Take the Money and Run
While Liechtenstein still offers discretion and privacy from probing tax authorities, Singapore is proving itself an attractive rival. O’ar Pali…
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How to Win Funds and Earn Interest Off People
Desperate times call for desperate measures, up to and including borrowing money from your friends. William Cash on the dos,…
ByHow to Spend It
Forget tax havens and steer clear of commodities. If you’ve still got money to burn, put it in property and…
ByAnatomy of a Breakdown
Stephen Hill on the causes and chronology of the credit crunch — in which the blind avarice on the part…
BySpear's Crunches Credit
From our prescient leaders to our warnings to the central bankers of a year ago, Spear’s has been consistently ahead…
ByIn Bonus and Health
Gold-diggers are planning their exit strategies now their City husbands’ bonuses are evaporating, according to these worried cuckolds of the…
ByCrib Chic
Raheem Brennerman has a very clear idea about how the owners of the properties he builds and furnishes get to…
ByLet's Do Crunch
Until now the credit crunch has been confined to the City and Wall Street banks who were selling each other…
ByGordon Fool
Gordon Brown has thrown his fiscal rules out of the window and mucked up the economy. How could he get…
BySale Now On
Big American banks are getting rid of unwanted securities for knock-down prices, and the atmosphere is less end-of-the-season, more end-of-the-pier.…
ByRock Solid
Coloured diamonds may not be an obvious safe choice for the astute investor, but their track record speaks for itself…
ByIt’s All Right For Some
The past three months have been extraordinarily challenging for equity and bond investors — more so, I must say, than…
ByFight the Power!
Last winter, my son persuaded me to take the family to an exclusive beach resort in Mauritius where some of…
ByFrom Russia with Loot
The gas and oil that flow through snaking pipelines from Russia reach Europe with a great deal more ease than…
ByAnother Country
It is a little over ten years since the Russian state defaulted on its sovereign debt, an event that practically…
ByHaven on Earth II: Revenge of the Havens
So many countries are now taking notice of how they can best attract offshore money that a second instalment, covering…
ByNot From These Parts, Are Ye?
Sales of English country houses are still fairly strong, but foreigners beware: life in the sticks is not without its…
ByJust Try Not to Gloat
A small and unassuming, privately published blue book is making its way around London’s private-equity circles. If you’re a private-equity…
ByOne Downsize
The Wall Street titan crosses his legs, relaxes his shoulders, leans back in his chair and expresses a sentiment shared…
ByTree-Hugging for Fun and Profit
So how far are we from a ‘cleantech’ tipping point: the point at which world-weary cynicism about ethics and the…
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