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Alternative assets

Aviation – an alternative asset class ripe with opportunity, and more than a few issues..
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by Bill Blain | Sep 18, 2023

Aviation is booming. Airlines are buying planes. Passengers want to fly. There are just a few little problems… There aren’t enough planes. That makes Aircraft as a great investment Alternative Asset opportunity.

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Rise of the second-hand book market

by Ben Scott | Jul 7, 2021

Originally published August 2017. How going online has restored the value of second-hand books. As a book dealer, I would like to respond to an article published on the BBC...

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The history and economics of British racecourses

by David Hill | Jul 5, 2021

Originally published August 2017. David Hill begins his series on the status of the horseracing industry.

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The finance of football

by Graham Walpole | Jun 9, 2021

Originally published in April 2018. Welcome to my sport column – An occasional look at various commercial sides of the sports industry which ultimately deliver the live events we...

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An investment of the heart

by Tim Scholfield | Mar 29, 2021

This article was originally published in March 2018. One of the first questions we are always asked by new bidders at an auction is, ‘will it make me money?’ Our answer? The...

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What will be the first $1bn painting?

by Roy Bolton | Jan 4, 2021

This article was first published in April 2018. The answer is none of them... or for that matter, any of the other big names that have been filling the front pages of The Art...

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Getting an edge in racing – Trueshan’s triumph at Ascot

by David Hill | Dec 21, 2020

Continuing our series on horse race syndicates, how sometimes tearing up the best-laid plans can lead to the greatest of luck. The previous four articles on getting an edge in...

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The diary of an alternative assets dealer

by Napoleon Bonnacord-Smith | Nov 11, 2020

Whatever the coronavirus has done to the global economy, the effects are likely to be fairly short-term – aside from in aviation. At the start of 2020 we were convinced it would...

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Rattling around at Royal Ascot

by George Baker | Nov 11, 2020

A racehorse trainer wanders through empty stands and paddocks amid the ghosts of past revelry – mostly just glad to be there at all. She was not there. Where we meet every year,...

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Ten artists to invest in this year

by Matthew Lord | Sep 22, 2020

This article was originally published in November 2019. From blue-chips like Damien Hirst to rising stars like Sterling Ruby, these are the names whose values are on the rise....