Let’s Not Do Lunch
Good tax lawyers are worth their weight in gold — sometimes almost literally. But that doesn’t mean you actually have…
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Let'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…
BySchadenfraud
In the context of the US government bailing out Wall Street and the election of Barack Obama as president, a…
ByMaking Off
As 2008 drew to its close, two men who had never met each other and of whom most of us…
ByNight Terrors
As if global economic meltdown wasn’t enough, Barack Obama has a terrifying array of security-related concerns to keep him awake…
ByHi-Ho, Hi-Ho! It’s Off the Cliff We Go!
Jeremy McGivern on the flawed logic and mindless herd instinct that led so many property investors over the edge and…
ByDon’t Have a Kowloon, Man
For anybody wanting to flee the gloom of London, there’s a whiff of optimism to be found in the Far…
ByUpper Crust or Stale Loafers?
Have private bankers become a pointless relic or do they still offer a uniquely useful service for wealthy clients, asks…
ByFreehold Willie
Property fund manager Willie Gething is keeping his head while all about him are losing their houses — and his…
ByBernie Madoff Syndrome
Jeremy McGivern wonders why property investors never stopped to consider that what comes up must go down Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi…
ByMadoff Scandal: Special Section
It is the (allegedly) the largest fraud in modern history: $50bn may have disappeared in a giant Ponzi scheme orchestrated…
ByMadoff’s Victims: A Comprehensive List
Click here to download a comprehensive list of the alleged victims of the Madoff scandal, as compiled by AlixPartners of…
ByHow Madoff Did It
It was so simple – that is why he got away with it. Here is how he did it. By…
ByDon't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans
Peer Steinbruck may be glorying in British troubles now, but we ought not to respond in kind – just think…
ByClear Off! We Want Our Houses Back
The upstart owners of London’s best properties are being driven away by the recession. About time, says Anthony Rufus-Isaacs The…
ByL’Affaire Madoff: The Movie
Like the unspooling of a Hollywood epic of the golden age (Ponzi with the Wind?), there are reels to go…
ByMadoff Makes Fools of Financiers
The most aggravating factor with the Madoff scandal is that so many banking geniuses fell for it, says Josh Spero.…
ByBe Cool
Christopher Silvester on the icy-calm business of crisis management For wealthy and powerful individuals, a crisis means negative media exposure…
ByOwe Dear
Turns out most of London’s super-prime property owners are mortgaged to the hilt and the bailiffs are starting to lick…
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