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Spear's Wealth Management Survey

Spear's
EditorEdwin Smith
CategoriesLifestyle
Frequencybimonthly
FounderWilliam Cash
Founded2006
CompanyProgressive Media International
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.spearswms.com

Spear's (formerly known as Spear's WMS or Spear's Wealth Management Survey), founded in 2006 by William Cash, is a bimonthly British magazine for high-net-worth individuals and those in the financial service industries. It has been called "the Bible of the banking fraternity"[1] by GQ and "a European rival to Forbes"[1] by The Evening Standard. Nick Cohen called it "The best portrait I have seen of a world beyond our means and comprehension", in The Spectator.[2] Its subscribers include over 30,000 of Europe's decision-makers and wealthy. William Cash, editor-at-large of Spear's, has twice won Editor of the Year at the PPA Awards (2007 and 2008). Spear's is now published by Progressive Digital Media. The launch in 2006 included publicity from The Independent,[3] The Guardian,[4] the Luxist[5] and The Times.[6]

Spear's Indices are surveys of key people in the high net worth world.[7] Spear's Salon is Spear's blogging forum which hosts a number of regular contributors.[8] Spear's 500 are rankings of consultants and service providers in several wealth and luxury related industries.[9] They also publish the Spear's 500 Travel.[10]

Under Alec Marsh's editorship the magazine has run a series of interviews with high-profile figures including Prince Albert II of Monaco,[11] the former Irish president Mary Robinson,[12] the former Cabinet minister Rory Stewart[13] and Nigel Farage,[14] in which he talked about being hated and his return to politics before the launch of the Brexit party in 2019. In 2017, David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee, told Spear's that the world's rich needed to give more money to charity and good causes in an exclusive interview[15] widely followed elsewhere.[16] In June 2020, Alec Marsh stepped down as editor, becoming editor-at-large,[17] and was succeeded by his deputy editor Edwin Smith.[18]

  1. ^ a b "About us". Spears. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Servants of the super-rich". Spectator. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  3. ^ Cash, William (30 July 2007). "The invitation-only subscription magazine for the super-rich". The Independent. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  4. ^ Alice O'Keeffe (8 January 2006). "Read all about it ... but only if you're a multi-billionaire". The Guardian. The Observer. UK. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. ^ Woollard, Deidre (8 January 2006). "Spear's Wealth Management Survey, A New Magazine For The Ultra-Rich". Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  6. ^ Rivkin, Annabel (12 December 2006). "How I make the rich richer". The Times. London. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Spear's Indices". Spear. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference SpearsSalon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Spear's 500". Spear. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Spear's 500 Travel". Spear. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  11. ^ "World exclusive interview: Prince Albert II of Monaco".
  12. ^ "Mary Robinson on Mandela, Trump and the nuclear threat – the Spear's interview".
  13. ^ "Rory Stewart: 'We are secretly too pessimistic about Britain' – the Spear's interview".
  14. ^ "The Spear's interview: Nigel Farage on Brexit, Boris and being hated".
  15. ^ "HNWS need to give more, says David Miliband".
  16. ^ "'I'm an ex-politician': David Miliband dampens talk of return". TheGuardian.com. 4 May 2017.
  17. ^ "Introducing issue 75 of Spear's magazine".
  18. ^ "Edwin Smith, Spear's editor and head of the Spear's research unit".
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