Asset Management
Patrick J. Dwyer
Entrepreneurial figure you admire: Howard Schultz at Starbucks, for taking the mundane process of making and serving coffee (an overlooked morning ritual) and turning it into a truly pleasant experience for its many customers. Personal service and educating their customer on the subtle quality distinctions that make superior coffee have brought high levels of satisfaction. We need to continue to offer great personal service - quality time spent one on one with clients - and to educate clients about the increasing complexity of the markets and innovation.
Bryan Diers
Top tips: We feel, and most tend to agree, that the recession is over and the financial markets are really in a transition period, from recession to recovery, and the recovery has begun to take place. It’s certainly not going to be a straight line, whether it’s slightly up or straight up: it’s going to be volatile. We see a rising growth in various parts of the economy, falling inflation at the present time and concern about inflation in the years to come.
Andrew L. Cohen
Mentor: J.P. Morgan and Chase merged in 2001. Both were fantastic firms with phenomenal brands, yet we needed a strong leader to guide us through the transition. Jes Staley, who now is CEO of J.P. Morgan’s investment bank, was co-head of the Private Bank at the time and he did a brilliant job of bringing two cultures within private banking together as one firm.
Golden Opportunity
Spear’s contributing editor John Arlidge on his Sunday Times Magazine Goldman Sachs exclusive, the most-read article about the Wall Street titan
US Special: Off Shore, Out of Mind?
Tax havens have nowhere to hide now that America has turned on them, says Christopher Silvester
US Special: Happy Families
American dynasties have traditionally relied on family offices to manage their wealth — and now, says Daisy Prince, they’ve learnt to pool their resources
Wall Street Turns the Page
New York’s financiers are enjoying seeing their names in print, says Rob Cox, if the glamorous launches for books on the 2008 crisis are to be believed
Margins for Error
When the dust settles after the crunch, wealth managers will have their work cut out regaining their clients’ trust and restoring their profits, says Freddy Barker
Whole New Ball Game
A change of government may hit the private banking world for six again, but Rupert Robinson of Schroders is ready for any onslaught, he tells Josh Spero
AlphaOne Male
Ex-Goldmanites rarely speak about the company, but Nicolas Sarkis tells William Cash about its culture, its clashes — and why he left to found his own firm
Unbillable Hours
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The Hedgehog
Spear's Spiky Undercover Agent Dishes the Gossip
