Are HNWs about to start selling their homes online without agents?
Estate agents aren’t the best loved – no matter where you are in the market. So the news last week…
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Nowhere to hide now governments are swapping your tax details
Nothing can ruin your Saturday morning more than receiving a letter from your foreign bank demanding that you report the…
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The best of California in a world-class home
Breathe California. Immerse yourself in a scenic wonderland of unparalleled beauty. Step out into your backyard and experience southern California…
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This is what happens when someone presumed dead comes back to life
The trick-or-treaters are doing their rounds, but what if you had a miraculous and unexpected visitor? A long-lost friend, arisen…
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Winners of the Spear’s Wealth Management Awards 2014 announced, The Spear’s 500 launched
Last night the winners of the Spear’s Wealth Management Awards 2014 were announced at a glittering ceremony at The Savoy.…
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You can read about Spear’s big night, the awards we gave and the book we launched last night Last night…
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William Cash introduces The Spear’s 500, our landmark guide
As I write, I am feeling something of the same excitement as I did shortly before the first edition of…
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Editor-in-chief William Cash explains what lay behind his drive to create the world’s first guide to every private-client sector that…
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A new stadium for Spurs is a new start for Tottenham
Approximately a decade after Arsenal, their fierce North London rivals, vacated their historic home and hallowed temple of footballing history…
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Property comment: How Mayfair has changed over two decades
As my office is just off Berkeley Square in the heart of Mayfair, I can’t fail to notice how Mayfair…
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The Giver and the Gift: Harold Tillman and Zahra Ash-Harper
THE GIVER: HAROLD TILLMAN, FASHION ENTREPRENEUR Heritage industryI grew up around clothes: my father was a tailor and my mother…
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The paralysed man who walks again shows the power of philanthropy
A paralysed man walks again after undergoing pioneering surgery in Poland. Darek Fidyka is thought to be the first person…
ByUK’s Investor Visa changes shake down HNWs for a million more
EU migration was the weekend’s hottest topic, with David Cameron’s desire to cap immigration from EU member states attacked by…
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The multi-million-pound Miss Malaysia divorce throws gossipy titbits and transparency into the spotlight
The divorce case of Chai v Peng has made headlines across the British press in the last few weeks and…
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Surrogacy can bring the blessing of a child and the curse of legal tangles
Recent press reports concerning parents allegedly rejecting surrogate children on birth due to disability have brought renewed public attention to…
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You can still trust in will trusts
‘I don’t need a will because my wife will receive everything if I die without one,’ a client said to…
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Why is HMRC going to punish inadvertent tax avoidance as harshly as wilful evasion?
Recently, the government issued a consultation document on new legislation to extend HM Revenue & Customs’ powers of retribution for…
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There’s money to be made in buying global agricultural land
China, we learn, has 20 per cent of the world’s population and only 9 per cent of its farmland. By…
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How to protect family wealth for the generations
Wealthy entrepreneurs face an environment more challenging than at any time since the Second World War. The landscape is changing…
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The ECB’s TLTRO may be just the acronym we need
The European Central Bank’s one-two punch in June took activist central banking to a whole new level. Not only did…
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