The fat lady's sung and I like it
Up came Tosca. Out went my established (non-)feelings about opera. For better or worse, I’m smitten. From out of nowhere,…
ByUp came Tosca. Out went my established (non-)feelings about opera. For better or worse, I’m smitten. From out of nowhere,…
ByI have always hated tasting menus. Those over-complicated, over-coursed, over-buttery, too much foie gras, too long, sick-inducing extravagances. I have…
ByKleinwort Benson is to be sold by its parent Commerzbank after the European Commision’s decision on the German government’s capital…
ByProfit before tax at Barclays Wealth fell sharply in the first quarter, the bank reported this morning. The division was…
ByBERNE, May 6 (Reuters) – Switzerland said on Wednesday it wants to clinch 12 new bilateral tax deals by the…
ByMay 7 (Bloomberg) — Former UBS AG wealth managers Pierre Pâris and Olivier Bertrand have set up a new private…
ByLuxembourg MPs unanimously backed a resolution on protesting over attacks on banking secrecy by German finance minister Peer Steinbrueck, which…
ByThe proposed US crackdown on corporate tax avoidance has provoked an angry response from low-tax countries used heavily by the…
ByUBS has made more specific announcements surrounding the planned 8,700 job cuts for this year it first announced back at…
ByGold prices have risen sharply since the early part of the decade, frequently cited by wealth managers as a good…
ByMPs will today seek to curb the activities of “vulture funds” that prey on poor countries by buying their sovereign…
ByThe problem with is there is not a lot worth saving, apart from a strange name that rhymes with stodge.…
BySome of his colleagues knew his reputation for blunders, and had predicted something like this would happen. The career of…
ByLast year, I was speaking at a gathering of wealthy male investors. The organizers posted the results of a survey…
ByClick here to see the 25 billionaires at the head of this year’s Sunday Times Rich List. From the Sunday…
ByBILLIONAIRE investment guru Warren Buffett told shareholders yesterday that the world had been hit by a “financial hurricane” as the…
ByUBS AG Friday formally cut ties to top private banker Raoul Weil, who had been suspended as he faces U.S.…
ByBarclays bank is playing a lead role in the establishment of a tax haven in Ghana, in a move that…
ByThe Wealth Management and Swiss bank division at UBS reported a second quarter in profit, booking a gain of SWFr…
ByI don’t really want to harp on about how utterly bad Ryanair is. However I just can’t help myself. I…
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