Spear's founded in 2006 by William Cash, is a bimonthly British magazine for high net worth individual

High net worth individual

A high-net-worth individual is a person with a high net worth. In the private banking business, these individuals typically are defined as having investable assets in excess of US$1 million. As explained below, the U.S...

s and those in the financial service industries. It has been called "the Bible of the banking fraternity" by GQ and "a European rival to Forbes" by The Evening Standard

Evening Standard

The Evening Standard, now styled the London Evening Standard, is a free local daily newspaper, published Monday–Friday in tabloid format in London. It is the dominant regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London...

. Its subscribers include over 30,000 of Europe’s decision-makers and wealthy. William Cash, Editor-in-Chief

Editing

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...

 of Spear’s, has twice won Editor of the Year at the PPA Awards

PPA Awards

The PPA Awards are presented annually by the Periodical Publishers Association to recognise and reward editorial and publishing excellence and outstanding achievements of the individuals, publications and brands in the British magazine sector....

 (2007 and 2008). Spear's is published by Progressive Digital Media. The launch in 2006 included publicity from The Independent

The Independent

The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...

, The Guardian

The Guardian

The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...

and Luxist.

Spear's Indices are surveys of key people in the high net worth

Net worth

In business, net worth is the total assets minus total outside liabilities of an individual or a company. For a company, this is called shareholders' preference and may be referred to as book value. Net worth is stated as at a particular year in time...

 world. Spear's Salon is Spear's blogging forum which hosts a number of regular contributors.

Spear's editorial staff

William Cash is Editor-in-Chief

Josh Spero is Editor

Emily Rookwood is Managing Editor

Anthony Haden-Guest

Anthony Haden-Guest

Anthony Haden-Guest is a British-American writer, reporter, cartoonist, art critic, poet, and socialite who lives in New York and London. He is a frequent contributor to major magazines and has had several books published.-Family:...

 is Arts Editor

John Arlidge is Luxury and Travel Editor

Stephen Hill is Economics Editor

Freddy Barker is Head of the Spear's Research Unit

Spear's Book Awards

Spear's Book Awards are given annually in a number of categories. The awards were inaugurated in 2009; the first winners included Gillian Tett

Gillian Tett

Gillian Tett is a British author and award-winning journalist at the Financial Times, where she is the US managing editor She has written about the financial instruments that were part of the cause of the financial crisis that started in the fourth quarter of 2007, such as CDOs, credit default...

's Fool's Gold and Liaquat Ahamed

Liaquat Ahamed

Liaquat Ahamed is a Pulitzer-prize winning author and investment manager. He has worked at the World Bank in Washington D.C. and the New York-based partnership of Fischer, Francis, Trees and Watts, where he served as Chief Executive....

's Lords of Finance. The winners in 2010 included Andrew Ross Sorkin

Andrew Ross Sorkin

Andrew Ross Sorkin is a Gerald Loeb Award-winning American journalist, author and television personality. He is a financial columnist for The New York Times and a co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk Box. He is also the founder and editor of DealBook, a financial news service published by The New York Times...

's Too Big to Fail.