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  • The Reserve: Silver Bullion CEO Gregor Gregersen’s systemic wealth protection

    To say Silver Bullion has come a long way since founder and CEO Gregor Gregersen first started the company in 2009 would be something of an understatement. When completed later this year, Silver Bullion’s new building, The Reserve, will house one of the highest capacity vaults for the storage of gold and silver in the world.

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  • LUXUO Feature: Gregor Gregersen On the Precious Metals Market in 2023

    Gregor Gregersen, the founder of the Silver Bullion, believes that more and more people will look towards building a robust precious metals portfolio and his company will be able to satisfy this demand for a secure and reliable storage facility.

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  • Rising gold & silver prices spur demand

    "We're seeing healthy gold and silver demand at the retail level," said Vincent Tie, sales manager at dealer Silver Bullion.

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  • Global currency devaluation risks spurring gold demand

    Vincent Tie, sales manager at Singapore dealer Silver Bullion said the "recent GBP panic has fanned the flames of currency devaluation worries" reminiscent of the 2008 Lehman crisis, prompting increased gold and silver buying.

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  • Pros & Cons Of Buying Physical Gold Vs Paper Gold

    Investing in physical gold provides a different set of advantages (and disadvantages) as compared to paper gold. But which is better for you as an investor?

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  • Higher premiums for gold, silver likely in 2022

    "We could see elevated premiums for physical gold and silver for the rest of the year. While this could dampen demand in the short term, it would be easily overlooked by consumers if a repeat of the 2020 price rally happens," said Vincent Tie, sales manager at Singapore dealer Silver Bullion.

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  • Gregor Gregersen on CNA938: Huge opportunity in silver in this stagflationary environment

    Silver Bullion's founder Gregor Gregersen spoke with CNA938's Stanley Wong and Hui Wong about why the investment world has largely forgotten about silver and the huge opportunity in silver today.

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  • Gold dips as investors gauge rate hike prospects

    "The current higher interest rate environment has put a damper on gold demand despite the real inflation threat," said Vincent Tie, sales manager at dealer Silver Bullion.

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  • Short-term dollar strength batters gold and silver prices

    "Short-term dollar strength is battering gold and silver prices, strengthening bearish sentiments towards the metals... Oftentimes this translates to slower demand for precious metals on the retail side as well," said Vincent Tie, sales manager at Singapore dealer, Silver Bullion.

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  • Safe-haven demand for gold up

    Vincent Tie, sales manager at dealer Silver Bullion said gold demand has been “well-supported by the war in Ukraine and inflation in the real economy so far.”

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  • Gregor Gregersen: SWIFT and The US Dollar Risks Pushing Trade to China & Gold

    Gregor Gregersen spoke with Wall Street Silver to discuss the consequences of Russia, Ukraine and using SWIFT against Russia.

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  • Inflation concerns sends buyers into gold and silver

    "It's been very busy at our retail store with gold climbing above $2,000 again this week," said Vincent Tie, sales manager at dealer Silver Bullion, with buyers citing high inflation as their motivation to bank on gold.

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  • Gold dealers swamped by demand as war creates inflation scare

    “Investors are thinking along the lines of a worst-case scenario with the war in Ukraine and are finding it prudent to buy physical safe-haven assets in a safe jurisdiction like Singapore,” Gregersen said.

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  • Gregor Gregersen: The Death of the US Dollar

    Tom welcomes Gregor back to the show to discuss the action in the silver markets. He's seen a clear increase in silver demand from European and Canadian markets.

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  • Higher oil prices will lead to higher gold mining costs

    “The costs of mining gold will also rise with higher oil prices likely leading to higher-priced gold output,” said Vincent Tie, sales manager at dealer Silver Bullion.

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  • Gold-buying increases due to inflation concerns

    Along with holiday demand, in Singapore "we continue to see gold buying among those concerned about rising inflation in the real economy," said Vincent Tie, sales manager at dealer Silver Bullion.

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  • Im Gespräch: "Über Geld spricht man!“

    Im Rubikon-Exklusivinterview erläutert der IT- und Finanzexperte Gregor Gregersen die Fragilität des derzeitigen Finanzsystems sowie die Chancen und Risiken von monetären Alternativen.

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  • Lunar New Year sees increased gold-buying

    As the Lunar New Year approaches, we are seeing increased gold buying at our retail store for gifting, said Vincent Tie, sales manager at dealer Silver Bullion.

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  • Gold dips in anticipation of U.S. inflation data

    "We continue to see gold demand from value-driven investors who are dollar-cost averaging their holdings with the price dipping under $1,800," Tie said.

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  • Rising price pressures led investors to buy gold as a hedge against inflation

    "Most investors are also aware that gold and silver are in their bull market cycles at this moment," said Vincent Tie, sales manager at dealer Silver Bullion.

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  • Price rise dulls activity in top hubs; silver shines in Singapore

    “Unlike gold, demand for silver had a noticeable increase from investors... Current prices are attractive given the potential for gains should the white metal rebound,” said Vincent Tie, sales manager at Singapore dealer Silver Bullion.

