SPECIALIST
ING
Physically holding art, classic
cars and fine wine won’t give
you the usual protections of the
financial market. However, some
of these assets can be considered
as investment grade and they
offer some diversification outside
traditional, regulated markets
and a hedge against inflation, not
to mention the possibility of an
increase in their value.
They don’t attract capital gains
tax (CGT) in most cases, which
is attractive to investors keen to
dabble in an area of interest.
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Dietrich Hatlapa, founder of
Historic Auto Group International,
says the classic car market is
booming again after spectacular
corrections in the late 1990s and
mid-2000s.
Their recovery has been massive
since 2013, when the top HAGI
index saw growth of 45 per cent,
with “only” 15