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It is a little over ten years since the Russian state defaulted on its sovereign debt, an event that practically…
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Haven on Earth II: Revenge of the Havens
So many countries are now taking notice of how they can best attract offshore money that a second instalment, covering…
ByGordon Fool
Gordon Brown has thrown his fiscal rules out of the window and mucked up the economy. How could he get…
ByRock Solid
Coloured diamonds may not be an obvious safe choice for the astute investor, but their track record speaks for itself…
ByNapoleonic Dynamite
At the opening of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in 1792, the Rothschilds were fairly prosperous antique coin and…
BySale Now On
Big American banks are getting rid of unwanted securities for knock-down prices, and the atmosphere is less end-of-the-season, more end-of-the-pier.…
ByIt’s All Right For Some
The past three months have been extraordinarily challenging for equity and bond investors — more so, I must say, than…
ByDada? Da, da!
Ivan Lindsay on the emerging class of ravenously art-hungry Russian collectors for whom money is no object and objects just…
ByGet Unstuffed
It’s vast and vastly expensive but in other ways the Carnegie Abbey Club is refrshingly relaxed and unconventional, says Daisy…
ByThe Eccentric Billionaire: John D MacArthur – Empire Builder, Reluctant Philanthropist, Relentless Adversary
By the mid-1960s he was one of five living billionaires, the others being HL Hunt, Howard Hughes, John Paul Getty,…
ByEquator Minute!
Alessandro Tomé has a Columbus moment when he visits the Caribbean for the first time in 10 years and discovers…
ByNot From These Parts, Are Ye?
Sales of English country houses are still fairly strong, but foreigners beware: life in the sticks is not without its…
ByRoom and Boar
Vanessa Neumann talks to eco-laird Paul Lister about transforming his Highland estate into one of Britain’s most extraordinary nature reserves…
ByChance Encounters
Gambling is the last thing Russia’s high-end casino-goers want to do – they’re really only there to see and be…
ByThe Rating Game
In nature, ravaging fires or storms ultimately have a salutary effect on the whole eco-system. It enables the clear-out of…
ByChateau de Tape Rouge
Sipping a vin chaud after an excellent day’s skiing in Val d’Isère, watching the sun slip out of a perfect…
ByIf Today is Tuesday, I Must Be Brazilian
It’s become commonplace now to state that ‘the world is flat’. As the New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman…
ByGreenbacks for Greenbelts
Landowning is not what it used to be – it’s now the latest philanthropic trend. Billionaire or Rich Lister names…
ByJust Try Not to Gloat
A small and unassuming, privately published blue book is making its way around London’s private-equity circles. If you’re a private-equity…
ByTree-Hugging for Fun and Profit
So how far are we from a ‘cleantech’ tipping point: the point at which world-weary cynicism about ethics and the…
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