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  • Gold holds firm above $1,750 as U.S. bond yields ease

    “While some investors are gripped with fear of lower gold prices, we are seeing many contrarian long term investors buying gold to hedge against inflation and economic risks,” said Vincent Tie, sales manager at Singapore dealer, Silver Bullion.

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  • Gold firms as dollar loses ground post Fed verdict

    Gold firmed on Thursday as the dollar gave up some gains that were driven by the U.S. central bank signalling faster-than-expected interest rate hikes, but receding fears over the Evergrande crisis limited interest for safe-haven bullion.

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  • Price rebound dulls appetite as summer lull takes hold

    “On the retail buying side, we’re beginning to see investors buy into the weakness in gold prices,” said Vincent Tie, sales manager at Singapore dealer Silver Bullion.

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  • SBMA's Interview with Gregor Gregersen: Building The Reserve - A 15,000-ton Capacity Gold & Silver Vault

    Gregor Gregersen recently sat down with SBMA to share his thoughts on silver market trends and the developments at his company.

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  • Weekly close above $1,800 is key for gold

    “Investors are likely watching if gold can close out the week above $1,800 ... (If it doesn’t) Investors will likely hold off buying the short-term as they expect lower prices ahead,” said Vincent Tie, sales manager at Singapore dealer Silver Bullion.

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  • Investors buying the dip in gold price

    “Investors’ demand for gold has marginally increased since May as they are back in the market buying the dip, seeing current prices as a good opportunity,” said Vincent Tie, sales manager at Singapore dealer, Silver Bullion.

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  • Gregor Gregersen: The Only Factor that Matters Where You Store Your Bullion

    If you store gold and silver, this is an absolute must-listen interview with Gregor Gregersen, founder of Silver Bullion. An honest man, that just like me, looked for solutions after the financial crisis of 2008 and took it upon himself to build the safest place to store gold and silver.

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  • Building the Largest Silver Vault in the World

    He began by meeting people in a train station, exchanging bars of silver for bags of cash. He's now building the largest silver vault on planet earth with 15,000 metric ton capacity.

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  • Singapore Dealer Prepares Vault for 15,000 Tons of Silver

    The vault that’s being built by Silver Bullion Pte will -- when completed in the first half of next year --- be able to store 15,000 tons of silver.

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  • Gregor Gregersen: Just Need 10 Fund Managers Like Kyle Bass to Take Silver Delivery to Break COMEX (Part 1)

    SBTV spoke with Gregor Gregersen, founder of Silver Bullion group, at their vault The Safe House about the unsustainable paper to physical leverage in COMEX for gold and silver.

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  • Gregor Gregersen: Greater Transparency in the Precious Metals Industry With GramChain Asset Tracking (Part 2)

    In part II of this SBTV interview with Gregor Gregersen founder of Silver Bullion group at The Safe House vault in Singapore, Gregor shares how the GramChain system brings greater transparency to the precious metals industry.

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  • Gregor Gregersen: High Demand & Major Shortages in Silver

    Gregor speaks with Tom Bodrovics on Palisades Gold Radio to discuss the action in the silver markets. Last year brought an enormous increase in physical demand, which waned slightly in Q4 but has since picked up again.

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  • Gregor Gregersen Interview With WallStreetSilver

    Gregor Gregersen, the founder of Silver Bullion, speaks with WallStreetSilver about the silver squeeze and the increasing need for wealth protection.

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  • Deliveries for gold and silver delayed due to physical shortages developing in the global market

    Suppliers have flagged delayed deliveries for gold and silver due to physical shortages developing in the global market, said Vincent Tie, sales manager at another Singapore dealer, Silver Bullion.

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  • Some silver dealers chase supply as retail frenzy hots up

    “There’s a definite shortage of popular silver coins developing (especially North American coins),” Gregor Gregersen said. “However, we’re still able to source 1,000 oz good delivery bars at nearly the same premiums for now.”

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  • Silver scales 8-year peak as investors keep up feverish buying

    The market attention silver is receiving “highlights silver’s historically low price vs. gold”, said Gregor Gregersen, founder of Silver Bullion Pte Ltd, calling the recent retail frenzy a “welcome demand catalyst.”

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  • Silver Coin Sites Seize Up as Buying Frenzy Takes Hold

    “We have seen unprecedented demand for physical silver,” Gregor Gregersen, founder of Singapore-based dealer Silver Bullion. “The demand is broad-based and deep as we have witnessed both a record number of orders as well as new record size orders over the past 24 hours.”

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  • Stronger yuan pushes China discounts to 7-month low

    If gold above $2,000 becomes the norm with economic uncertainties, demand will accelerate, possibly constricting physical supplies leading to extended delivery times similar to that in 2020, said Vincent Tie, sales manager at Silver Bullion.

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  • Q&A With Silver Bullion's Director Vergel Villasoto

    This weeks Blog Q&A is with Vergel Villasoto who is a Director at Silver Bullion Pte Ltd based here in Singapore, Vergel has for several years been working in the precious metals &  bullion industry, as well as that he has hands-on experience in the financial services line working both in private equity and commodities trading.

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  • Investors Adopt Wait And See As Gold Prices Recover From a Five-Month Trough

    “While good buying activity continues, we suspect more investors are adopting a wait-and-see approach hoping to catch lower prices amidst COVID-19 vaccine-driven optimism,” said Vincent Tie, sales manager at Silver Bullion.

