Investment fund aims to raise £4m for rare whisky

[Piet]

Investment fund aims to raise £4m for rare whisky.

Sunday 24 March 2013 00:00

A FORMER master distiller is encouraging investors to turn to drink. David Robertson, who now runs the world’s first whisky investment fund, is looking to raise £4 million by the end of next month.

Robertson, co-founder of the Whisky Trading Company, is appealing to “sophisticated” private investors with a taste for Scotland’s national drink.

The cash raised will be used to buy thousands of bottles of rare and collectable whisky to be sold in the future at a profit.

Prices for high-end whiskies have been driven in recent years by demand from collectors in established and emerging markets around the world....

[Willem vd K]

Slechte zaak. Whisky moet gedronken worden, niet als aandelen gehandeld. Jammer hoor.