Wealth Management

In 1912, several UK Government ministers, privy to information about a contract that would be awarded to the English Marconi Company, bought shares in the firm before the news became public. It took nearly 100 years (and many more scandals) before the UK required its politicians to register their private interests.

There might be plenty of reasons to lock up your Bulgari, but for most people, fear of an explained wealth order needn’t be one of them, writes Arabella Murphy