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  • Making the case for alternative investments

    “The popularity of precious metals is set to skyrocket, and prices will go much higher as faith in the dollar falls. We are still early in the gold and silver bull markets, and demand for them will only increase henceforth,” Gregersen says.

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  • Gold still up about 23% this year

    Gold is still up about 23% this year, boosted by its appeal as a hedge against likely inflation and currency debasement that may follow the unprecedented stimulus measures globally.

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  • Supply shocks in gold & silver could happen again when prices rise

    Vincent Tie, sales manager at Silver Bullion, said the “bullion fabrication industry is simply unable to meet the coming demands for investment-grade gold and silver,” warning of supply shocks similar to March if gold prices rally again.

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  • Activity remained muted in Asian bullion hubs as gold prices enter correction

    “Investors are likely on the sidelines hoping for lower prices,” Vincent Tie, sales manager at Silver Bullion said, adding supply chains were still strained due to the pandemic.

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  • Consumers buying gold and silver on price dips

    “The run-up in prices for both metals has generated much interest with retail investors,” said Vincent Tie, sales manager at dealer Silver Bullion.

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  • Spot silver was set for its best month on record

    Silver demand has “exploded,” said Vincent Tie, sales manager at dealer Silver Bullion. Spot silver was set for its best month on record.

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  • Steady investment demand in Singapore

    “The belief that the price of gold would soon go beyond the 2011 highs is gaining supporters rapidly,” said Vincent Tie, sales manager at Silver Bullion.

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  • Demand is higher than before the onset of the COVID-19 crisis

    Investment demand dominates the market rather than retail. Demand is higher than before the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, said Vincent Tie, sales manager at Silver Bullion.

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  • Asia Gold-Demand slowly returns as top hubs reopen

    Physical gold demand picked up in top Asian hubs this week as economies gradually come out of coronavirus lockdowns and as investors continued to buy bullion as a hedge against a worsening economic backdrop.

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  • Gold demand steady in Singapore, little action elsewhere

    Physical bullion demand was steady in Singapore this week as investors sought cover from economic uncertainties due to the coronavirus, while activity wound down in top hub China ahead of a public holiday.

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  • Gold dealers in top consumer China offer steep discounts as demand slumps

    “Bullion sales remain very high as clients scramble to protect their wealth in physical gold and silver amidst the crisis in the real economy.”

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  • Asia Gold-Virus-led supply woes plague market; India trading stalls

    Physical gold dealers struggled to meet surging safe-haven demand this week, especially in Singapore, as the coronavirus outbreak choked global supply chains, while massive discounts were offered in India amidst a lockdown.

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  • The Gold Market Is Being Tested Like Never Before

    Worldwide panic over the coronavirus outbreak and a flood of stimulus by central banks has ignited demand for one of humanity’s oldest methods of storing wealth.

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  • Demand for gold surges in Singapore; India discounts narrow sharply on price fall

    Physical demand for gold jumped this week in Singapore as buyers took advantage of a recent slide in prices after investors dumped the metal to raise cash.

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  • India discounts at widest in five months as prices surge

    International spot gold prices were on track for their biggest weekly gain since January 2009, as the coronavirus epidemic continued to disrupt economic activity around the world, with infections nearing 100,000.

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  • Asia gold demand slumps as coronavirus grips top consumer

    Physical gold markets in major Asian hubs saw activity dwindle this week as the coronavirus epidemic took a toll on demand, especially with top consumer China remaining out of action.

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  • Gold prices ease as strong U.S. data lifts dollar, yields

    Gold prices edged lower on Friday as the dollar and Treasuries strengthened after data showed U.S. manufacturing output and services activity picked up, limiting demand for the yellow metal.

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  • Asia Gold-Indian sellers charge first premiums in 5-1/2 months as demand firms

    Hong Kong and Singapore demand steadied after a dip in global benchmark prices, which have fallen over 7% from a six-year high of $1,557 an ounce hit in early September.

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  • Gold steady ahead of Brexit talks; weak U.S. data lends support

    Gold prices were nearly steady on Thursday as traders refrained from making any big bets in the absence of fresh developments on the Sino-U.S. trade war front and Brexit negotiations, while weak U.S. retail sales data provided support.

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  • Asia Gold-Demand tepid in top markets, India muted ahead of festivals

    Physical gold demand was lacklustre in most Asian hubs this week as price dips were not enough to lure in buyers and the Indian retail market saw little activity before a festival season.

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  • Asia Gold-India demand ticks up ahead of festivals, subdued elsewhere

    Demand for physical bullion was subdued in major Asian hubs this week as high prices dampened consumer interest, although some hefty discounts on offer in India led to a slight uptick in buying ahead of a major festival season.

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  • Gold price dip tempts some buyers in Asia

    Most Asian hubs experienced a slight uptick in physical gold demand this week as consumers took advantage of a retreat in prices, with cheaper silver continuing to be the preferred bet.

