Grant Thornton: Bespoke - for private clients

Five money-saving and investment trends for 2012

Thursday, March 15, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Protecting your wealth | Tags: investment, property, technology, wealth, trends, innovation, money, real estate, retail, financing, tech, mobile, crowdfunding, payments, personal finance

Where and how is the money flowing in 2012? We look at five different trends and predictions – from virtual wallets to crowdfunding investment platforms.

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Bespoke magazine: a world of wealth for private clients

Thursday, December 15, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business, Day in the life, Green, Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: business, tax, investment, HNWIs, Grant Thornton, HNWI, pensions, wealth, Bespoke, magazine, insight, wealth management, Bespoke magazine, trusts, subscribe, interviews, publications

The latest issue of Grant Thornton’s Bespoke magazine is out now and comes packed with lifestyle features, tax perspectives and wealth management issues, and other hot topics facing high earners and high net worth individuals in the UK. Here’s what you’ll find in our latest issue and how to join our mailing list.

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Rare violins – instruments for investment?

Tuesday, November 08, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Personal | Tags: investment, HNWI, Bespoke magazine, investing, guide, value, collecting, collectible, prices, musical instruments, buying, violins, expert, rare

There are definitely strings attached to investing in rare musical instruments with little or no provenance. Not only does it take considerable expertise to assess the authenticity of an investment-class violin, but most collectors are also classical music patrons who lend out their investment to the world’s best players. Lisa Freedman interviews maestro Florian Leonhard (pictured) about investing in rare violins …

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High-end hobbies – horse racing and ownership

Tuesday, May 17, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Personal | Tags: investment, HNWI, Bespoke, magazine, Bespoke magazine, hobbies, ownership, sport, sports, horses, syndicate, Tom Dascombe, horse trainer, racehorse, breeding, horse racing

Racing, once the sport of kings, is now open to anyone – depending on the level of expense you want to spare, from £185 for a syndicate share to £20,000 for your own competitive racehorse. Tom Dascombe, horse trainer, talks about his involvement and we look at four ways to get into the sport.

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Whisky collecting – a golden investment opportunity?

Thursday, May 05, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business, Personal | Tags: investment, HNWI, Bespoke, Bespoke magazine, investing, auctions, collecting, collection, whisky, collectible, prices, expensive, blend, whiskies, malt, Scotch, bottles, Bonhams, Christie’s, McTear’s

If it’s not the tastes of nutmeg, cinnamon or peat smoke that attract buyers, it’s the age, region or distillery. The market for collecting whiskies is growing fast, says Michael Urquhart (pictured), who runs one of Scotland’s most famous whisky companies. (For the auction-ready, we’ve also included a list of places to bid.)

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Timing is everything for James Caan

Friday, March 04, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Day in the life, Personal | Tags: investment, entrepreneur, James Caan, collecting, Rolex, collection, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, watches, Hublot, Cartier, TAG, Dragons’ Den

Former Dragons’ Den entrepreneur James Caan is a man with a packed diary and a serious watch collection. Jonathan Groves interviewed him about his love of luxury timepieces…

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High-end hobbies – investing in fly-fishing

Tuesday, November 02, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: investment, HNWI, Bespoke, magazine, Bespoke magazine, hobbies, investing, rights, investments, fishing, William Daniel, fly-fishing, rivers

At last, an investment that gets you out, provides good company and puts food on the table. No wonder they’re hard to come by, says Peter Cockwill, in our second post on

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