Asset Management
Spear's Young Turk Awards 2012
The Awards celebrate rising stars, aged under 35, in all areas of the private client world: tax and trust lawyer; family lawyer; wealth manager; private banker; accountant; art adviser; property adviser
Alan and Gina Miller launch campaign for fairer fees
Alan and Gina Miller, the husband and wife co-founders of SCM Private, today launched a campaign to bring full transparency to the UK investors
Scorpio: Wealth management industry generates 1% of UK GDP
The UK wealth management industry manages over GBP2.1 trillion in private client monies and generates nearly GBP7.6 billion in annual tax for the UK Exchequer
Enter the Double-Dip Recession
The world is entering the double-dip recession and the euro-zone and UK are already in it.
Futurewealth Report: HNW Confidence Falls, Private Banks Should Improve Branding and Quality of Service
Optimism for the future has declined among high-net-worth individuals (HNWs), despite an improvement in their economic performance last year, a survey by Scorpio Partnerships, Standard Chartered Bank and SEI has found
Spear's New Campaign: You Are the 1 Per Cent
If you are reading this, the chances are that you are either in the 1 Per Cent or you work or are associated with the 1 Per Cent
At the Sharp End: Ivan Massow
The founder and CEO of Massow’s Financial Services faces the Spear’s grilling
Forbes: Hong Kong wealthiest lost billions in 2011
Hong Kong’s richest have been some of the world’s biggest beneficiaries from the economic rise of China in the past three decades. Now that the mainland is getting pinched by the global slowdown and tighter interest rates to tame inflation, Hong Kong’s wealthiest are feeling the squeeze
ARC: Every portfolio model lost money in 2011
Private client portfolios across every risk bracket lost money last year, according to figures published yesterday by Asset Risk Consultants (ARC)
The Military in the City
Service Industry
More than half a century since National Service ended, the City still retains an ex-military influence. Sophie McBain seeks out the real captains of industry
Unbillable Hours
Our specialists solve your HNW problems (gratis!)
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Is it really possible to avoid stamp duty land tax when purchasing land and property?
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A lot has been made recently in the press about buyers of some of the UK’s most expensive homes avoiding stamp duty land tax (SDLT) by purchasing their home through a company.
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