Tag: Zurich
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Zurich USD Cash Pallets & 100,000 BTC: Two New Private Market Opportunities
Two newly presented private-market opportunities connect substantial holdings of physical U.S. dollars and Bitcoin with qualified institutional counterparties in Switzerland and Dubai. Both offer structured transaction procedures, negotiated discounts and the possibility of significant transaction volumes. The international market for alternative settlement arrangements continues to evolve as holders of physical financial assets and digital currencies…
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China Asset Protection for the Expat in the Great Diaspora: Following the New Money Corridors
For China’s increasingly global class of entrepreneurs, executives, investors and families, asset protection is no longer simply about moving money offshore. It is about building a lawful financial architecture around where you live, where your wealth is held, which currency you earn, and which payment corridor connects the pieces. There is a new Chinese diaspora…
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Global Gold Offers at the Center of the Bullion Trade
In the highest tiers of the international bullion market, access is everything. There is a major difference between retail gold chatter and the real institutional flow of metal that moves through the world’s financial capitals. At the center of that world sits a brokerage house in Germany, positioned at the epicenter of the global gold…
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Private Placement Trading: A Deep Dive into Its Evolution, Sovereign Trade Desks, and the Seven Major Platforms
The Beginning: Bretton Woods and the Foundations of Private Placement Trading Private Placement Trading, often referred to as Private Placement Programs (PPP), has its origins in the post-World War II monetary restructuring efforts that led to the establishment of the Bretton Woods system in 1944. The agreement sought to stabilize global currencies, peg them to…
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Zurich Responds to Increased Regulation by Expanding Coverage for Advisers and Hedge Managers
New York, August 12, 2015 – Zurich North America has revised its liability policy for investment advisers, mutual fund and hedge managers following a rise in regulatory risk prompted by new investigative approaches used by the SEC. In 2014, the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) filed a record 755 enforcement actions , obtained orders totaling…