Wealth Managers / Broker Dealers
Gold Bullion International (GBI) created the first operations / technology platform that provides financial advisors at wealth management institutions the ability to buy, store and sell physical precious metals as they would a stock or a bond through their existing order entry platform.
Through GBI, Financial Advisors can store their physical precious metals holdings in the safest and cost effective manner.
- Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium (both Bars and Coins)
- Storage is offered in four locations (London, New York, Zurich and Salt Lake)
- Bullion is stored at non-bank vaulting facilities
- Holdings are fully insured for replacement value
- Big Four Accounting firm physically verifies each bar on a quarterly basis
- Completely integrated solution for seamless trading – logistics, reporting, statements etc.
- Available in fee based / managed accounts (in addition to transactional accounts)
Value Proposition for Various Stake Holders:
Financial Advisors
- Seamless execution (existing order entry platform) – no need to call anyone
- Fully Integrated Solution (no extra paper work)
- Available in fee based / managed accounts (in addition to transactional accounts)
- Works in all account types – Cash management, IRA, wrap etc.
- Automated logistics, storage and transportation
- Holdings are reported into existing statements
- Flexible compensation alternatives
- Ongoing Customer Service/Support
Wealth Management Institutions
- Easy to integrate and add on to existing wealth management workstations
- Enhance product/platform offering with a unique physical hard asset
- Wholesale and marketing support
- Asset retention
- Meet client demand
- Efficient execution with integrated operations/technology
- Sticky assets with recurring revenue base
Clients
- Allocated metals – each bar is fully allocated to client (not shared interests in bars)
- Best price execution – each order is bid out to 14 institutional dealers to provide clients with the best price execution
- Fully insured for replacement value by Lloyds of London
- Quarterly verification of each bar by KPMG
- Physical Delivery Available
- Holdings are reported in existing statements