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Security Storage & Trade of Physical Precious Metals Gold - Silver - Platinum - Palladium4
Why do HNWIs like physical gold & silver? Securing wealth on the long term Little confidence in the banking system or in banks Little confidence in financial markets Little confidence in currencies Little confidence in political decisions Possessing physical commodity, physical wealth Securing liquidity Hedging other investments / currencies Gold is an investment commodity and currency since 4000 years! 5
Who are our clients? Individual Clients Middle Class High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs) Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individual (UHNWIs) Corporate Clients Companies, investing own assets Banks Insurance Companies Funds and Fund Management Companies 6
What do we provide in detail? 7
100% discretion We and our storage facilities in Liechtenstein do not belong to the banking system. We are not subject to CRS (AEOI). We are not subject to the compliance rules of financial institutes. 8
Safe and secure High-tech and high-security storage facilities for Precious Metals Diamonds Art Security Grade X (XCD) Swiss-designed and Swiss-built Six-eyes principle Location: Liechtenstein Own bonded warehouse within the building 9
Sophisticated Segregated and allocated storage Insurance in the name of the client (Lloyd s of London (XL Catlin) and Alliance) Insurance covers: 100% + 20% increase of value Embezzlement (infidelity of employees) 24/7 access to your assets stored Physical delivery at any time Climate control for fine arts 10
Segregated and allocated storage 100% allocated and segregated, stays in private ownership Your assets are outside our companies balance sheets, no third-party risk, no insolvency risk Insured customer assets under storage more than 1.4 billion CHF XL Catlin Insurance -> comprehensive insurance coverage incl. embezzlement World wide storage (HK, Singapore, London, Cayman Island, Panama etc.) 11
Safety deposit boxes & vaults in Liechtenstein Vaults with Grade X (XCD) security level Allianz Swiss insurance partner Own vault rooms for clients 12
Bonded Warehouse in Liechtenstein In-house bonded warehouse (within the building) Single vaults can be declared and assigned as bonded warehouse storage GRASP certified storage (Global Risk Assessment Platform, a risk assessment system for evaluating warehouse and museum facilities) Insurance from Helvetia and Basler Insurances Tailor made insurance for diamonds 13
Global services Headquarter and main storage facilities in Liechtenstein World wide storage (HK, Singapore, Zurich, London, Cayman Island, Panama etc.) Physical delivery possible at many global locations 14
We sell only new and uncirculated gold, silver, platinum and palladium generally from own stocks from refineries in Switzerland and Germany (Valcambi, Metalor, Argor Heraeus etc.) LBMA standard or higher Gold: 999,9 Silver: min. 999,0 Platinum: 999,5 Palladium: 999,5 bars of all weights and coins And: We re-purchase precious metals sold by us. 15
A little comparison 16
Where are you better off? Us Gold etc. not in our assets (off-balance) Delivery of any quantities Insurance in the name of our clients 100% + 20% insurance coverage No GRS, no AEOI Not subject to compliance rules of banks Vault rooms, small vaults and security deposit boxes available Sales prices generally slightly below banks Storage of physical gold etc. generally cheaper than ETFs (for medium and larger amounts) Banks Gold etc. in the assets of banks (> liquidity) Do not deliver other than small quantities Insurance coverage in the name of banks Generally under-insured Subject to GRS and AEOI Full compliance Storage (security deposit boxes and small vaults) almost not available Generally higher prices than us ETFs generally more expensive than physical storage 17
Gold and Silver Global Spot Prices During Last 15 Years Gold Spot Silver Spot USD EUR USD EUR 2003 19,7% 0,5% 23,9% 4,1% 2004 5,3% -2,7% 14,9% 6,1% 2005 20,0% 36,8% 33,4% 52,1% 2006 23,0% 10,6% 46,6% 31,7% 2007 30,9% 18,4% 14,6% 3,6% 2008 5,6% 10,5% -23,0% -19,5% 2009 23,4% 20,7% 47,6% 44,3% 2010 29,5% 38,8% 83,0% 96,2% 2011 10,1% 14,2% -10,2% -6,9% 2012 7,0% 4,9% 8,3% 6,2% 2013-28,3% -31,2% -35,9% -38,5% 2014-1,5% 12,1% -19,6% -8,5% 2015-10,4% -0,3% -11,5% -1,5% 2016 9,1% 12,4% 17,3% 20,9% 2017 13,6% -1,0% 7,1% -6,7% 2018 Ann. 2,0% -0,2% -4,0% -6,0% Average: 9,9% 9,0% 12,0% 11,1% Source: goldprice.org and silverprice.org, 08 April 2018 18
Global Gold Spot Price / ROUBLE inflation 5th June 2018 Hedging 100% 19
Global Silver Spot Price / ROUBLE Hedging inflation 5 th June 2018 100% 20
The desire of gold is not for the gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. Ralph Waldo Emerson (American essayist, lecturer, philosopher and poet, 1803-1882) Talk to you soon! 21