Higher Tax, Lower Morals
When most of today’s higher-rate taxpayers were growing up in the UK, they loved the practical possibilities of the schoolboy…
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Goldman Sucks (Blood!)
Most of us had never heard of Matt Taibbi until he described Goldman Sachs as “a great vampire squid wrapped…
ByGreen Shoots? Red Herrings
Is the property market heading for a V-shaped recovery or merely raising two fingers in a V-shaped gesture at over-hasty…
ByVillage Idiots
Clive Aslet on cranky neighbours, simmering resentments, barely contained hostilities and all the other summery joys of life in the…
ByAfter the Fall
Christopher Silvester on how private equity is picking itself up, sorting itself out and getting back to basics I t…
ByTax Special: Seek and Hide
Crusading politicians may posture and pronounce as much as they like. But the rich will always look for — and…
ByTax Special: Suisse and Sour
Josh Spero on the future — shamed, chastened, battered and bruised — of Swiss banking O f all the obvious…
ByTax Special: Offshore and Off Message
The current crackdowns risk missing the important point that low-tax jurisdictions are both legitimate and necessary, says Roderick Balfour I…
ByUpside to the Downturn
John Riches and Sophie Dworetzsky on ways in which lower asset valuations are opening up some attractive tax-planning possibilities Taking…
ByAs 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.…
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