As the Oscars approach, think of films as philanthropy
Hollywood’s annual awards season culminates this Sunday with the Oscars, a night honouring the best and the brightest in film.…
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As the tax year ends, here are top tips to save yourself money
With a break in the rain over the weekend (in London at least) and the end of Winter Olympics, I…
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Has the time come for a pan-European pre-nup?
Tomorrow the Law Commission of England & Wales will publish its long-awaited recommendations into the reform of pre-nuptial agreements. The…
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MtGox crash exposes Bitcoin vulnerability, but will it prove a hit or flop?
Author: by Chloe Barrow As Spear’s has previously discussed, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin offer great rewards but also have great risks.…
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Angela Merkel’s state visit shows her need for David Cameron – and his for her
Author: by Stephen Hill Empress Angela Merkel, leader of the New Holy Roman Empire headquartered in Berlin, arrives in London…
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Hard-hit EU countries resort to selling passports to HNWs
Author: Chloe Barrow In the race to attract HNWs from overseas, desperate EU countries are offering residency and passports in…
ByAngela Merkel's state visit shows her need for David Cameron – and his for her
She invited David Cameron and family to her Schloss Merkelburger late last year for ‘private discussions’. No communiqu’ was issued,…
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P2P offers peerless rates but how secure is your investment?
REURN TO LENDER In 1999, a teenager named Shawn Fanning changed the music world for ever. With a piece of…
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Trusts to be laid bare as EU threatens to invade privacy rights
Unexpected news has emerged from Europe in the past week that lawmakers want the contents and beneficiaries of trusts to…
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Tax transparency: is it better to jump than be pushed?
Two years ago identity theft fears had half the country zealously shredding bank statements. The tactical distribution of Coutts-branded hamster…
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Why we shouldn’t have pardoned Alan Turing
Just before Christmas, Queen Elizabeth granted a posthumous pardon to Alan Turing. By common consent, Mr Turing was a remarkable…
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Putin’s empty policies are nothing more than raw assertions of power
It’s official: Russian president Vladimir Putin owned 2013. Even after Forbes named him the world’s most powerful man, Putin closed…
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Inheritance tax threats and dodges not widely known by HNWs
A report released by Close Brothers Asset Management has found that less than half of those exposed to inheritance tax…
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Doing a little business in Britain may bring a huge tax bill
There are many things people move to Britain for – good schools, a buoyant property market, a stable legal system…
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Alex Salmond is going to be smoked out in the independence debate
Author: by Stephen Hill There is an unpleasant fish invading the pure waters of Scotland, polluting the atmosphere and creating…
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Giver and the Gift: How a recruiter charitably went to the aid of the SOS Project
Author: Chloe Barrow The Giver John Grumbar Former CEO and Chairman of Egon Zehnder International The Grumbar file After Charterhouse,…
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Lack of flood dredging shows idiocy of government bureaucracy
Author: by Stephen Hill The floods in Somerset are an archetypal example of the fundamental error of the creeping bureaucracy…
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Why increased tolerance for errors in wills should not encourage sloppiness
The Supreme Court ruling in Marley v Rawlings, which said that a will, despite being mis-signed, may still be valid,…
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England won’t build enough houses in the next five years
A substantial increase in housebuilding over the next five years will not meet demand and push up land prices according…
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US better at philanthropy than rest of world
High net worth individuals in the US donate more and more efficiently than philanthropists in Europe, Asia and the Middle…
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