Cover story: where will Covid-19 leave us in five years?
The year is 2025, and you turn your mind to the fateful events of five years before: the coronavirus outbreak…
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‘We will probably emerge with more evenly shared economies’ – Lord Jim O’Neill on the impact of coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic poses a challenge to the global economy – but there are reasons for optimism, writes Lord Jim…
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Covid-19 report: How private schools are reacting to the crisis
Private schools have risen to the challenge of Covid-19 with many transforming themselves into providers of virtual education – but…
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What are the challenges of an increasing human lifespan? These experts explain
We are living longer than ever before. The 100-year-life is no longer the stuff of science fiction. But what does…
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What history can tell investors about the coronavirus crisis
Coronavirus has shocked the markets, but how should investors react? History may teach us a thing or two ‘A good…
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An elemental wine and spiritual restorative
Wine has never seemed more superfluous as an edifice, a vast palace of fussiness; yet its essence, as not just…
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Introducing ‘art for the digital age’
As most physical venues remain shut around the world, Spear’s hears from Rob Anders, co-founder of Niio, a digital art…
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Christie’s to stream landmark ‘global’ sale from four cities
After the cancellation of its flagship New York summer sale, Christie’s is debuting an exciting new auction concept New York,…
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Why real estate will continue its portfolio prominence after Covid-19
Coronavirus is likely to permanently change the way we live and work, but expect private client portfolios to continue seeking…
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Why cases of forfeiture are often ‘not so black and white’
There are forfeiture cases where the court has shown a willingness to strive for fairness, writes Rebecca Waterhouse Ask Poirot,…
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Covid-19 and why it’s time to call time on neoliberalism
Coronavirus has changed the rules of the game: the neoliberal, Thatcherite-settlement is dying In a matter of weeks, the world…
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Inside the latest edition of Spear’s: How the Covid-19 pandemic will transform our world
The latest edition of Spear’s arrives in unique and uncertain circumstances. Wherever you’re reading this edition – we hope it…
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Isle of Man: A valuable home from home
The Isle of Man is close to ‘home’, has advantages that other jurisdictions don’t offer (including space, security and no…
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Rothschild & Co logs record Q1 wealth and asset management revenues
But the group saw AUM slump and says that it expects revenues to fall across all aspects of the business…
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Data shows wine investors have cause for cheer, despite coronavirus crisis
Businesses and the financial markets might have suffered in recent months, but data from BI Wines and Spirits shows the…
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‘Life and law go on’: How attorneys are working through New York City’s lockdown
Withers’ Amber Melville-Brown surveys the legal eagles of New York who are quietly ‘toughing it out’ for their clients during…
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Here are some tax tips for the ‘new normal’ in business
Here are a few tax tips for businesses that are blooming in lockdown, writes Anna Gaston Last week we wrote…
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Covid-19 wipes $18tn from global markets
The coronavirus crisis has slashed the value to the global markets by $18 trillion – but prompted a flurry of…
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How philanthropists can ‘amplify impact’ during the coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus crisis is testing our economies. and philanthropists are in a unique position to help in the short term…
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Guy Meacock
‘You have to be a bit of a detective in this market,’ says the gregarious Guy Meacock as he catches…
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