Global competitive pressures mean many of Europe’s family businesses will need to divest their non-core activities or raise fresh capital. Wealth managers say this will increase investor exposure to private equity. What happens next, asks Scott McCulloch
Entrepreneurs want to know why they should invest in the stock market and, if so, what are the options that are going to maintain the real value of their capital. Tim Cotton asks, will alternative investment provide the answer?
What future do you envision for your collection of art or antiques? Should it stay in the family or become part of the nation’s cultural heritage? Andrea Tardy reports
Invest in your investments: provide for the many financial and physical risks in a high-end collection with adequate insurance and security. Melanie Stern reports
Returns of 500% sounds pretty juicy, but nothing’s for free. Melanie Stern scratches the surface of film investment and finds that this silver screen temptation is, well, just a boring old tax shelter – albeit a useful but ill-understood one
The Holy Qu’ran makes no bones about the prohibition of debt or interest – but Western institutions are working with Islamic scholars to draw up a ‘halal’ financial market to solve this, reports Melanie Stern
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