Billionaire Stephen Lansdown CBE’s financial services group Opera has bought Accuro. The move follows his recent acquisitions of Amber Trust (now Oak Bahamas), HFL Limited and Oak Group. Accuro ...

The public record, in family law, is what’s left when discretion fails. Most of that work is done privately: a separation worth tens of millions resolved in chambers, in a single afternoon, with ...

Welcome to the definitive Spear's ranking of the best family office advisers offering support to the world's wealthiest families Family offices have become the structure of choice for the world’s ...

A billionaire could, in theory, buy a yacht or private jet without a lawyer, much as someone could buy a house without one. In practice, however, the legal, financial, regulatory and liability issues ...

This year, 23 new schools are included in The Spear’s Schools Index selection of the top 100 private schools in the world. Educational establishments from Thailand, Hong Kong, South Korea, Abu Dhabi, ...

A luxury travel adviser was once shorthand for someone who booked business class flights and called it bespoke. That figure has been replaced by something altogether harder to define – and ...

The Spear’s Awards, often dubbed the ‘Oscars of the private client industry’, recognise excellence in the sector, honouring the individuals and firms at the pinnacle of wealth management, legal ...

Welcome to the Spear’s ranking of the best wealth managers for HNWs seeking assistance with wealth structuring, investing, succession planning and portfolio management Global geopolitical instability, ...

Aisha Alli reports from Necker Island, which has opened up to paying guests / Image: Getty / Eleanor Shakespeare ‘Mind if I join you?’ A soft English accent breaks the stillness of an afternoon spent ...

Abigail Malortie joins seven other partners (four pictured), all of whom are family members / Image: Christopher Doyle C. Hoare & Co. is the oldest family-owned bank in the world. On the eve of its ...

The Spear’s Awards 2023 was a who’s who of the private client world as the great and the good gathered to toast another extraordinary year. The annual ceremony, held in the grand ballroom of the ...

Financial strategies are becoming ever-more sophisticated as they respond to an increasingly globalised world. Many UHNWs hold assets across the globe, and they need extra assistance when structuring ...