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  • Providing Safe House for safe-haven assets

    Gregor Gregersen started Silver Bullion after he saw rush for gold and silver during financial crisis

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  • Silver Is Now Cheapest Ever, Relative to Gold

    Gregor Gregersen speaks with Lior Gantz of the Wealth Research Group on how cheap silver has become relative to gold and why you cannot ignore this 26-year high in the silver to gold ratio.

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  • Hard Asset Conference Keynote: Shortcomings and Scandals in Bullion Storage

    Gregor discusses the pitfalls and dangers of storing precious metals in unallocated accounts which are very common in the bullion storage industry.

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  • China gold premiums rise as trade woes boost buying; India demand tapers

    In Singapore, traders saw slightly higher safe-haven demand and purchases ahead of the Hari Raya festival.

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  • A $500M Precious Metal Business Started From Underneath A Bed

    Gregor Gregersen said his Singapore-based Silver Bullion company, which has US$500M in total sales since founding, had humble beginnings rooted in the financial crisis.

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  • Asia Gold-India demand picks up as prices dip; buyers eye further correction

    Bullion prices, however, are up about 2 percent so far this year and holding above $1,300 per ounce on worries over a slowdown in global economic growth and hopes of a mostly dovish U.S. Federal Reserve.

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  • Asia Gold-Indian jewellers stock up; holiday dims activity elsewhere

    Demand for physical gold in India rose this week as jewellers stocked up for a major exhibition, allowing dealers to cut discounts to the lowest in two months, while the Lunar New Year holiday kept activity subdued in other major Asian hubs.

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  • Asia Gold-Safe haven lure fails to lift demand; Indian jewellers stock up

    “We are seeing gold and silver prices starting to move up now. In an asset which has been boring, we’re seeing a bigger number of buyers, but not so the big ones yet,” said Gregor Gregersen, CEO of Silver Bullion Pte Ltd.

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  • Gregor Gregersen – Electric Vehicle Metals Held In Singaporean Vault – Next Big Commodity To Boom

    Gregor Gregersen spoke with Mikkel Thorup of the Expat Money Show to discuss how the electric vehicle trend is fueling the next big boom in nickel and cobalt.

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  • A New Era Of Electric Cars – New Investment Opportunities Incoming!

    Gregor Gregersen discusses with Kenneth Ameduri of Crush The Street on the new investment opportunities now available with the unfolding new era of electric vehicles.

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  • Rising Electric Vehicle Demand Impacting Battery Metals (Nickel & Cobalt)

    Gregor Gregersen, founder of Silver Bullion, speaks with Dan Murphy on CNBC's The Rundown about how electric vehicle demand is fueling demand for battery metals such as nickel and cobalt.

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  • Gregor Gregersen - What to Look For With Offshore Gold & Silver Storage (FreedomFest 2018 Breakout)

    Gregor Gregersen, founder of Silver Bullion & The Safe House, shares about what gold and silver bullion owners should ask when considering offshore bullion storage to truly secure their wealth.

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  • The Four Pillars of Silver Bullion's STAR Storage

    Gregor Gregersen speaks with Merlin RothFeld of Power Trading Radio at FreedomFest 2018 in Las Vegas about the four pillars of Silver Bullion's S.T.A.R Storage and how it gives bullion owners the absolute security and safe harbor from financial crises.

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  • The Path to Energy, Monetary and Jurisdictional Freedom (FreedomFest 2018)

    Gregor Gregersen shares in the General Session of FreedomFest 2018 on the electric vehicle revolution, gold & silver, cryptocurrency & blockchain and the power of jurisdictions.

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  • There's an Electric Vehicle in Your Future

    Gregor speaks wtih Kerry Lutz on the Financial Survival Network about the electric vehicle revolution and why he is bullish about this supercycle and especially nickel.

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  • Storing Gold and Silver In a Safe Jurisdiction

    Gregor Gregersen speaks with Lior Gantz of the Wealth Research Group on his outlook on gold and how silver is very undervalued at this moment. He also shares how the idea for Physical Crypto Storage came about.

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  • Crypto Asset Storage and Security, with Gregor Gregersen

    Gregor speaks with Sam Marks on how the idea of Physical Crypto Storage came about and what makes it the safest storage for cryptocurrency in the market. He explains the risks of keeping these assets digitally and how to alleviate these risks. This episode talks about the different levels of security for crypto, the advantages of physical storage, and the features that the investors can look forward to in this new product.

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  • How To Monetize Your Gold

    Gregor Gregersen shares his insights and explains how we can make our wealth in Gold work for us and generate an income, we also look at cryptocurrency storage solutions and whether we will see third party institutions offering cryptocurrency storage, similar to Gold.

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  • Unique Secured P2P Lender Silver Bullion Reaches $50 Million in Loans

    Silver Bullion, a peer to peer lending platform based in Singapore, has reached $50 million in loan originations. The unique platform that provides secured lending based off of bullion saw more than double the lending volume in 2017 versus year prior.

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  • Gregor on Financial Survival Network: The Safest Way to Store Cryptos

    Gregor Gregersen joins Kerry Lutz on the Financial Survival Network to discuss a Physical Crypto Storage program whereinb customers' cryptocurrency (such as Bitcoins) private keys are stored in the safest way possible for the long term. Private keys will be encrypted and laser etched on physical polycarbonate cards and stored in The Safe House.

