Let Us Prey
Following the recent carnage in the financial markets, scavengers are closing in. But there’s a difference between great carrion and…
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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,…
ByHigher Tax, Lower Morals
When most of today’s higher-rate taxpayers were growing up in the UK, they loved the practical possibilities of the schoolboy…
ByReuters: St James’s Place’s profits down by 12%
LONDON (Reuters) – Wealth management firm St James’s Place said it would broaden its investment range and style to attract…
BySarasin profits 1H09 down 28% but up on 2H08
First half profits at Swiss bank Sarasin fell 28 percent on the previous year to reach SwFr 53.9 million, but…
ByLux, Belg both removed from tax haven grey list
Luxembourg and Belgium have both been removed from the ‘grey’ list of countries that refuse to share tax information, leaving…
ByWithers: Advice on new tax amnesty
Click here to read the details of the Government’s latest tax amnesty, as summarised by law firm Withers, and download…
ByBonhams Talks Straight
To Bonhams on Bond Street this morning for a refreshing breakfast – and I don’t just mean the orange juice.…
ByPeople Will Talk: Amy & Kate
Who knew that junkies stole drugs? See Anthony’s latest cartoon here. Actual headline in The Sun Tuesday July 28 2009…
ByBloomberg: New Frieze-time Berkeley Sq show to open
July 29 (Bloomberg) — International dealers are signing up for a new show in London’s Berkeley Square which aims to…
ByWBull: UBS client pleads guilty to avoiding tax
New York-based businessman Jeffrey P. Chernick on Tuesday pleaded guilty to submitting a false tax return in 2007 and admitted…
ByEFG reports 89 percent fall in profits 1H09
Zurich-based private bank EFG International reported an 89 percent fall in first half net profit, while client assets under management…
ByPeople Will Talk: Get Paid
Following Anthony’s hit cartoon, Bear With Me, here is his next People Will Talk, real words, really overheard. We want…
ByGoldman Sucks (Blood!)
Most of us had never heard of Matt Taibbi until he described Goldman Sachs as “a great vampire squid wrapped…
ByJulius Baer’s AuM up 9%, profits down 37%
Assets under management at Julius Baer rose 9 percent in the first half of 2009, ending June at SwFr 299…
ByUS clients out in the cold as regulations mount
American clients are threatened with an international backlash against the mountain of rules and regulations put in place by US…
ByST: £500m distressed UK property fund planned
MIKE HUSSEY is in early talks to set up a £500m investment vehicle to snap up undervalued property in the…
ByTel: Credit Suisse expects surpassing results
Credit Suisse joined the growing list of investment banks to beat expectations in its second-quarter results on the back of…
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