Spear's Wealth Management Survey

Issue 16 (Summer 2010)

1  Leaders (Double Dipping; Consensual Text; Continental Shift)
8  Contributors     
10  From the Editor
12  The Hedgehog
16  Allan Shiach's Diary

20  SHOT BEFORE DAWN
SCM Philanthropy's inaugural ISIS charity dinner at Sotheby's; opening of flagship Papillon store, Marylebone

22  SPEAR'S BOOK AWARDS
The shortlists and winners of the second Spear's Book Awards, in association with Citi Private Bank, are announced
 
 
FEATURES
28  STOP THE PRESSES!
Amy, Kate, Elle - and Keith? William Cash learns that Keith Schilling is the one name you need for your privacy

32  I LIECH THAT!
To err is human, to disclose, divine. Freddy Barker learns why Liechtenstein is opening up its books

34  GREEN IS GOOD
CEOs are seeing the shoots of a recovery in greening their businesses, says Ben Goldsmith

36  BRAINS YOU CAN TRUST
To work in a family office, you must be a banker, a therapist and a sportsman all in one. Rupert Phelps outlines the ideal man for the job

38  SWISS BANKING 2.0
Boutique is beautiful in Switzerland, Freddy Barker discovers

40  RAISING THE STANDARD
The head of a ratings agency defends his industry - but not those securities

84  SETTING HAY ON FIRE
Incendiary intellectuals meet at a festival of music and philosophy

85  IT'S HIGHCLERE: BUY A NOSE!
Zain Alatas puts his money where his mount is with a racing syndicate
 
 
AFRICA SPECIAL
44  AFRICAN-DO ATTITUDE
Josh Spero finds that investors should look beyond their prejudices and see the possibilities of Africa

48  THE KINDEST CUT
From Swiss facelifts to saving lives in the Ivory Coast, Dr Patrick Meredith cuts quite a dash, says Penelope Bennett

50  SCULPT FIRST, ASK QUESTIONS LATER
El Anatsui's bottle-top Pop Art fizzes with beauty, Anthony Haden-Guest sees admiringly

54  FLIGHT MISCHIEF
Caroline Phillips takes a 'copter across Tanzania and seeks luxury by Luke Tanganyika
 
 
LEGAL INDEX
Spear's presents its authoritative and exclusive new index of the top 25 tax and trust lawyers and the top 25 family lawyers AVAILABLE ONLINE BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY
 
 
COLUMNS
18  FYI
The Family Office Exchanges

24  THE VIEW FROM ST PAUL’S
Guy Monson

25  THE LAW 
Caroline Garnham

26  THE VIEW FROM NOWHERE
Vanessa Neumann
 
 
REGULARS
80  BOOK REVIEWS 
Peter York on Gentlemen & Blackguards and Christopher Silvester on Dead End Gene Pool

82  LOUCHE LIFE  
Andrei Navrozov is nearly whacked in Sicily - by the health service...

83  PLEASURE DIVIDEND
Nick Foulkes thinks nothing should come between a man and his cuffs

RESTAURANTS
86  Secret supper clubs are the new fine dining, says William Sitwell. Shh!

88  Marlon Abela has moved from an in-flight catering dynasty to running his own Michelin-starrerd Mayfair eateries, finds Josh Spero

WINE SPECIAL
90  Investors in wine should be popping their corks, says Christopher Silvester

92  Prince Robert of Luxemboug has grappled with the grapes at Haut-Brion. By Christopher Silvester

94  There is a world of wine beneath our feet, as this portfolio of the world's greatest wine cellars shows

100  Robert Phillips gets on the case of HNW alcohol addiction

ART
102  From auction block to back-room deals, Ivan Lindsay sees the rise of the private sale

106  The Chinese dragon has a new appetite for art - and it's roaring

110  Spear's does Basel - but where are all the English?

ULTRA
112  A shower with a view is the least John Arlidge wants from his hotel

WATCHES
114  James Gurney likes to tell the time by night. Enter, the Zeitwerk

PROPERTY
116  William Cash espies a new breed of Caribbean house-hunter at Jumby Bay

120  Wayne Coleman is the go-to guy for multi-million mortgages

THE DISCRIMINATOR
122  Alessandro Tome is unsure about our new Government - it's a LabradOodle!

HEALTH
124  Are you man enough for a Momentum Adventure, asks Penelope Bennett

COUNTRY WIRE
126  You have to go a long way for fine whisky. So Clive Aslet does

MID-ATLANTIC GIRL
127  Daisy Price's competitive side comes out - on the softball pitch

AT THE SHARP END
128  Brent Hoberman