Chancing Chancellors
by Freddy Barker and Godfrey Barker Channel 4’s Ask the Chancellors last night promised all the excitement of One Foot…
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Taking the ‘Lie’ out of ‘Liechtenstein’
by Freddy Barker THE HILLS ARE alive with the sound of… disclosure? On Friday, HMRC began promoting its Liechtenstein Disclosure…
ByUruguay, The Best Tax Haven You’ve Never Heard Of
Uruguay is one of the least known but most enticing locations for high net worths and their businesses thanks to…
BySmith to Keynes: Be Quiet!
This is the text of Alasdair Macleod’s Adam Smith lecture, delivered last week at Boodles: Alasdair takes aim at the…
ByLunatic Express!
Less than a year after the global economy derailed, the big-bonus gravy train is not only back on the rails…
ByGoldman Sucks
Or does it? Slagging off the world’s most powerful bank is a popular pastime these days — but how much…
ByTax Special: Seek and Hide
Crusading politicians may posture and pronounce as much as they like. But the rich will always look for — and…
ByTax Special: Suisse and Sour
Josh Spero on the future — shamed, chastened, battered and bruised — of Swiss banking O f all the obvious…
ByTax Special: Offshore and Off Message
The current crackdowns risk missing the important point that low-tax jurisdictions are both legitimate and necessary, says Roderick Balfour I…
ByTax Special: Blue Skies, Grey Listed
The British Virgin Islands are not like other dodgy Caribbean tax havens and are lobbying hard to have their ‘grey’…
ByTax Special: The View from Switzerland
Spear’s consulted someone with a ringside seat for their view of the Swiss tax situation I t is important to…
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…
ByG20 Special Section
Even without Ringmaster Brown’s hoopla, the G20 would still have been a momentous occasion in the current cycle of global…
ByWilliam Cash on Radio Essex
William Cash, editor-in-chief of Spear’s WMS and twice editor of the year at the PPA Awards (2007 and 2008), appeared…
ByDon’t Have a Kowloon, Man
For anybody wanting to flee the gloom of London, there’s a whiff of optimism to be found in the Far…
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…
ByOne Downsize
The Wall Street titan crosses his legs, relaxes his shoulders, leans back in his chair and expresses a sentiment shared…
ByTheme And Variations
Over recent years, London has become an increasingly attractive place for very wealthy couples, many of whom lead international lives,…
ByBang Out Of Order
Right now the global financial system is dangerously unbalanced – but help appears to be on the way, says Guy…
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