To Catch a Banker
It’s the old solution of using criminals to catch criminals. Unfortunately, the criminals in the banks were just too high-paid.…
ByMonth: June 2010
FT: Osborne abolishes FSA, boosts BoE
George Osborne moved to redress what he described as the spectacular regulatory failure of the City, announcing the abolition of…
ByWBrief: BarW to triple Swiss AuM
Barclays Wealth, the private client arm of UK-listed banking giant Barclays, aims to triple the assets under management at its…
ByArt Basel
Basel, Switzerland 16-20 June Website The world’s premier international art show for Modern and contemporary works, Art Basel features nearly…
ByDave will tear us apart
When Hedgehog caught up with David Davis at a Vestra Wealth breakfast event about Capital Gains Tax, he was in…
ByAFP: Swiss parly passes UBS deal
ZURICH Switzerland’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday passed a deal with the United States settling US tax evasion litigation…
ByAndy Warhol
14 June-17 July Hay Hill Gallery, Cork St Website Fifty important works by Andy Warhol go on show at the…
ByKnight Frank: Asian buyers out in force in London market
According to a new international investment report by Knight Frank, Asian Investors are now buying more than a fifth of…
ByPastry With That?
Another entry in the long-running Really Annoying Phrases series Another entry in the long-running Really Annoying Phrases series. Let us…
ByBriony Anderson
Piccadilly Arcade 10 June-4 July Website Meredith Gunderson, one of the leading independent contemporary art specialists, will present an exhibition…
ByA Hundred Objections
A History of the World is A Travesty of the Wireless. Radio 4 has resumed its second tranche of A…
ByFT: SEC to look at second Goldman deal
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has stepped up its inquiries into a complex mortgage-backed deal by Goldman Sachs that…
ByWSJ: UBS says Swiss parly to pass US deal
ZURICH (Dow Jones)–UBS AG’s (UBS) financial head Wednesday said Swiss parliament is likely to ultimately pass a U.S.-Swiss pact allowing…
ByWBrief: £1m+ mortgage lender opening in London
UK property lender Private Finance has launched a central London brokerage team aimed at the £1 million (about $1.45 million)…
ByWBrief: Germany buys more stolen data
Germany has again bought a stolen disk with data on German individuals with accounts in Switzerland suspected of tax evasion.…
ByRussian, Eastern and Oriental Fine Art Fair
Park Lane Hotel 9-12 June Website Now in its second year, the newly expanded Russian, Eastern and Oriental Fine Art…
ByRA Summer Exhibition Party
Royal Academy of Arts Piccadilly 9 June On Wednesday 9 June 2010 the Royal Academy of Arts will host its…
ByIndy: Swiss parly rejects US-UBS deal
The international deal that saved the Swiss bank UBS from investigation for aiding massive tax evasion in the US has…
ByThar We Blow!
HMS Coalition had a bit of bother in harbour as she was readied for her 5-year voyage to Erewhon, wherever…
ByWBrief: Liechtenstein AuM up 17%
Client assets under management in Liechtenstein rose by 17 per cent in 2009 to SFr261.6 billion (around $225.2 billion) compared…
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