Spear's Wealth Management Survey

Issue 23 November/December 2011

1.  Leaders  
8.  Contributors
10.  From William Cash
12.  Editor's Letter
14.  Letters
16.  Patrick Perrin's Diary
20.  The Hedgehog

34.  SHOT BEFORE DAWN 
Photos and key quotes from the first Spear’s Wealth Insight Forum; the CLIC Sargent Masterpiece party;
the Goodwood Revival

COLUMNS
 
18.  AN HNW ABC         
More from our luxurious lexicon

44.  THE DISCRIMINATOR
Alessandro Tomé goes back to school to learn about the birds and the bees

48.  THE GIVER AND THE GIFT
Richard Ross and Professor Nick Athanasou on molecular giving

50. THE VIEW FROM THE WEST END
Charles MacKinnon survives volatility and says, Bring it on

52.  THE LAW  
Caroline Garnham is relieved at new tax reliefs for non-doms

SAVE OUR HISTORIC LANDSCAPE
  
24  SAVING ARCADIA 
How can we keep our countryside ours, wonders William Cash

32.  JUST HOT AIR 
Oversized, overhyped and over here — onshore wind turbines must be fought, says John Cromartie

FEATURES
 
54.  BANGERS AND CRASH 
On its 25th anniversary, Big Bang has a lot to answer for — not least our current mess, says Freddy Barker

58.  MIND THE GAP
Stewart Lansley can barely see across the rich-poor gulf. Who benefits?

60.  NOUS OF FRASER
She rebuilt this Citi on rock and roll. Josh Spero talks to CEO Jane Fraser

64.  WHAT IF?
Matthew Lynn takes a snapshot of life in Europe after the euro

66.  CIVIL STRIFE 
With gay marriage come gay prenups and gay divorce. By Thomas Duggins

ENTREPRENEURS

70.  NOT THE RETIRING KIND
Luke Johnson on how entrepreneurs seek excitement after the exit

72.  GROWING GAINS
Watch out, Branson! Mark Nayler profiles four young innovators

76.  THERE’S SOMEONE YOU REALLY MUST MEET...
The gentlemen of Vestra Wealth on matchmaking for entrepreneurs

78.  ASIA SPECIAL SINGING A NEW SONG     
Sophie McBain looks at why tiny Singapore has an outsized roar

82.  GREAT WALLS         
China’s luxury property boom is a bust for the poor, says Harry Dean

84.  THAT’S NIZ         
The Nizams of Hyderabad’s glamour lives again in Falaknuma Palace

86.  INDO-FINER         
Duncan Forgan on hotels fit for kings in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

88.  ACCOUNTANCY INDEX 
Spear’s presents its index of the top accountants in the City: let them run their eyes over your figures

THE GOOD LIFE
100.  BOOK REVIEWS  
Mark Le Fanu on Last Call by Daniel Okrent; Christopher Silvester on The Wizard of Lies by Diana B Henriques

102.  LOUCHE LIFE
Andrei Navrozov sees socialism in the uprooting of Sicily’s Arcadia

104.  PLEASURE DIVIDEND
Nick Foulkes shoots from the (ever-so-)hip about his latest love

106.  RESTAURANTS 
It all comes out in the wash when French Laundry maestro Thomas Keller talks to William Sitwell

108. FOOD 
Douglas Blyde on organic caviar

110.  WINE 
Marlon Abela’s first column for Spear’s: no plonk here, please

112.  WHISKY 
Christopher Silvester puts liquid gold in his portfolio

114.  ULTRA 
Philippe Starck on how design has gnawed away at his conscience  

ART
 
116. The first Cutrone is the deepest: Anthony Haden-Guest talks to Neo-Pop artist Ronnie Cutrone     

118.  Watch out! Ivan Lindsay gets gallery rage at blockbuster shows

PROPERTY
  
120.  Ross Clark on why owning your own home is good for society

122.  Regent’s Park’s Outer Circle is the inner circle of superprime property

124.  COUNTRY WIRE
First, catch your architect. Clive Aslet on why now is the perfect time for some build-it-yourself

127.  MID-ATLANTIC GIRL
Daisy Prince has a small baby — but a nurse with a big ego

128.  AT THE SHARP END    
Sir Frank Williams