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  • Gregor Gregersen: Gold, Silver Storage & Lending For Hard Assets in the World’s Safest Jurisdiction – Singapore

    Gregor's presentation at the Palisade Hard Asset Conference at Jekyll Island. Gregor discusses his company Silver Bullion, the bullion secured P2P lending platform and his thoughts on cryptocurrencies.

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  • An Insider’s View on the Gold Versus Cryptocurrency Debate

    Gregor discusses with Simon Black on why the gold versus crypto debate is misguided. It’s not an either-or proposition.

    Instead, with systemic risks in the financial system, the case for holding both precious metals and cryptocurrency makes sense.

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  • Jekyll Island Series – Gregor Gregersen: Peer-2-Peer Gold Lending, Silver Bullion, and Physical Crypto Storage

    Gregor speaks with Collin Kettell on Palisade Radio about how Silver Bullion's S.T.A.R Storage secures customer's bullion, minimising counterparty risks. He also shares on the company's bullion secured P2P lending platform which allows customers to unlock capital from their stored precious metals and his view on cryptocurrencies.

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  • Gregor Gregersen's Interview with C-Sigma Show

    Cardwell Lynch of the C-Sigma Show sat down with Gregor Gregersen, Founder of Silver Bullion & The Safe House (www.silverbullion.com.sg ; www.thesafehouse.sg) where they discussed silver, economics and how to protect your wealth.

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  • Top gold fund SPDR marks steepest monthly fall in more than 4 yrs

    SPDR Gold Trust, the world's largest physically-backed gold fund, saw its holdings drop more than 7 percent in July, as investors dumped bullion for other assets like equities and led it to its biggest monthly decline since April 2013.

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  • Gregor Gregersen on Singapore and the right way to store precious metals

    Gregor Gregersen discusses life in Singapore and what it was that made him choose to get citizenship there even though it meant giving up his German one. We go over how he was able to effectively quadruple his income by making this move. He is very positive about many of the policies that Singapore uses and we contrast those with those of most western countries. 

    Regarding bullion storage, Gregor shares his considerations when building what he considers to be the most secure way of storing metals. He also shares his thoughts on the future of banking and how precious metals and cryptocurrencies may play a par in the future of banking.

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  • Silver Bullion Featured in Money Mind

    In an era of uncertainty, commodities are at the top of investors' minds. This episode of Money Mind looks at the ecosystem of the precious metals market in Singapore. Silver Bullion's CEO, Gregor Gregersen, also shares his thoughts on why physical precious metals are vital assets today.

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  • Secured P2P Lender Silver Bullion Reports Topping S$30 Million in Loans

    Silver Bullion reports it has now facilitated S$30 million in peer to peer loans secured by precious metals like gold and silver. The Singapore-based platform expects to pay out S$1 million in interest as the loans mature.

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  • Silver Bullion's P2P Loan Platform is a win-win Situation for Lenders and Borrowers

    Gregor Gregersen shared the benefits of their P2P loan platform and his expectation of emerging bullion market in Singapore with Bullion Bulletin. He also commented on the current status of Singapore gold market from investment perspective.

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  • Silver Seen Climbing Faster Than Gold as Yellen Wakens Bulls

    “Silver is substantially undervalued compared to gold and has plenty of space to appreciate both in dollar terms and relative to gold,” Gregor Gregersen, founder of Singapore-based Silver Bullion Pte, said in a email. “Currently the move into silver is a trickle, but it might very well become a flood once the mood of the market at large shifts.”

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  • Gaining Traction: Singapore P2P Lender Silver Bullion Hits 1000 Loan Milestone, Over S$27M Lent

    Launched only 19 months ago, Silver Bullion Pte Ltd‘s bullion secured P2P loan platform has matched 1000 loans. While it took roughly 13 months to match its first500 loans, it took only another 6 months for Silver Bullion to reach 1000 loans.

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  • Gregor on Financial Survival Network: Singapore is the Place to Store Metal

    Gregor Gregersen, Founder and CEO of Silver Bullion Pte Ltd, saw how the Western world has become dependent on money printing to fund otherwise unsustainable debts. It led him to seek permanent refuge in Singapore and to start Silver Bullion. Gregor and his team ensure that all legal, jurisdictional, counter-party, insurance, authentication and physical security issues are addressed to provide bullion owners the world safest place to store silver and gold. That’s his commitment to his clients and he’s constantly striving to improve service and accountability.

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  • Silver Shortage, Gold & SHTF in Coming World Crisis

    Silver Bullion's Founder, Gregor Gregersen, was interviewed by Crush The Street in which he talked about the passion behind the company, our bullion secured P2P lending platform, and the tremendous upside for Gold & Silver under President Trump. He also shared on the possibility of a major crisis unfolding including a U.S Dollar crash, turmoil in China and the implosion of the Eurozone  - all being reasons to have a significant portion of your net worth in precious metals for profit and insurance.

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  • Silver & Gold: P2P Lender Silver Bullion Passes $20M in Secured Lending

    Silver Bullion is a one of a kind online lender. The peer to peer lending platform based in Singapore is a secured lender that backs up each loan with gold or silver bullion. Launched in mid-2015,  Silver Bullion has just announced it has surpassed S$20 million in lending from around 800 loans. According to their website, loans are ranging from 2.75% to 4% interest.

