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Some people’s idea of dining hell might be Trattoria Mario in Florence. You can’t book. You don’t even get your…
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FT: City property best value for overseas businesses
The slump in the value of City of London offices has been so severe that it is now the only…
ByOpen season?
People know I don’t really like going to most things, so the season is definitely on. So the season has…
ByTax Special: Seek and Hide
Crusading politicians may posture and pronounce as much as they like. But the rich will always look for — and…
ByFaust squared
I’ve been thinking about Faust a lot lately, not – I hasten to add – as a role model. What…
ByPendular motion
The problems to come are obvious: more major losses from bad debts and unemployment, but on a huge scale Hidden…
ByTel: Arki Busson on tonight’s Ark dinner
The Eurostar terminus at London’s Waterloo station might seem like a fitting choice for a party for City tycoons. The…
ByJP Morgan Recession Pack not a bust
Over 10,000 UK IFAs have downloaded the JP Morgan Asset Management Recession Pack since its launch 6 weeks ago in…
ByLiecht. assets fall by 19% after secrecy war, recession
Assets managed in Liechtenstein fell by 19 percent in 2008, after an onslaught against the principality’s banking secrecy as well…
ByTax Special: Suisse and Sour
Josh Spero on the future — shamed, chastened, battered and bruised — of Swiss banking O f all the obvious…
ByTax Special: Offshore and Off Message
The current crackdowns risk missing the important point that low-tax jurisdictions are both legitimate and necessary, says Roderick Balfour I…
ByCoping With It: Dead Flowers
Another cartoon from the sharpest pen: Dead Flowers
ByUpside to the Downturn
John Riches and Sophie Dworetzsky on ways in which lower asset valuations are opening up some attractive tax-planning possibilities Taking…
ByAs Osama into Autumn Slips
All terrorist networks fizzle out eventually. Is al-Qaeda past its cell-by date, asks Nigel West In the nearly eight years…
ByKeep it in the Family
Most family fortunes are frittered away within a few generations. With effective governance, it doesn’t have to be that way,…
ByWealth Mismanagement Survey
Bruce Weatherill on the ways in which recent events shamed the wealth-management sector — and the extent to which many…
ByThe Price of Freedom
As the credit crunch bites, so does white collar crime. If the police arrive at your doorstep, which criminal law…
ByFT: Saudi freezes HSBC billionaire’s accounts
Saudi Arabia’s central bank has ordered the kingdom’s banks to freeze the accounts of Maan al-Sanea, a leading Saudi businessman…
ByReuters: Lombard to liquidate two funds of funds
ZURICH, June 2 (Reuters) – Swiss private bank Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie confirmed it would liquidate its Delta…
ByIsle of Man to host superyacht/aircraft conference
The Isle of Man is to ‘host’ its first superyacht and aircraft conference this September in London. The conference, run…
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