Guardian: Budget cracks down on tax avoidance
A £4bn crackdown on aggressive tax avoidance schemes used by the country’s biggest companies was unveiled yesterday against a backdrop…
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Budget to send 25,000 top tax-payers abroad
Research from thinktank the CEBR forecasts budget tax increases on those earning over £100,000 will reduce government revenues by £800…
ByExpert Reaction to the Budget
Spear’s is talking to wealth managment experts to find out how the Budget is going to affect you: the headline…
ByMove Over, Darling
This budget was a disaster wrapped in a crisis delivered by a wastrel, looking backwards and pleading bankruptcy. This budget…
ByLive Budget Blog
Spear’s will be bringing you live updates from the Budget with analysis of what this means. You can follow its…
ByWSJ: UBS admits Weavering money is lost
UBS AG, the world’s second-largest investor in hedge funds, has become the first high-profile name to appear as a victim…
ByPI: BNY Mellon AM off 20% on the year
BNY Mellon reported today that its BNY Mellon Asset Management division and its Wealth Management division had a combined $881…
ByBanks selling prime assets to shore up balances
Banks are lining up to dispose of prime assets in their struggle to replenish capital, strengthen stressed balance sheets and…
ByThe wealth doctor
Ever since the G20, I’ve known what it’s like to be a doctor: everybody wants your diagnosis on their financial…
ByDaylesford Angelic
My eye alighted on what looked like a menu but turned out to be the Pravda of Pimlico: ‘Daylesford Organic:…
ByTimes: Credit Suisse pays out to Lehman losers
Credit Suisse today offered cash compensation to about 1,700 of its wealthy customers who invested in financial products sold by…
ByFT: Landmark case may legalise prenups
One of Germany’s wealthiest women is seeking to enforce a pre-nuptial agreement that would leave her former investment banker husband…
ByWBull: Citi sees $40bn outflow 1Q09
Clients fled Citigroup’s global wealth management business at the fastest rate since the global financial crisis began in the first…
ByVenezuelan sensation
Under Dudamel, the SBYO turn these notes and staves into a visceral, thundering, unutterably thrilling event. Far be it from…
ByChavez doesn't fool me
As commentators wet their pants at the Chávez-Obama rapprochement, I want to spit with rage at their naïvet’. Oh, puh-leeze!…
ByMethods of torture
They included waterboarding, designed to induce extreme panic in the victim who believes he is about to drown. The release…
ByUBS to abandon undeclared accounts
UBS wants to give up accounts for undeclared cash from clients originating from the European Union, Sonntagszeitung newspaper said in…
ByNew Fortune 500 out; energies head to the top
The Fortune 500 for 2009 has been published, showing energy companies heading to the top but the firms overall losing…
ByRage against the machines
The scantily clad models and hip-shaking dancers ordinarily have an easy time of it with an adoring crowd. Not so…
ByNYTimes: JP Morgan in profit 1Q09, down on 08
The banking giant, JPMorgan Chase, reported a $2.1 billion profit in the first quarter, easily topping forecasts as investors hold…
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