Hedgehog Issue 17
Board games and stiff drinks. Hedgehog enjoys his evenings… BEG, BORROW AND DEAL Normally, if someone offered to sell me…
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At the Sharp End: Robert Gaines-Cooper
Entrepreneur and scourge of HMRC Robert Gaines-Cooper faces the Spear’s questionnaire Entrepreneur and scourge of HMRC Robert Gaines-Cooper faces the…
ByHarry Mount
Early this week, Andrew Neil came round to my north London flat to interview me EARLY THIS WEEK, Andrew Neil…
ByLuxe Redux
Diffusion lines, online offerings, fresh creative talent, even good old-fashioned value for money luxury brands will give anything a go…
ByJewellers oppose new gold mine
LONDON, 2 November — Fifty jewellers, with more than £3.5 billion ($5.75 billion) in sales, say they won’t use gold…
ByThe Crisis in the Family Office: Key Quotes
Here are some key quotes from the second Spear’s/Speechly Bircham seminar, ‘The crisis in the family office’, held on 20…
ByGuardian: US to renew QE with $1tn
US central bank boss Ben Bernanke is expected push ahead this week with up to $1tn of quantitative easing to…
ByFT: In and Out Club on sale (again)
The former home of the “In and Out Club” at 100 Piccadilly is set to go back on sale after…
ByCash in the Attic
Owners of our great houses will not speak out, because at a time of austerity it would seem almost gloating…
ByQE or not QE?
This points the way to the Fed’s announcement on its next dose of QE: they don’t know how much, but…
ByMaking Up For It
Elton’s Winter Ball was the first party I have ever been to in which as I waited to go to…
ByLord Browne to chair Stanhope
We are pleased to announce that Lord Browne has been appointed Chairman of Stanhope Capital’s Advisory Board. Formerly Group Chief…
ByRadmacher: Pre-Nups Upheld
The Supreme Court has held that Katrin Radmacher’s pre-nup should carry “decisive weight”, setting a precedent for the UK The…
ByWBrief: Citi PB revenues slightly down
Citi Private Bank’s revenues in the third quarter were $497 million, down $15 million, or 3 per cent, from the…
ByRock Off!
A new series: absurd, startling or abstruse pop lyrics. Send us yours! These wondrous words come from a hit for…
ByThe Titan Stirs
UBS has done some extraordinary things in the last few weeks. UBS has done some extraordinary things in the last…
ByMake babies, not war
The point about babies is that they are the answer to the pension problem. A few years ago I found…
ByWBrief: Half expect higher bonuses in 2011
Nearly half – 48 per cent – of financial services professionals polled in London expect their bonus in 2010/2011 to…
ByInto the Dragon’s Den
As China’s financial powerhouse, Shanghai stands poised to become not only a playground for the rich but also one of…
BySlumpflation
It’s extraordinary that this facile idea has gained such currency, as though the slumpflation of the 1970s never existed Last…
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