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  • After 'a year of two halves', where is gold headed in 2017?

    According to the company’s founder and CEO Gregor Gregersen, sales spiked 600 per cent over the three days following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union in 2016. sales of its gold products jumped 41 per cent in 2016.

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  • Singapore a safe haven for gold investors

    At The Safe House, operated by precious metal dealer Silver Bullion, the amount of silver has soared by 130 per cent, or 2.3 million tonnes, on an annualised basis from last year.

    The amount of gold stored there has increased by half from last year, or 20,000 troy ounces, according to Gregor Gregersen, founder of Silver Bullion.

    Mr Gregersen sees increasingly more customers transferring existing precious metals from other vaults outside the country. "Singapore is standing out as a jurisdiction that has been shown to be trustworthy and stable... (and) slowly being recognised as the single best storage place for bullion."

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  • Bullion sales up amid currency markets volatility

    Following volatility in the currency markets with the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S President, Silver Bullion says its sales went up 128 per cent.

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  • MAS Fintech Awards 2016: Silver Bullion is one of the top 40 finalists

    Singapore FinTech Awards 2016, comprising the MAS FinTech Award and ABS Global FinTech Award, will be part of the inaugural Singapore FinTech Festival that will be held during 14 – 18 November 2016.

    The Awards recognise innovative FinTech solutions that have been implemented by FinTech companies, financial institutions, and technology companies. To qualify, the projects must have been implemented before 30 June 2016.

    Singapore Fintech Awards has announced 40 fintech startups and companies made their way to the finalists.

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  • How you can survive the coming economic avalanche and what might trigger it

    Of the foreign jurisdictions most attractive to invest in, one cannot surpass Singapore: a beacon of economic freedom and privacy. To this end, I spoke with Singapore based Gregor Gregersen Founder and CEO and Vergel Villasoto Director of Silver Bullion Singapore Pte Ltd: a bullion retailer and private storage vault. 

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  • Crowdfund Vibe Founder Series: Gregor Gregersen of Silver Bullion

    Crowdfund Vibe has sat down for a fascinating interview with Gregor Gregersen, CEO of Silver Bullion, whose novel take on P2P (Peer to Peer lending) has helped build a solid reputation in Singapore and abroad. 

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  • Why and How to Buy Precious Metals

    On this episode, Gregor shares the different ways to buy and sell gold, what types of mints and coinages are most common, the comparison of holding physical gold at home or abroad, Singapore as a safe haven, and evaluate a few of the systemic risks that face the global economy today. We also discuss the unique and intriguing P-2-P lending platform that Silver Bullion created where loans are secured by the borrowers precious metals. No matter what your experience in purchasing precious metals has been in the past, there will be something you can take away from this episode.

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  • Singapore is an Oasis of Security and Stability for Storing Bullion

    There are many reasons that despite Singapore being a small country, it has a reputation for being one of the safest places to store bullion. They have low taxes and a stable economy- having had budget surpluses in the last 25 years for all but two years. The country’s wealth has been built on innovation and attracting foreign companies.

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  • P2P Lending: What to look out for in secured loans

    Secured loans are backed by collaterals and typically have lower risk. New Union, Crowdo and Silver Bullion offer secured p2p loans. Capital Match, Funding Societies and InvoiceInterchange offer invoice crowdfunding, which is a form of asset-backed financing. Where are the risks in secured lending and asset-backed financing? How should investors think about their risks?

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  • Digital gold and silver may be up for P2P lending soon

    PEER-TO-PEER (P2P) lending in Singapore could soon be extended to cryptocurrencies, if a unique partnership between vault operator Silver Bullion and a gold-backed digital currency seller is inked.

    Silver Bullion, a gold and silver vault that offers peer-to-peer lending backed by those commodities, is in talks with Digix Global, a company that sells asset-backed tokens - or cryptocurrency bearing rights to gold - to use these tokens to borrow funds on the loan platform.

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  • Silver Bullion, a Bullion Secured P2P Lender, Updates on Year One Anniversary

    Singapore-based peer to peer lender Silver Bullion has shared an update following one year of operation. On the anniversary of their launch, the bullion secured lender reports having originated S$11 million for more than 400 loans. Silver Bullion said there were no defaults and 100% of investors with loans coming to term within the first year, received their principle and interest on time.

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  • DigixGlobal secures deal with Silver Bullion and The Safe House in Singapore

    The Ethereum-based gold tokenisation company DigixGlobal has secured a deal with Silver Bullion and The Safe House and will be transferring their current gold holdings to Silver Bullion for the upcoming relaunch of DGX 2.0. DigixGlobal chose to switch from Malca­Amit to Silver Bullion and The Safe House to take advantage of a number of synergies.

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  • Me&MyMoney: Silver dealer plays it safe

    Entrepreneur Gregor Gregersen has lived all over the world after leaving his native Germany, including in Italy, England and the United States, but he now calls Singapore home, thanks to inspiration from former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.

