Spear's Wealth Management Survey

Issue 32 (May/June 2013)

Cover by Adam Dant

1. Leaders

8. Contributors

10. From William Cash

12. Editor's Letter

14. Diary: Helena Newman

16. The Hedgehog

20. SHOT BEFORE DAWN

The Spear’s Young Turk Awards; the Money Shot; party photos from Richard Young, the Whitechapel Gallery Gala and David Bowie Is

COLUMNS

26. THE GIVER AND THE GIFT

Sir Tom Hunter helps fledgling entrepreneurs with ‘hatcheries’

28. THE DISCRIMINATOR

Revenge is sweet, says Alessandro Tomé: unless it backfires...

30. COUNTER CULTURE

There’s something strange about Lara Croft, Sam Leith thinks. No, not those; she has... feelings?

31. IMAGE RIGHTS

If he wants to be PM, Boris Johnson needs to work on his PR, according to Edward Amory

32. PEP TALK

Robert Amsterdam is feeling a little asymmetrical these days, and it’s all the government’s fault

34. VIEW FROM ST PAUL'S

Why hasn’t Wall Street noticed the meltdown in Washington, wonders Guy Monson

35. THE LAW

Martyn Gowar on a case pitting judge against judge. Fight!

FEATURES 

36. THE SUNSHINE ESTATE

Jackie and David Siegel, owners of the largest house in America and stars of The Queen of Versailles, give a candid and hilarious interview about fame and disaster to Ivan Lindsay

40. MISFORTUNE COOKIES

Western private banks think they can crack China, says Sophie McBain; in reality, it’s China that cracks them

44. BLANK CANVAS

In an exclusive interivew, Josh Spero wonders what Simon de Pury, late of Phillips de Pury, will be doing after his shock exit from the auction house. Taking up painting, perhaps?

48. WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE...

Rob Davies offers some cautionary tales of risky emerging market investments gone wrong. Take note, Nat Rothschild!

50. CHEQUES AND BALANCES

Why are HNWs missing out on profiting from the Great Rotation, asks Freddy Barker

52. OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT?

Christopher Silvester digs deeper to learn about the investment market in rare earth metals, vital for our future

56. CLEAR AS MUD

Instead of transparency, the RDR banking reforms are blinding us with unforeseen errors, says Gina Miller

57. SAY MY NAME, SAY MY NAME

Why not follow in Beyoncé’s footsteps and trade mark your name?

58. SMOOTH OPERATOR

Aria sitting comfortably? Josh Spero meets corporate lawyer and opera philanthropist Ian Rosenblatt

62. NICK/TUCK

Even HNWs (gasp!) can be arrested. William Cash meets Barry Tucker, who has the key to your handcuffs

65. FAMILY LAW INDEX

Splitting assets is harder than splitting the atom: we have the 25 lawyers you want in your corner

THE GOOD LIFE

76. BOOK REVIEWS

Peter York on Sorry! by Henry Hitchings and Christopher Silvester on Inventing Elsa Maxwell by Sam Staggs

78. PLEASURE DIVIDEND

Nick Foulkes gets all misty-eyed recalling a life in loafers, as the inimitable Gucci ones turn 60

FOOD

80. William Sitwell is eating food from a van — and, no, he’s not at Glasto. Street food is his new jam

ART

82. Anthony Haden-Guest meets the original Picassos of pixels, artists who paint in ones and zeroes

84. You get much more joy from loaning your Old Masters than hoarding them. Howard Lewis should know

ULTRA

90. John Arlidge has all six senses stimulated by Sonu Shivdasani, founder of the luxury resorts

92. Adventurer Sylvain Tesson recreates Napoleon’s snowy retreat from Moscow — 200 years on

LATIN AMERICA TRAVEL SPECIAL

98. Stanley Johnson can’t quite quit Quito: it’s Ecuadorable

102. Puerto Rico is on the verge of becoming America’s 51st state. Max Johnson investigates why

104. Teresa Levonian Cole admires the brilliant Brazilian baroque of Tiradentes

TRAVEL

108. The Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong is turning 50 but looks as youthful as ever, says Sophie McBain

112. William Cash enjoys a Palace coup at the Grand Hôtel du Cap Ferrat

PROPERTY

114. Who’s buying London’s best houses? Put it this way, says Ross Clark: prices should be in euros or riyals

116. The country house sale is one of England’s grandest, saddest traditions, says Lucy Inglis

COUNTRY WIRE

118. It’s nightmare on Nine Elms for the residents of Pimlico, says Clive Aslet

MID-ATLANTIC GIRL

119. Uh-oh: school reunion time. Daisy Prince sucks in her stomach and prepares to learn lessons about ageing

AT THE SHARP END

120. Tamara Lohan, the Mrs of the Mr & Mrs Smith travel guides