Gaines-Cooper loses appeal: expert reaction
Robert Gaines-Cooper, the Seychelles-based millionaire entrepreneur, has lost his appeal in the Supreme Court against a High Court decision which…
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ByWhat If?
Matthew Lynn imagines Europe after the euro — catastrophe followed by gradual rebuilding, a permanently altered business and political landscape,…
ByNous of Fraser
She rebuilt Citi on the rock and roll of the credit crunch and now leads its private bank. Jane Fraser…
ByMind The Gap
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ByEd Vaizey on Philanthropy: How to encourage the wealthy to give more
Culture minister Ed Vaizey MP gave the Spear’s Talk on philanthropy at the Conservative Party Conference: ‘How to encourage the…
ByNo puedes comprarme amor, or Can’t buy me love
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ByCan You Split This?
There’s plenty of change when it comes to splitting the money in a divorce, says Tanya Roberts of Charles Russell…
ByWhere Spear's Leads
It is gratifying to see that where Spear’s leads, others follow. This time, we are not thinking of our economic…
ByGold, Politics and Venezuela
by Alasdair Macleod Markets were abuzz last week with Chavez’s recall of Venezuela’s gold reserves not currently held in Caracas.…
ByThat’s Hot
Reduce the heating bill for your draughty old country pile by turning the thermostat up! Ross Clark on the government’s…
ByTime is Money
Caroline Garnham on why complicated new rules from the Treasury may be making checking whether you’re a UK resident much…
ByJohn Studzinski of the Genesis Foundation on his philanthropy at the Royal Court Theatre
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ByAccentuate the Positive
FROM A GEOPOLITICAL perspective, just about everything that might have gone wrong in the first half of 2011 probably has:…
ByHands Off the Loot!
FOR ANY HIGH-NET-WORTH individual, safeguarding one’s money from attack, either from the tax man or other predators, is normally a…
ByFatca(ts) Beware
The American government are forcing banks around the world to sack their US clients, says Kristin Konschnik, as the new…
BySalisbury Plain? Anything But
What brings a firm to the broad lands of Wiltshire? Mark Nayler meets the men behind Quilter, who are establishing…
ByThe Only Way is London
Even a dapper globe-trotting museum-board-sitting financier has to find a place to settle, and Robert Tomei tells William Cash why…
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