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  • BBC News Interviews Gregor Gregersen on Brexit's Impact on Silver

    As gold and silver prices surge to 2-year highs, Silver Bullion's Founder, Gregor Gregersen, speaks with BBC this morning on why silver is performing better than gold against a background of news such as the Brexit.

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  • Retail gold buyers take profits in bullion after Brexit price surge

    Singapore-based precious metals retailer Silver Bullion Pte Ltd said its sales of gold and silver normalized over the weekend after surging more than 600 percent in its four-hour peak sales window on Friday.

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  • Gold prices spike in aftermath of Brexit

    With gold prices ticking up, the demand has also translated into demand for physical gold as well. Bullion retailer, Silver Bullion, says it saw a spike of more than 600% in bullion sales on Friday due to investors' risk aversion.

    Silver Bullion's CEO says: "Nervousness is going to continue and events like the Brexit are going to add to that nervousness.That nervousness is what drives physical bullion demand. I think physical bullion will take on a bigger role, not only with regular investors but with large investors because it is a way of hedging your exposure to the financial system."

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  • Gold jumps, oil falls on news of UK vote

    Precious metal retailer Silver Bullion told The Business Times it saw sales rise by six times between 11am to 3pm on Friday, compared to average volumes since the beginning of May.

    Two thirds of the sales made were for silver, and the rest for gold, said its managing director Gregor Gregersen, adding that some sold gold to buy silver on the belief that the latter has more upside left.

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  • Going for Silver: U.S. Investors Jump on Australia’s Kangaroo Coins

    The popularity in the U.S. of a silver coin emblazoned with a kangaroo has caught the Perth Mint by surprise, prompting one of the world’s largest mints to accelerate an expansion to meet demand among American investors and collectors.

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  • Silver Assets Climb to Record as ‘Forgotten’ Metal Soars

    “The case for silver will just get stronger and stronger because silver was essentially forgotten by much of the investment community for a long time, thereby creating a great value opportunity both in absolute terms and relative to gold,” Gregor Gregersen, chief executive officer and founder of Singapore-based Silver Bullion Pte., said in an e-mail before the data were released.

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  • Bullion dealer matches more than S$8 million in P2P loans

    IT'S peer-to-peer (P2P) lending with a sparkly twist.

    Silver Bullion, a Singapore-based bullion dealer, has matched more than S$8 million in P2P bullion-backed loans since August 2015, underscoring the rising popularity of P2P lending.

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  • Poking our noses into a giant gold and silver vault in Singapore

    Silver Bullion is a company that owns a 630 tonne capacity vault, somewhere in the Chai Chee area. Big deal, right? Banks have these all over the place. But there’s something special about this one.

    Silver Bullion is also different because it comes with a P2P loan system.

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  • Singapore’s Silver Bullion Debuts One-Month Bullion Secured P2P Loans

    On Wednesday, Singapore-based bullion retailer, Silver Bullion Pte Ltd., announced the launch of its 1-month bullion secured peer-to-peer(P2P) loans.

    Silver Bullion P2P loansSilver Bullion previously offered loan durations of 6 months, 12 months and 24 months secured by physical gold and silver collateral stored in its vault, The Safe House. 

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  • Why Poor Man's Gold May Be About to Get More Love From Investors

    Clients of Silver Bullion Pte, a supplier and storage provider of investment-grade coins and bars, think the metal’s cheapness relative to gold means a rally is in the offing, said Gregor Gregersen, chief executive officer and founder of the Singapore-based company. They’re also buying platinum because it’s near the lowest on record compared with the yellow metal.

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  • Silver Bullion - Asia's Precious Metals Safe House

    Whiling away the hours on a long-haul flight on the last leg of a round-the-world trip, a young German entrepreneur began reading a book that was to change his life. The book in question was From Third World to First, late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s account of how he presided over the transformation of Singapore from a fractious and squalid colonial backwater into one of the shining economic jewels of Asia. 

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  • Why Bullion Secured P2P Lending is Safer than Bank Credit

    It has been getting increasingly difficult to get bullion out of North America, but leading bullion supplier in Singapore, Gregor Gregersen’s business may make it unnecessary to do so.

    Gregor started silver bullion in Singapore, and Singapore now has some of the biggest storage facilities for bullion in the world. This offers bullion protection from US nationalization with a local company with no ties back to the US or Europe.

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  • P2P-Banking.com Interview with Gregor Gregersen, CEO of Silver Bullion

    Silver Bullion buys, sells, authenticates and stores physical gold and silver. Since mid-2015 we also launched the option for customers to securely lend and borrow to each other using their bullion as collateral.

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  • Blockchain companies tackling the gold market

    Ripple Singapore chose Silver Bullion Pte Ltd, led by Gregor Gregersen, as their trusted bullion supplier and vaulting partner. According to Ripple Singapore, “it is a well established bullion player with an impeccable track record and a strong desire to offer value through innovation and productivity enhancement.”

    Silver Bullion’s collection vault is located alongside Certis CISCO, the largest Auxilary Police Force in Singapore, authorized to protect government buildings, banks, embassies and your bullion.

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  • Bullion-secured P2P lending platform Silver Bullion issues US$3.5m loans since launch

    Singapore-based financial services firm Silver Bullion Pte. Ltd. has seen its bullion-secured peer-to-peer (P2P) lending programme, launched in August 2015, disburse over S$5 million ($3.51 million) worth of loans, or more than S$1 million ($702,000) a month since its launch.

