Brokered Dreams
Tine Willumsen’s first meeting with Christian Volkers was some years ago. Völkers was, and is, the chairman and CEO of…
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Greenbacks for Greenbelts
Landowning is not what it used to be – it’s now the latest philanthropic trend. Billionaire or Rich Lister names…
ByAll Quiet on the SW Front
It would be hard to conceive of an international financial crisis that did not result in somebody, somewhere celebrating their…
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…
ByTheme And Variations
Over recent years, London has become an increasingly attractive place for very wealthy couples, many of whom lead international lives,…
ByThe Glory to Clod
While other property markets are stagnating, things in the country are ticking over very nicely indeed. Go on – buy…
ByPut It Another Way
A put option is generally defined as a contract that gives its owner the right, but not the obligation, to…
ByBang Out Of Order
Right now the global financial system is dangerously unbalanced – but help appears to be on the way, says Guy…
ByRags To Riches
Glossy client magazines offer private banks a newly glamorous means of speaking to the super-affluent. But is it possible to…
ByDying Of Consumption
Do we really know what we want? Or do we want what we’re told we want by S&M fantasy-mongers, asks.…
ByClear and Present Danger
Cold War style security measures are no match for the splintered cells characteristic of terrorist networks post-9/11. High time for…
ByWalking On Golden Eggshells
Taxing non-doms isn’t just a terrible idea, but it’s also one that could kill the proverbial goose. Very bad for…
ByNo Stairway
London’s super-rich want their flats flat. None of that multi-storey malarkey, just oodles of sideways space and a spiffing view,…
ByPastures Old
Like flares and cloche hats, all the Isle of Wight had to do was sit around and wait to become…
ByHope the Bugs Don’t Bite
Is phone tapping a pointless invasion of privacy or an essential part of intelligence-gathering in the post-9/11 world, asks Nigel…
ByTo Dom, or Not to Dom? Go!
With Non-Doms now facing a 30k tax bill for living in the UK, Spear’s looks at reasons for splitting London,…
ByStan The Man
Spear’s learns how Stanley Fink, former CEO of the Man Group, philanthropist and multi-millionaire tycoon, traded in his City pinstripes…
ByTo Dom, or Not to Dom? Stay!
With Non-Doms now facing a 30k tax bill for living in the UK, Spear’s looks at reasons for splitting London,…
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