Spear's Wealth Management Survey

Spear's Wealth Management Awards 2011: Spear's City Champion Award

Chosen by the Spear’s editorial staff, this award is given to a person, company or scheme which promotes the higher moral aspirations they have for the City and provides an example to others, using its resources for social good

Spear's Wealth Management Awards 2011: Jonathan Ruffer's lifetime achievement award

For someone who said he spent his twenties being useless at everything that he did, Jonathan Ruffer has gone on to magnificent success

Spear's Wealth Management Awards 2011: Winners

Read the winners of the Spear's Wealth Management Awards 2011 here

Spear's Wealth Management Awards 2011: Shortlists Announced

Spear’s is pleased to annouce the nominations for the 2011 Spear’s Wealth Management Awards, co-hosted by One Sandy Lane, taking place on 1 November

Big Bang 25th Anniversary Party More Like a Wake

The party at Drapers Hall last night to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Big Bang was made cheerful by the reunion of traders who had been on the floor in 1986 when the City ceased open outcry, but it was more like a wake because most felt that the City was a far worse place after Big Bang

Accountancy Index

From the Big Four to the boutique firms, accountants do far more for HNWs and their businesses than merely counting beans. With the help of expert insiders, Freddy Barker and Mark Nayler profile the leading performers in their field

Singapore: The Switzerland of the East?

Singing a New Song

Tiny Singapore has always punched above its weight, and now it’s making the most of the financial fumbling in the West. Sophie McBain reveals the secrets of its success

WBrief: Credit Suisse fined £6m over systems failings

The Financial Services Authority, the UK regulator, today said it has fined Credit Suisse (UK) £5.95 million ($9.5 million) for “systems and control failings” at the private banking arm, confirming months of speculation that the Swiss firm was to be hit with a big fine

Tax Justice Network: 10 loopholes in UK-Swiss tax deal

An agreement between the UK and Swiss governments, which permanent secretary for tax Dave Hartnett has stated will raise between £4-7bn, is so fundamentally flawed it could actually lose the UK tax revenue

Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report: Financial crisis 'modest setback'

The report describes the financial crisis as ‘no more than a modest setback in a benign decade for household wealth accumulation'