easier for HNWs
Multimillionaire foreigners prepared to invest their money in Britain will find it easier to make a home in the UK…
ByThe Power of Ja
What would you say to the removal of government from the money-making process, along with the economists? Total madness, surely?…
ByPut Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Looking to diversify your investments? It could be time to hit the bottle, says Chris Smith THE TRADITIONAL NOTION that…
ByRisky Business
On a scale of eating day-old yoghurt to Russian roulette, how risky should your portfolio be? And does your wealth…
ByCNBC: UBS bankers angry at bonus delay
The delay in the awarding of bonuses at UBS has many in the New York offices of the Swiss banking…
ByThe Silvera Age
Ana Silvera, who will be appearing at How the Light Gets In, the philosophy festival at Hay co-sponsored by Spear’s,…
ByLetter from Davos
The point of the five-day summit is about reminding oneself that it’s not too late to be taken seriously again,…
ByB’berg: VIP Art Fair victim of technology
Works by Francis Bacon and Richard Prince went unsold as the world’s first online contemporary art fair suffered from problems…
ByFT: Make China visas easier, say luxury brands
Luxury retailers are pressing the government to tackle visa bottlenecks for Chinese tourists, claiming bureaucracy is causing shoppers to shun…
ByMoS: Roger Jenkin offers wife half of £300m fortune in divorce
Mr Jenkins, credited with saving Barclays bank at the height of the credit crunch, said that not only would he…
ByNYT: US to serve HSBC over ‘tax evasion’?
Federal authorities are considering whether to serve a broad legal summons on HSBC to ascertain whether it sold tax-evasion services…
ByFraud costs UK £38 billion a year
Today the National Fraud Authority (NFA) published its second Annual Fraud Indicator (AFI), which estimates fraud is costing the UK…
BySCM Private produces ‘robust’ results
London 25 January 2011: SCM Private, the leading active manager of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), is pleased to announce the…
ByWBrief: Arrest made over stolen Credit Suisse data
The Swiss prosecutor has taken one person into custody as part of an investigation into data theft, which is understood…
ByGuardian: CBI head says no govt plan for growth
The outgoing head of the CBI today strongly criticised the government’s lack of strategy for economic growth and warned that…
ByFT: FSA considering fee caps, risk limits
The head of the Financial Services Authority has called for a “radical rethink” of consumer protection in the UK, including…
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