Rasika Sittamparam, Author at Spear's Magazine

Rasika Sittamparam

Senior researcher and longest standing member of the Spear’s intelligence unit. Specialised in reporting on science, emerging markets, law, fintech, international financial centres, luxury & culture. Data geek.

Jamie Black

The past 12 months have yielded ‘particularly strong’ results for Jamie Black, who says Sarasin has retained ‘top-quartile’ position versus peer groups across all risk profiles. ‘More than ever, our clients have benefited from our global thematic investment approach and our sharp focus on analysing companies’ ESG factors,’ he says. ‘This has delivered consistent outperformance both in the rising markets of 2019 and in the challenging circumstances we have all faced in 2020.’

Why Jersey has been a ‘resilient jurisdiction’ in the face of Covid-19

The challenges posed by Covid-19 have only strengthened the reputation of this international finance centre (IFC) as one of the best in the world for HNWs and their businesses

James Gilbert-Green

James Gilbert-Green had recently concluded two mega-transactions in One Hyde Park when he talked to Spear’s, with one achieving the highest resale value in six years: circa £40 million. His optimism is cool but inevitably infectious.

Cambridge risk expert: Covid-19 is a ‘black elephant’

The Centre for the Study for Existential Risk (CSER) at the University of Cambridge is a multidisciplinary institute that has collaborated with everyone from Elon Musk to the late Stephen Hawking in an effort to reduce the ‘existential risks’ to humanity. Spear’s asked Luke Kemp, a research associate at CSER, to help put the threat of Covid-19 into context