Upside to the Downturn
John Riches and Sophie Dworetzsky on ways in which lower asset valuations are opening up some attractive tax-planning possibilities Taking…
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As Osama into Autumn Slips
All terrorist networks fizzle out eventually. Is al-Qaeda past its cell-by date, asks Nigel West In the nearly eight years…
ByKeep it in the Family
Most family fortunes are frittered away within a few generations. With effective governance, it doesn’t have to be that way,…
ByWealth Mismanagement Survey
Bruce Weatherill on the ways in which recent events shamed the wealth-management sector — and the extent to which many…
ByThe Price of Freedom
As the credit crunch bites, so does white collar crime. If the police arrive at your doorstep, which criminal law…
ByTax Special: Blue Skies, Grey Listed
The British Virgin Islands are not like other dodgy Caribbean tax havens and are lobbying hard to have their ‘grey’…
ByTax Special: The View from Switzerland
Spear’s consulted someone with a ringside seat for their view of the Swiss tax situation I t is important to…
ByExpert Reaction to the Budget
Spear’s is talking to wealth managment experts to find out how the Budget is going to affect you: the headline…
ByKeep Your Money: Talk to Your Family
Worse than stock markets or Ponzi schemes, the biggest threat to a family’s wealth is the family itself. Rupert Phelps…
ByG20 Special Section
Even without Ringmaster Brown’s hoopla, the G20 would still have been a momentous occasion in the current cycle of global…
ByWilliam Cash on Radio Essex
William Cash, editor-in-chief of Spear’s WMS and twice editor of the year at the PPA Awards (2007 and 2008), appeared…
ByWhat the G20 Means for Mayfair
The communique of the G20 contained potentially very damaging propositions for the denizens of Mayfair, the City and Wall Street.…
ByTax havens can survive the G20
The rhetoric of the G20 is just that: empty bluster. William Cash analyses why G20 governments are shooting themselves in…
ByThe Hidden Home Market
For the super-rich, the choicest houses are not those just anyone can see: ‘off market’ is very much on the…
ByLow Interest Rate
Ignore the estate-agent guff about troops of foreign buyers beating a path to their doors — they’re not. The London…
ByPunxsutawney Will
The social and economic maladies decried in the 19th-century writings of William Cobbett deliver a true Groundhog Day moment, says…
ByYou Snooze, You Lose
Time for ladies with dollars to see sense and get clued up about wealth management before they get ripped off,…
ByLet’s Not Do Lunch
Good tax lawyers are worth their weight in gold — sometimes almost literally. But that doesn’t mean you actually have…
ByLet's Not Do Lunch
Good tax lawyers are worth their weight in gold sometimes almost literally. But that doesn’t mean you actually have to…
ByNo Lehman is an Island
Who didn’t enjoy watching the unlovable chumps of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers getting their comeuppance? Trouble is, we’re all…
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