Buying and storing investment gold: Some things you need to know

Buying investment gold also creates a practical need to store your newly acquired investment. There are a number of available options, but relatively few that are actually recommended. Home storage is one possible solution, but this usually comes at the expense of adequate security. After all, who can set up a sophisticated security installation in a home environment? And if such facilities cannot be provided, then an insurer would be unlikely to pay up in the event of a theft claim. Many banks and building societies also provide safe deposit box facilities in which customers can also arrange to store their investment gold. However, this too often has several disadvantages. In addition to the relatively high costs, a customer must also forfeit their anonymity – which thus means they are denied one of the core advantages of investment gold. Banks in the EU, for example, must automatically report the names of all safe deposit box holders to the respective central tax authority. And furthermore, if you wish to use a bank safe deposit box, you almost always have to open an account at the same bank. In addition, many banks no longer consider safe deposit box facilities to be part of their core business, which means their respective security installations are often outdated. As such, the provision on offer may not be up to the minimum standard required to securely store assets like investment gold. Thus your investment gold bars and coins are best entrusted to the safekeeping of a specialist provider such as Swiss Gold Safe. Not only can they provide easily accessible high-security storage facilities protected by an independent emergency power supply, but your investment gold holdings will also have comprehensive insurance protection.

As well as safe deposit box facilities, Swiss Gold Safe also offer the advantage of allocated & segregated storage, an arrangement which guarantees clients receive back precisely the same items they deposited into storage. All items are uniquely identified via bar and/or seal numbers and stored entirely separate from the precious metal holdings stored by other investors. This service is available to Swiss Gold Safe clients from all over the world because they do not have to be physically present in Switzerland to arrange storage and retrieval. At the same time, clients are assured their instructions will always be managed with legendary Swiss discretion. By arrangement with Echtgeld AG, clients can also have their investment gold purchases delivered direct to the Swiss Gold Safe high-security warehouse.

Are you planning to buy investment gold? Then choose Echtgeld AG, our experienced and trustworthy trading partner who can offer you an extensive range of different types of investment gold in a variety of denominations. Once you have decided upon your purchase, choose Swiss Gold Safe as your storage provider so you won’t have to compromise on security, discretion and the convenient management of your investment gold holdings.