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Doctors’ advice to HNWs: Stop jetting around and don’t buy tests over the internet
Top clinicians reveal their strategies and tactics to manage the threat of Covid-19 and life under lockdown. Report by Rasika Sittamparam Covid-1…
Revising your tax affairs today in light of Covid-19
The intensifying coronavirus crisis means HNWs should review their affairs as we approach the end of the tax year, writes Sophie Mazzier As we watc…
World economy set for 0.4 per cent contraction in 2020 – new forecast
Alec Marsh reports on the macroeconomic picture from Pictet as the global economy reckons with the coronavirus epidemic The world economy is headin…
Moments in money: The world’s first stock market
In our new series, Spear’s highlights key moments in the history of finance. This time, Arun Kakar heads back in time to the world’s fi…
Divorcing or separating in 2020? Know your property rights
For many people, the first week back in the office after the Christmas break tends to be quite subdued. A few emails to catch up on, perhaps. Maybe…
Charities need ‘unrestricted’ donations right now – Covid-19 appeal from the Charities Aid Foundation
As the Covid-19 pandemic tightens its grip on the world, charities of all kinds are under more pressure than ever both in terms of delivering their…
Why the Star Wars universe is more morally complex than you might think
The huge destruction in the latest Star Wars films shines a light on the moral complexity of the franchise, writes Sam Leith So the other day I too…
The very best London restaurants offering home delivery and takeaway during the coronavirus crisis
The Covid-19 pandemic has emptied restaurants across the capital, but people still need to eat. Fortunately, the UK government’s latest measures to…
How the Coronavirus outbreak exposes the ‘central weakness’ of China’s regime
For Xi Jinping, the highest costs of the Coronavirus pandemic have yet to be counted, writes Robert Amsterdam The coronavirus outbreak has become a…
Our doctors and nurses are the ‘new Few’
Seventy years ago the RAF fighter pilots who saved Britain were hailed as ‘the Few’. Today they are the doctors and nurses on the front line, write…
Why the Omega’s Calibre 321 is exciting watch purists
Half a century after it went to the moon, Omega’s Calibre 321 movement is enjoying a relaunch that will delight watch purists, writes Tim Bar…
‘Don’t panic’ – wealth managers react to Covid-19
As the impact of Covid-19 rattles peoples, governments, health systems and markets around the world, how are HNWs and their wealth managers respond…
How HNW travel companies are ‘finding ways to do their bit’
Of all the industries engaged in attracting the purse-strings of the extremely well-heeled, it has to be the travel industry that faces the most ch…
The Visit review: Lesley Manville shines in a ‘scathingly powerful reflection of society’
Tony Kushner’s latest at the national theatre a scathingly powerful reflection of society and the influence that money creates, writes Laura …
Covid-19: A message from Spear’s to our readers
As the world hunkers down in the battle against Covid-19, Alec Marsh updates readers, commercial partners and friends of Spear’s on the state…
Eighteen48: The ‘home team’ for sophisticated investors
Next-generation private investment office Eighteen48 builds on decades of experience to serve the needs of professional investors, sophisticated fa…
Glenhawk agrees new senior funding line with J.P. Morgan
The deal will support the bridging lender’s expansion into the growing homeowner mortgage market Glenhawk, the fast-growing UK challenger len…
Donna Air – The Spear’s Midas interview
The Geordie actress, now starring in The Split on BBC1, talks divorce, happiness and being back on the Beeb How much is an ounce of gold? I haven’t…
Hilary Mantel Q & A: ‘I’ve started to regard Cromwell as a colleague’
Wolf Hall, the first in Hilary Mantel’s trilogy based on the life of the Tudor politician Thomas Cromwell, was the writer’s tenth novel. That it qu…
Here’s why litigation funding is here to stay
Financing more complex, multi-jurisdictional legal battles may soon be the new norm for litigation funders, write Jonathan Tickner and Holly Buick …