Q1, 2023
Contents
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The Agenda
14 EDITOR’S LETTER
By Edwin Smith
16 READERS’ LETTERS
Our readers share their views
18 DIARY
With natural gas trader and film producer Bill Perkins
21 PHILANTHROPY
James Reed on how funding platform The Big Give boosts donations
22 SHOT BEFORE DAWN
Photos from the 2022 Spear’s Awards at Grosvenor House on Park Lane
24 THE HEDGEHOG
News from around the HNW universe, from private schools to Savile Row
26 BOOKS
A review of The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism by Martin Wolf
28 LIQUID LUNCH
With yacht broker Jamie Edmiston
30 MATTHEW GOODWIN
Rishi Sunak faces a huge battle to restore the public’s faith in this government
31 ANNAMARIA KOERLING
The collapse of crypto exchange FTX should act as a wake-up call for investors
32 ROBERT AMSTERDAM
Overbearing transparency laws are putting legitimate HNWs in danger
34 PADDY MANNING
The strange world of Lachlan Murdoch
The Briefing 37 Property
38 PROMISED LAND? The Spear’s Property Survey 2023
uncovers some divided opinions but largely optimism in the industry
41 LOFTY AMBITIONS
The man plotting the next stage of Canary Wharf ’s evolution says it will look beyond the world of work
42 THE POWER OF ONE
Why so many high-end developments now have ‘One’ in their name
43 DUBAI’S PRIME TIME
From ‘Covid Casablanca’ to a booming property market, Dubai has turned things around, says John Arlidge
47 BASE INSTINCTS
A new project aims to fill the gap between permanent residences and hotels for homely stays in London
