Upper Crust or Stale Loafers?
Have private bankers become a pointless relic or do they still offer a uniquely useful service for wealthy clients, asks…
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Freehold 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…
ByOn Your Mark
Anthony Haden-Guest meets James Sherwin, general manager of the Mark — the latest in a line of grand hotels being…
ByBy Georges, They’ve Got It
At last the gorgeous west coast of Cyprus has the super-luxe report it deserves in the comely form of Cap…
ByHere’s Looking at You
Intrusive new measures for investigating tax evasion may be effective, but they offer few protections for the innocent, says Caroline…
ByHere's Looking at You
Intrusive new measures for investigating tax evasion may be effective, but they offer few protections for the innocent, says Caroline…
BySurf ‘n’ Turf
Don’t let the big-city real-estate meltdown put you off: investing in beachfront property or farmland is still a good bet,…
ByAllow Me to Introduce Myself
The alias industry — building up fake identities, complete with official documentation — is flourishing. It’s not even that hard…
ByThe Fugitive
Andrei Navrozov meets Michael Cherney, yet another billionaire Russian in self-imposed exile from an increasingly corrupt and creepy Kremlin. The…
ByBuy Me to the Moon
Space on the ground in Manhattan is in desperately short supply, but luckily for developers there’s plenty of prime air…
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