With trillions of dollars in private credit piling up all over the global markets, are we setting ourselves up for another financial meltdown?

The Conservative politician Jeremy Hunt was health secretary for a record six years, foreign secretary for a shorter stint and finally, from 2022 to 2024, chancellor of the Exchequer. In those and ...

News of a new old-school private members’ club, jet-set jewellery and the untold story behind an exhibition of Churchill’s paintings By Spear's Churchill’s painting, The Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque ...

SIR – The Spear’s Wealth Management Survey (Briefing, Spear’s 99) highlights geopolitics as the dominant perceived threat to UHNW wealth, and the emphasis on behavioural risk is well placed. Periods ...

Crisis, what crisis? Inside private credit's confidence problem With trillions of dollars in private credit piling up all over the global markets, are we setting ourselves up for another financial ...

Private credit is ‘not a bubble’. So said Jim Zelter of private credit behemoth Apollo, when he was asked about it earlier this year. Big mistake. Ask any politician and they’ll tell you: never, ever ...

Writing about music, some one once said, is like dancing about architecture. The observation comes to mind during my conversation with Igor Tulchinsky, the Belarusian-born, US-based billionaire who ...

Tucked neatly between Mayfair and Hyde Park is Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane, long revered as a resting place for wealthy travellers seeking fine dining, impeccable service and world-class ...

Coutts, the private bank that counts King Charles III among its clients, has raised the minimum amount required to open an account from £1 million to £3 million in what is the largest single jump in ...

German billionaire David von Rosen has a reputation for being something of a daredevil. // Image: Nathan Hughes The previous evening, over dinner in the village, von Rosen had obliged my request to ...

As AI becomes increasingly prevalent in everyday life, Spear's investigates how the technology fares in the world of wealth management As financial advisers form trusted relationships with their ...

To mark its bicentenary last year, storied distillery the Macallan launched its ‘TIME:SPACE’ collection, which feature a two bottle limited-edition offering priced at around £150,000. The liquid was ...