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How can you live the life you like without the scrutiny of the baying media? Alexander Carter-Silk and Claire Cartwright-Hignett…
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Rather like the hush-hush operations they purport to describe, some official military and intelligence histories are more successful than others,…
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When the dust settles after the crunch, wealth managers will have their work cut out regaining their clients’ trust and…
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A change of government may hit the private banking world for six again, but Rupert Robinson of Schroders is ready…
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ByPartners in Crime
Tuckers has established itself as one of the country’s premier criminal law firms for high net worths. In a round…
ByMy Friend the Ponzi Schemer
Jonathan Chambers on his former schoolmate turned financial shyster David Smith, currently facing fraud charges in the Caribbean WHY DID…
ByAll the World's a Stage
Want to get plugged in to the most exciting and exclusive network of power players in the world? Better have…
ByUpdated: Darling's Nasty Surprise
The Pre-Budget Report’s hidden measures will hurt Britain, not help it, as the Chancellor takes aim at the bonuses of…
ByTime Flies When You’re Hedging Funds
Only yesterday they were the pariahs of the business world, but hedgies are bouncing back quickly and are eager to…
ByThe Minsky Moment
The fight to stop Great Depression 2 is far from over. In 2008, we saw the Keynesian Stimulus Cure and…
ByNotes from the Spear’s/Speechly Bircham seminar
Spear’s and private client law specialists Speechly Bircham LLP held a seminar on 15 October where some of Speechly’s top…
ByMervyn King's Speech
In a speech delivered last night in Scotland, the Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, stressed his feeling…
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…
ByLock up Your Houses!
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ByJohn Redwood on the Economic Crisis
Read John Redwood’s summary of the Spear’s Talk he gave at the Henley Literary Festival on Sunday, October 4 “For…
BySplitting the Difference
Divorce law relating to financial settlements has long ceased to be a laughing matter. That is because UK law is…
ByAfterlives
The sad truth is that most people in the City do not have a Plan B, either through lack of…
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