As Chief Executive Officer, Atul Tiwari leads the team and is responsible for the overall strategy and development of Cult Wines Americas. Hailed by Investment Executive as ‘having a knack for knowing what’s next’, Atul is thrilled to have successfully married his extensive investment experience with a passion for wine to introduce this unique asset class to the Americas market. Atul leads with investment rigor, excellent client relationships and unparalleled knowledge of the asset class.
Atul’s background speaks for itself, before building Cult Wines Americas, he was employee number one at Vanguard Canada. As CEO for the company, together with his team, he helped pioneer ETF investing in Canada and grew the company from $3 to $30 billion in assets over 7.5 years. Prior to Vanguard, he held progressively senior positions at BMO Financial including senior vice president of BMO Asset Management, heading up the BMO US mutual fund business in Chicago before going on to lead the charge for BMO to enter the ETF business as the founding President of BMO Exchange Traded Funds. In 2018 he received the Indo Canada Chamber of Commerce award for Corporate Executive of the Year and has twice been named to Wealth Professional’s annual list of People to Watch in the industry. Atul is a member of the Independent Review Committee for Mackenzie Funds, a Director of the D.D. Foundation, which provides free medical care and education to the disadvantaged in India, a member of the Advisory Council for the CFA Society of Toronto and an Honorary Trustee of the Royal Ontario Museum.
In addition to his personal interest in wine, Atul has also managed a 4000-bottle cellar of fine Burgundy for the Toronto Chapter of the Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin over a five-year period. After earning his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School (Canada), he began his career in law, practicing in London (UK) and Toronto before transitioning to finance.
The past few years have been plagued with an immense amount of uncertainty. War, consumer inflation and disappointing stock market returns, have had an enormous impact on how investors are approaching their portfolios.
With so much uncertainty, the demand for been battle-tested hard assets has grown exponentially.
For centuries the rich and powerful have stored their wealth in tangible assets like art and wine. Both have been great status symbols as well as stores of value. Fine wine and blue-chip art have been two of the best performing asset classes that have both outpaced the S&P 500 the past 2 decades. The issue until now has been about accessibility.
What was once only available to the well connected is now available to investors of all sizes. Learn how you can use art and wine, as great hedges against return destroying inflation.
Speakers: Michael Corcelli, Atul Tiwari, and Allen Sukholitsky, CFA
As public markets continue to hit all time highs, investors are becoming increasingly skeptical of the stock market's connection to the actual economy. Inflation is rampant, supply chain issues are enormous and worker shortages present strong headwinds for 2022 corporate earnings.
Savvy investors are always in search of new ways to hedge their portfolios during market uncertainty.
Additionally the persistence of low interest rate policy by central banks, has caused many investors to allocate larger portions of their portfolio into non-traditional assets like; collectables, antiques and wine to generate ROI.
Powered by breakthroughs in technology, it’s never been easier to invest into these increasingly popular asset classes.
In this 1 hr fireside chat, we will cover how investors are allocating to fine wine and examine how this asset class can offer uncorrelated market-beating returns.
Speakers: Atul Tiwari, Brad Karp, and Michael Corcelli
Cult Wines is the global leader in fine wine collection and investment management with $250 million in assets under management and is on a mission to make investing in wine as enjoyable and rewarding as the wine itself. A deep-rooted passion for fine vintages, close relationships with the most prestigious and respected growers and market-leading investment expertise are at the core of the company. Paired with the latest technology, Cult offers exceptional knowledge and insights together with rigorous risk management.
By working closely with producers of fine wine to support and champion their pedigree, Cult Wine Investment is able to deliver unprecedented access to rare, highly sought-after investment-grade wines. The company connects wine lovers with respected experts via exclusive events and bespoke experiences, while actively managing clients’ dynamic portfolios to reflect their individual financial goals. All of which creates unique, life- enriching investment opportunities.