Cash Never Sleeps
Wall Street pulled off the difficult trick of making a supposedly evil, vile, greedy Nero of finance a compelling and…
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Ken we stop it?
In the Sunday papers Ken Clarke is warning that there could be a double-dip, but it’s already started, Ken. Ken!…
ByThey’re Forever Bursting Bubbles
It’s not hedge funds’ fault that they’re so good at sensing (and shorting) trouble, says Sebastian Mallaby. Christopher Silvester meets…
ByRum Business or Jamaican Fizz?
Jamaica wants to become the Caribbean’s next big investment magnet. Think about it and you’ll realise that’s not as unlikely…
ByTel: Non-res tax-payers leaving UK
One in eight people registered in Britain as non-resident for tax purposes left the country in the last year for…
ByBond. Annette Bond.
London is a truly wonderful city. I need to remind myself of that sometimes, or something happens to remind me.…
ByWBrief: Asian HNWs grow by 20%
The wealth of Asia-Pacific high net worth individuals and their population rose sharply last year, while their holdings of property…
ByBBC: HSBC clients’ names handed to HMRC
Hundreds of wealthy UK taxpayers have been sent letters by HM Revenue & Customs over possible large-scale tax evasion, the…
ByTension Rising
To Olyvia Fine Art for Sold Out, for some serious face-time with one of my favourites, Robert Rauschenberg. To Olyvia…
ByResponse to non-compliance crackdown
On Monday 20 September Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander announced new plans to tackle non-compliance in the tax…
ByInflation? Deflation?
The problem is that inflation and deflation are both present. How can this be? While the world keeps its fingers…
ByThe Virgin Sturgeon
Spear’s has struck a deal with King’s Fine Foods, Britain’s largest importers of caviar and suppliers of provisions to Fortnum…
ByMind, Management… and Misanthropy?
Wealth management seminars can be a snooze, but RBC Wealth Management’s one yesterday morning on tax and morality took a…
ByReuters: Bancorp to launch UHNW unit
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept 15 (Reuters) – US Bancorp (USB.N) is planning to launch a high net worth wealth management unit…
ByFinAsia: UHNWs still don’t trust advisers
A SocGen survey reveals that UHNWs’ trust in their wealth managers has still not returned. Vincent Magnenat, deputy to the…
ByJuve Still Got It
Thatcher said no man over 26 who took a bus could be considered a success in life, but she never…
ByMust Do Better!
Wealth managers fail, fail, fail to listen to their clients – so tell us what they’re doing wrong. I got…
ByWBrief: Dimon gets rough with Basel III
Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JP Morgan, has sharply criticised US and global rules implemented since the credit crisis erupted…
ByWhat a Fun Guy!
There’s nothing like a nice drink after a spot of gardening, or – in the case of Guy Paterson, who…
ByLife's Fine
When the Swiss police clocked a gentleman doing 290km/hr in a Mercedes, the penalty was always going to be punishing.…
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