RBC: Simplifying tax is a good thing
In principle, the Office of Tax Simplification is very good news. It is in everybody’s interests for tax legislation to…
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Africa Special
From funds to fun to philanthropy, Spear’s has Africa covered in our Africa Special The problem, to put it baldly,…
ByWSJ: Grübel pleads with UBS HNWs to stay
ZURICH—Ten times over the past year, UBS AG Chief Executive Oswald Grübel has been called upon to speak personally with…
ByFT: UBS, Credit Suisse to survive stress tests
Swiss regulators will on Friday attempt to steal the thunder of long-awaited European Union stress tests for banks by publishing…
ByAfrican-do Attitude
Josh Spero on the new breed of post-post-colonial investors who are recognising the huge potential of Africa IT’S TIME TO…
BySwiss Banking 2.0
Secrecy served Switzerland well for centuries, but now transparency is the basis of its attractive new boutique-banking model, says Freddy…
ByGreen is Good
Ben Goldsmith on two compelling reasons for embracing clean technology — saving the planet and making a packet IF IT…
ByI Liech That!
Freddy Barker says carpe diem to take advantage of the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility: it’s never been easier to come clean…
ByNo More Money!
Too much money, he says, is given to the same old places, rather than to small projects which tackle the…
ByThe Kindest Cut
Penelope Bennett meets the Swiss plastic surgeon who is transforming the face of medicine in Ivory Coast at the hospital…
ByRaising the Standard
Standard & Poor’s Tony Angel acknowledges the recent failure of his own and other rating agencies, but sticks up for…
ByIFC: Don’t rush on tax-haven reform
The IFC Forum welcomes yesterday’s debate in the British Parliament calling for an “informed, consistent and balanced” debate on the…
ByTel: Large hedge funs win most new money
The world’s biggest hedge funds walked away with the lion’s share of the industry’s $9.5bn of net inflows despite a…
ByFor Richer, For Poorer
There are four percentage figures worth knowing, and they are 40%, 50%, 60% and 99%, and in 99% of all…
ByLuxuriating
I make it a principle to avoid putting gratuitous jewellery shots or sexy yacht photos in the magazine. We at…
ByWSJ: Die in 2010, pay no tax
It has come to this: Congress, quite by accident, is incentivising death. When the Senate allowed the estate tax to…
ByStop the Presses!
The rich, the famous and anyone with a reputation to protect from our increasingly intrusive media have much to thank…
ByThe Cure for Death and Taxes
When facing the inescapable, says Ben Backhouse of HNW insurance broker Risk Assured, it’s politic to take out a policy…
ByHedge funds show $300bn decline
New York, NY – July 13, 2010 – TrimTabs Investment Research and BarclayHedge reported that the hedge fund industry posted…
ByNot Haunted by Hoarding
As of this Friday, I wil be a householder in Dalston, Hackney – not an area known to most Spear’s…
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