How the legalisation of pre-nups will help protect offshore trusts
Offshore trusts can enable family wealth to benefit future generations and remain a popular succession-planning vehicle for wealthy families. Wherever…
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HMRC is in the hot seat as anti-avoidance looks set to get tougher
Tax reliefs are an essential part of the tax system. They can be used as a mechanism to redistribute wealth,…
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Worker killed on multi million pound Grosvenor Square construction site
A tragic death occurred yesterday on the construction site of a £250 million mansion at 20 Grosvenor Square. According to…
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What the UK could learn from Jamaica’s economical approach – including how to smile more
I’ve recently come back from my honeymoon in Jamaica. The last time I was on the island was four years…
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Jamaica is a country which punches, and certainly runs, way above its weight. The island’s struggle to re-invent itself after…
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Whether you’re entertaining family members or hosting a dinner for colleagues, you’ll rest easy knowing our list of dos and…
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Spear’s Index of Top 50 Family Lawyers Published
Spear’s Index of the top 50 family lawyers has been published in issue 38. To receive a free PDF of…
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The tale of an SAS hero, a wealthy landowner and a Lib Dem peer
‘There was a decorated SAS hero, a wealthy landowner and a Liberal Democrat peer.’ This sounds like the start of…
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Britain’s high inheritance tax hinders growth
Chartered accountants UHY Hacker Young have produced a report stating that the UK has the second highest rate of inheritance…
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The social investment tax relief meets bemused enthusiasm
The government is pressing ahead with the proposals announced last year to provide tax incentives for investment in qualifying social…
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What can philanthropists learn from Game of Thrones?
Epic drama Game of Thrones returned to our television screens this week amid excited reports that this season promises to…
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Battersea Power Station may struggle to deliver promises of community engagement
‘Well, in all my trips to London I’ve seen it and thought: what the hell are they going to do…
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Property Vision celebrates 30 years at the top of London’s prime property market
To stay atop London’s prime property market for thirty years requires a certain tenacity and success – and a vacuum-cleaner-like…
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King’s Speech actor makes a great statement for charity with desert ultra-marathon
These days people will do anything in the name of charity – eat bugs, throw themselves off cliffs, grow heinous…
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British mansion builder Walter Lilly is still in its prime
In 1924, Cumberland House on Pall Mall had been destroyed, Devonshire House on Piccadilly was being destroyed and Grosvenor House…
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Thurleigh merges with Ingenious, citing regulatory burden, political risk, Heston Blumenthal and The Byrds
The steady flow of mergers on London’s wealth management scene has turned into a flood with the news today that…
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A million is no longer enough – you need at least ten to be wealthy, survey says
Ten million is a small number these days. At least that’s according to a recent survey conducted by multi-family office…
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Sally Tennant steps down as Kleinwort Benson CEO
Sally Tennant has stepped down as CEO of UK wealth management firm Kleinwort Benson and will be replaced by Martha…
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All the signs show Pictet, like other Swiss banks, are expanding in London
London’s wealthy entrepreneurs are being targeted by a Swiss private bank looking for new customers as banking secrecy laws bite…
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Time to raise interest rates to head off the housing bubble
Author: by Stephen Hill Are we in a housing bubble? Answer: no, not yet. Mortgage affordability – the percentage of…
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