Auction stations

Season oblige, I was asked by the South China Morning Post to write a long piece on wine auctions, which many equity capital markets bankers follow as a pastime, and which was published in today’s Food & Wine supplement. read

Happy hour: Wine advice for the wealthy

Ipo-book.com takes a short break from equity capital markets reporting to focus today on advisory services for serious wine investors (many of whom actually work in the financial markets area).

Hong Kong has now become the premier hub for fine wine, thanks to the abolition of duty and record prices paid at local auctions, and this is now starting to fuel a whole new market for related advisory services. read