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Times: Tom Perkins finally sells 289ft yacht for £60m
It required some trimming of the price, but a buyer has finally been found for the largest and most expensive…
ByUBP, hit by Madoff, sees AuM fall by 20%
Union Bancaire Privee, the Geneva private bank which got badly snarled in the $65 billion Bernard Madoff fraud, suffered a…
ByWBrief: Deutsche in talks to bid for Sal Oppenheim
Deutsche Bank, Germany’s biggest bank, confirmed recent media speculation by announcing that it was in talks to form a “strategic…
ByCaptions Required: Bull!
Dealbreaker, one of spearswms.com’s favourite blogs, has come up with this pic and we want your captions. Dealbreaker, one of…
ByBloomberg: Gruebel expects further UBS outflows
Aug. 4 (Bloomberg) — UBS AG, Switzerland’s largest bank by assets, will see further withdrawals by wealthy clients after reporting…
ByBreaking: UBS again splits WM business
UBS has restructured its wealth management business, splitting the Wealth Management & Swiss Bank division into Swiss and international arms,…
BySpooking the spooks
A group of retirees had penetrated the state’s own intelligence agency, and was acting as a secret service within a…
ByTimes: Barclays guarantees bonuses despite FSA
Barclays is defying new curbs on City bonuses, it emerged yesterday, as it and HSBC revealed a return to bumper…
ByGuardian: UBS loses SFr 1.4bn, outflows of 39.4bn
Swiss bank UBS today posted a loss of 1.4 billion Swiss francs (£780m) in the second quarter of the year…
ByWBrief: HSBC PB 1H09 profits down 23%
The pre-tax profit at HSBC Private Bank, part of the UK/Hong Kong-listed banking giant, fell to $632 million in the…
ByNYT: Will the $100m man get his pay?
In a few weeks, the Treasury Department’s czar of executive pay will have to answer this $100 million question: Should…
ByFT: Hedgies’ days of 2 and 20 over?
The halcyon days when hedge funds’ “2 and 20” fee structure went unchallenged may be over. The halcyon days when…
ByNYT: US, Switz reach agreement: UBS to release names
Switzerland and the United States reached an agreement in principle on Friday to settle out of court a case that…
ByAll in good taste
I personally have never been a vociferous proponent of organics. I’ve seen how companies have exploited the label for commercial…
ByIn Trusts We Trust
Current government policy on wealth transfer is frankly bonkers. Time for a serious rethink, says Caroline Garnham F our years…
ByLet Us Prey
Following the recent carnage in the financial markets, scavengers are closing in. But there’s a difference between great carrion and…
ByWe're here, we're queer…
and we’ve got something to cheer. Gay Icons at the National Portrait Gallery is a cause of joy – and…
ByEditor's Letter
Ever since the G20, I’ve known what it feels like to be a doctor. Everybody wants your diagnosis on their…
ByBe a Man – Stay in the UK
Let them go, we say. We double dare them. It’s times like these that separate the men from the boys,…
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