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Buying ample insurance for an art collection goes without saying, but it’s how collectors manage their coverage that can make the difference when disaster strikes. This paper examines the benefits of regular appraisals of collections, key questions to ask about the storage and transportation of collections and essential features of insurance coverage.

For many individuals, owning a horse is the realization of a lifelong passion, but it also increases their risk of financial losses or lawsuits. Regardless of whether individuals board a horse on their own property or at a professional facility, they should give special consideration to their insurance needs to ensure they’re adequately protected.

1031 exchanges are a common way for collectors to defer payment of federal capital gains tax when they sell appreciated property and buy like-kind property of the same or greater value. However, these exchanges must be planned carefully. This article features an example of a fine art 1031 exchange gone wrong and how alternative structures can prevent failures and reduce expense.

The framework uses multiple dimensions of risk and return trade-offs to consider when building portfolios and evaluates the consequences of risk allocation decisions during normal and stressed markets.

The current interest rate environment has created an unusual opportunity to maximize life insurance cash values.

This article addresses some of the most important legal and tax issues the real property professional needs to know when representing foreign investors in the United States, as every aspect of involvement is different from those of a domestic purchaser.

Part of the Grow Your Business (GYB) series from PriceWaterhouseCoopers, this edition covers what private companies are doing to rethink their approach to risk against a backdrop of globalization, economic realignment, and rapid technological change.

This paper is a technical summary of some of the challenges facing the U.S. nonprofit museum community in regard to risk management of art ownership. It includes a summary of key events that has shaped the art market over the last 50 years as well as consideration of the effects of Sarbanes-Oxley and issues surrounding D&O insurance, where museums and art trustees are not typically protected against art market legal title risk.

The fundamental problem with the art and collectibles market is opaqueness in transactions. This article explains how transactional standards for fine art and collectibles compare to real estate and the role of a title insurer in art transactions.

Under certain conditions, illiquid wealth can quickly evaporate, or worse – assets can suddenly start to behave like liabilities. If you are successful, then you are wealthy – on paper. Illiquid assets carry a high potential for risk on the balance sheet. But individuals who hold illiquid assets tend to have many wealth planning opportunities too. In this white paper, Ballentine Partners CEO and Chairman Roy Ballentine takes a closer look at this wealth management challenge.