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    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Cost of living crisis
      How do the wealthy take a hatchet to their personal spending?

      Belt-tightening is now the norm among the top 1 per cent — and even some of the super-rich are now having to cut back

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    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      FT WealthPrivate wealth
      Wealth flight: should we care when the rich threaten to go into tax exile?

      High earners often warn they will up and move when taxes are raised, but in the long term they are better off staying put

      African-American businesswoman drinking coffee and reading newspaper inside a private jet
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      FT WealthProperty sector
      Property with perks: rich homebuyers embrace the branded residence

      Apartments adjacent to hotels have access to in-room services and other luxury facilities

      A woman on a bike cycles past a row of apartment blocks
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      FT WealthPrivate wealth
      Why do the wealthy escalate disputes beyond comprehension?

      This may not be unique to the rich, but if you have unlimited funds you can dig in further

      Shattered glass obscures a sign bearing the name of fashion executive and designer Peter Nygard
    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      FT WealthTax
      What is living in a tax haven actually like — and is it worth it?

      The rich have long sought out wealth-friendly regions, but many of these places lack the comforts of home

      Richard Branson takes a break from kitesurfing
    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      FT WealthFamily businesses
      Would you run a background check on your child’s new partner?

      Investigation firms will carry out the due diligence on potential kin to ensure there are no skeletons lurking in the cupboard

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      FT WealthPrivate wealth
      The best people to convince the rich to pay more tax are . . . the rich

      Funding the state only really works as a collective endeavour, which requires serious peer pressure

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    • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
      FT WealthFinancial literacy
      Masters of rap could help bridge the financial literacy gap

      These artists may be living large, but many of them are very financially savvy

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    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      FT WealthManaging yourself
      Not all successful entrepreneurs crave the limelight

      Many CEOs on the Forbes top 50 rich list are household names — but plenty are not. Some of them prefer to just get on with the job

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      FT WealthWealth management
      Losing money is par for the course with experienced investors

      The very richest usually cope with substantial losses, but it can be a different story for those who made their millions quickly

      Forrest Li
    • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
      FT WealthPrivate wealth
      The rich have always craved status symbols, from peerages to spaceships

      Burnishing your credentials is much harder today, with deference all but gone and the glare of social media omnipresent

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    • Monday, 29 November, 2021
      FT WealthHealth
      Why the rich fall for the cult of wellness

      Pseudoscience is mixed up with enough real science to make anything believable

    • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
      FT WealthPrivate wealth
      Is rich people’s bad behaviour worse than that of the less well-off?

      Examples of misdemeanours are everywhere

      Aspinalls casino turned a blind eye to high-spending patrons’ racist and sexist behaviour, a former employee has alleged
    • Monday, 30 August, 2021
      FT WealthTax evasion and avoidance
      To get the wealthy to pay more tax, first we need to work out why they avoid it

      Few rich people are outspoken advocates of paying tax

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    • Tuesday, 22 June, 2021
      FT WealthFinancial fraud
      Rich professionals are scammers’ favourite targets

      Evidence suggests wealthy people are most likely to be caught out

    • Monday, 17 May, 2021
      FT WealthDemographics and population
      A revolt against the rich could be sparked by basic demographics

      There are now far more millennial adults, some with children, for whom the economy is not delivering

      President Joe Biden is drawing up tax reforms to pay for his infrastructure bill
    • Monday, 22 March, 2021
      FT WealthTax
      The case for taxing the rich more

      Old arguments against progressive taxation make little sense in a post-pandemic world

    • Monday, 23 November, 2020
      FT WealthClimate change
      Can you ever be rich and green?

      The 1% who try are pilloried as hypocrites, but that does not mean their efforts are in vain

    • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
      FT WealthPrivate wealth
      It’s easy to hate the rich but harder to justify it

      On social media, the wealthy may be the only group you won’t be flamed for hating. But why is this? And is it acceptable?

      When a country produces so many billionaires, it is the system that is at fault, says US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
    • Monday, 24 August, 2020
      FT WealthGlobal inequality
      Rich should worry more about the health of the poor

      The pandemic highlights how inequality ultimately harms the well-being of the wealthy as well as the disadvantaged

    • Monday, 15 June, 2020
      FT WealthTechnology sector
      The super-rich have a history of doing well out of a global crisis

      As usual, the wealthy find themselves ready to ride the rebound

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    • Tuesday, 19 May, 2020
      FT WealthPrivate wealth
      Celebrities and ostentatious wealth lose their appeal in coronavirus crisis

      Perhaps more of today’s 16-year-olds will aspire to become doctors rather than superyacht owners

      BDDP69 Luxury super yacht RISING SUN owned by Larry Ellison and David Geffen anchored off Myrtos Beach on island of Kefalonia Greece GR
    • Wednesday, 4 March, 2020
      FT WealthPrivate wealth
      Society will pay the price if the rich want to buy privacy

      The wealthy try everything from ‘invisible’ homes to exclusive social media

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    • Friday, 6 December, 2019
      FT WealthWealth management
      Psychology of wealth: if you are worth millions, why bother working?

      Research that suggests the link between pay and job satisfaction is weak at best

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    • Tuesday, 15 October, 2019
      FT Wealth
      Disinheriting your children might be for their own good

      Study shows 90 per cent of family fortunes are depleted by the third generation

      Like cats in a sack: The Roy family in ‘Succession’
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