The Red Sea Project is Reimagining Luxury Resort Design
What does regenerative architecture mean in the context of a virtually untouched site? Gerard Evenden of Foster + Partners discusses creating living spaces, the significance of light touch design – and why The Red Sea Project has the potential to generate transformative value on both a local and global scale.
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Special report: London’s new generation of boutique wealth managers
Over the last 25 years, a new generation of boutique London wealth managers have flourished, weaving together bespoke service and their own indepe…
What does the rise of private equity mean for wealth managers?
Private equity has been in the ascendant for several years. Andrew Carrier asks what the democratisation of the asset class means for wealth manage…
Letters to the editor: Davos dilemmas, flexible living and calling out cancel culture
Readers have their say on the state of the World Economic Forum, home buying in lockdown, cancel culture, and the nature of disagreement Forum refo…
We’re hiring: Research Manager, Spear’s
Spear’s, the multi-award-winning media brand for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and the professionals who advise them, is seeking an experienced …
We’re Hiring: Private Client Editor, Spear’s
Spear’s, the multi-award-winning media brand for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and the professionals who advise them, is seeking an experienced …
Three reasons why we need short sellers
The GameStop furore brought short sellers into the limelight, with some calling for it to be banned. Julie Wu, professor of finance at the Universi…
GameStop, and why ‘Fomo’ should never override investment discipline
The GameStop farrago is a timely lesson that ‘Fomo’ should never be allowed to override investment discipline, writes Annamaria Koerling Earlier th…
Max Johnson: ‘I couldn’t face having our social freedoms eroded, so I escaped to Bali’
Working from home may not suit everyone, but if we could all do it from places such as Villa Melissa, Max Johnson would be all for it We spent the …
Three CIOs on the investment trends that will shape the year ahead
Leading CIOs weigh in on key investment trends After a lost year for the global economy (although not the markets) in which global GDP dipped 4.2 p…
Three charts for post pandemic investors
The reopening of economies around the world after the pandemic provides opportunities for investors. Here’s three charts that prove it After…
Spacs: an accident waiting to happen?
Spacmania has arrived, powered by leading figures from finance and the occasional celebrity endorsement. Will it all end in tears? Shaquille O’Neal…
One of Them review: Musa Okwonga’s Eton memoir explores race, privilege and the vestiges of Empire
Musa Okwonga explores race, privilege and the vestiges of Empire in his Eton College memoir writes Tomiwa Owolade A significant part of the culture…
Will Bitcoin end up in your portfolio?
Is there a future where bitcoin – or any other cryptocurrency – finds its way into a typical portfolio? Yes. But much remains in the ai…
Leader: The new societal intolerance of inequality
The man who led Britain through Covid and won the battle of the vaccine could yet fall foul of a new societal intolerance of inequality What does i…
Matthew Goodwin: Let’s hope that the unfolding recovery is one to remember
Britain has risen to the challenge of coronavirus – and there could be major political and economic consequences, writes Matthew Goodwin If all goe…
What the British Army teaches us about leadership
The British Army’s successes and failures in the wake of 9/11 hold lessons in leadership, says Simon Akam The British Army selects its future…
Should billionaires be consigned to the dustbin of history? Some wealth tax campaigners think so
Calls to consign billionaires to the dustbin of history are getting louder. Should they be heeded? The word ‘billion’ is commonplace. We all encou…
Life of a scion: what’s it like to inherit a business empire?
The corporate blessing received by one of Bernard Arnault’s chosen sons earlier this year revivified an old stereotype: of silver spoons, corner of…
Anna Friel – The Spear’s Midas interview
Actress Anna Friel on conquering her fears, living through lockdown, and meeting her hero How much is an ounce of gold? Precisely $1,865. And I kno…
Can the promise of ‘Global Britain’ be realised?
Former diplomat David Landsman has read the government’s new 111-page report on ‘Global Britain’, so you don’t have to Ever since the UK voted in 2…