The Rating Game
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Chateau 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…
ByPresent Carefully
The property market is resolutely not as dismal as the daily newspapers would have everyone believe. The property market is…
ByRichard Kay
The ’season’ is upon us, that extraordinary six weeks in which sport, opera and horticulture collide with social climbing, arcane…
ByMoscow Moolah
Spear’s is launching in Russia. Our UHNW comrades are renowned for swift earning and extravagant spending, and they’re not grinding…
ByEssential Date
On a grand mission to unlock the secrets of financial prosperity and live the ’high-life’, London is fervently zoning in…
ByAdvance and Retreat
The world of private equity appears to be shrinking somewhat. The world of private equity appears to be shrinking somewhat.…
ByThe Wines That Bind
Have you heard what a business consultant, a banker and an entertainer have in common? Denis Houles, ex-McKinsey man, Stanford…
ByHerm(it) Required
An unexpected twist awaits those itching to purchase their very own island tax haven. The agent Knight Frank has mysteriously…
ByThe Glory to Clod
While other property markets are stagnating, things in the country are ticking over very nicely indeed. Go on – buy…
ByFraction of the Price
When fractional ownership of property first arrived on the scene, the business model wasn’t exactly solid. It offered a tantalising…
ByLocked In or Locked Out
The lot of the minority shareholder in a private family investment company is not a happy one. The lot of…
ByProperty Hawks
Stenham, the independent wealth and asset management group, has recently re-entered the UK market via a new property fund after…
ByCold Steel: Britain’s Richest Man and the Multi-Billion-Dollar Battle for a Global Empire
Indian-born steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal may be Britain’s richest man, but few have any understanding of the vision and strategy…
ByTicket, Please
Dickens, Tennyson and Eliot loved it; so does Tom Stoppard. Josh Spero on why the London Library is, quite literally,…
ByBang Out Of Order
Right now the global financial system is dangerously unbalanced – but help appears to be on the way, says Guy…
ByClear and Present Danger
Cold War style security measures are no match for the splintered cells characteristic of terrorist networks post-9/11. High time for…
ByWalking On Golden Eggshells
Taxing non-doms isn’t just a terrible idea, but it’s also one that could kill the proverbial goose. Very bad for…
ByPut It Another Way
A put option is generally defined as a contract that gives its owner the right, but not the obligation, to…
ByRags To Riches
Glossy client magazines offer private banks a newly glamorous means of speaking to the super-affluent. But is it possible to…
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