Spear’s Monday Catch-Up: Best of the Weekend Papers

We’ve gone through the weekend papers and picked out the best bits so you don’t have to

We’ve gone through the weekend papers and picked out the best bits so you don’t have to:

How cheap energy from shale will reshape America’s role in the world, The Guardian
US self-sufficiency in energy is likely to end American reliance on despotic Gulf regimes but biggest loser of all may be Russia

India’s billionaires club, FT (£)
‘I have a Lambo. I have a jet. I enjoy all of that’. India’s super-rich talk to James Crabtree

As trillions move to the next generation, GCC families face unprecedented pressure to plan succession sooner rather than later

Wealth

Succession planning in the GCC: Experts warn families can no longer afford to delay

Panellists at the Spear’s Summit highlight Abu Dhabi’s growing appeal as a base for family offices managing capital and making day-to-day investment decisions

Wealth

Abu Dhabi’s family office boom: why the emirate is attracting active global investors

Jad Ellawn joined Edwin Smith at the Spear’s Summit Abu Dhabi to share his outlook on property, education and technology investments across the GCC

Wealth

Brookfield Middle East boss: $15bn GCC portfolio growing through “contrarian” approach

25 Indians to watch, FT (£)
From a political scion and an attacking batsman to a crusading web entrepreneur and a ‘Potato Prince’, these are India’s rising stars

Britain is most powerful nation on earth, Independent
Britain is most powerful nation on earth US toppled from No 1 slot as British influence enhances its ‘soft power’

Roger and out, general, The Sunday Times
Paula Broadwell’s catty email to a love rival was the first shot in a scandal that toppled David Petraeus

Follow @spearsmagazine