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  • Bullion Secured P2P Lender Now Facilitating S$ 1 Million a Month in Loans

    Singapore-based Silver Bullion has announced it is now facilitating S$1 million per month in bullion secured peer to peer loans. Founded in 2009, Silver Bullion just started offering direct lending in August of 2015. The company was conceived during the height of the financial crisis and now claims a 630 ton capacity vault in Singapore to store gold and silver.

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  • No gold rush even as prices near 6-year low

    Bullion dealers say business from investors has increased. Mr Vincent Tie, sales manager at Silver Bullion, said sales rose by about 40 per cent from the second half of last year to the same period this year. "The prices today are close to a 10 per cent discount from last year," he added.

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  • Singapore growing as precious metals trading hub

    SINGAPORE:Of all the gold and silver stored by bullion retailer Silver Bullion, about 90 per cent is owned by foreigners. Silver Bullion said Singapore is seen by overseas buyers as a secure jurisdiction for storing their precious metals.

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  • Silver-coin shortage shows bright side of precious metal collapse

    The global silver-coin market is in the grips of an unprecedented supply squeeze, forcing some mints to ration sales and step up overtime while sending U.S. buyers racing abroad to fulfill a sudden surge in demand.

    The U.S. Mint began setting weekly sales quotas for its flagship American Eagle silver coins in July because it can't meet demand, and the Canadian mint followed suit after record monthly sales in July. In Australia, the Perth Mint sold a record of more than 2.5 million ounces of silver this month, nearly four times more than in August, and has begun rationing supply of a new line of coins this month, a mint official said.

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  • Singapore’s Silver Bullion Launches Bullion-Backed P2P Loan Platform, Among World’s First

    Would a “Safe House,” a storage facility filled with 80 tonnes of silver and a tonne of gold, worth about S$120 million total, increase your confidence about participating in a peer-to-peer loan platform? Silver Bullion, a Singapore-based bullion retailer, is counting on it. The company just launched one of the world’s first bullion-backed peer-to-peer (P2P) loan platforms, with its Safe House as backing.

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  • Peer-to-peer lending platforms seek new ways to increase investor confidence

    SINGAPORE: Locally-based bullion retailer Silver Bullion launched the world's first bullion-backed peer-to-peer (P2P) loan platform on Wednesday (Aug 5). It is backed by the contents of its storage facility The Safe House, wherein lies about 80 tonnes of silver and a tonne of gold, altogether worth about S$120 million. If a borrower holding investment grade gold or silver wants to make a loan of S$1,000, for example, he would have to put up bullion worth twice that amount as collateral, which in this case would be S$2,000.

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  • Striking gold by selling physical silver

    Lee Kuan Yew's book "From Third World to First World" struck a deep chord in Gregor Gregersen, turning him not only into an avid fan of the late Mr Lee but also inspiring him to pack his bags and fly to Singapore where he started the country's first online retailer of silver bullion.

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  • Silver lining in precious metals rout catches out mints

    SINGAPORE/NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) - A tumble in silver prices to four-year lows has triggered a global scramble by consumers to purchase silver coins and bars as the metal has reached its cheapest level relative to gold in more than five years. The U.S. Mint said on Wednesday it has temporarily sold out of its American Eagle silver bullion coins after recent "tremendous" demand, while retailers and distributors in Asia and the United States said they were struggling to get supplies of items such ..

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  • 600-tonne vault for silver opens amid robust demand

    "The way we set this up was secure enough for the insurance company to trust us," Mr Gregersen said. Bullion owners will be covered by insurance for up to US$100 million for each loss. The insurer is the Ireland-headquartered XL Group, a member of the specialised insurance market Lloyd's of London. The facility is now open only to Silver Bullion's customers, but could count institutional investors such as fund managers among its users in the future. Some 40 per cent of Silver Bullion's customers are Americans ..

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  • Singapore gets first dedicated silver vault

    The price of silver may have fallen over the past three years, but the founder of Silver Bullion, Mr Gregor Gregersen, has great confidence in the precious metal. So much so that today, he launches The Safe House, the first depository dedicated to storing silver here. The Chai Chee Lane facility has a maximum capacity of 600 tonnes of silver. Another vault within the main vault can store up to 25 tonnes of gold. Silver Bullion currently holds 36 tonnes of silver, which is mainly kept at Ferrari Logistics. But with Ferrari - and Singapore FreePort ..

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  • Silver Vault for 600 Tons Starting in Singapore on Demand

    March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Silver Bullion Pte, a Singapore supplier of coins and bars to retail investors, opens a 600 metric ton vault tomorrow as investor demand increases.The storage could hold silver worth $390 million at prices on March 21. The company doubled sales to 1.04 million ounces in 2013 from 517,000 ounces a year earlier, said Gregor Gregersen, who founded the company in 2009. Almost all the sales were silver, he said in an interview in Singapore on March 18. 

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  • Coin Sales Surge Despite Drop in Metal Prices

    Sales of gold and silver coins are soaring despite the sudden plunge in the price of precious metals, benefiting mints around the world and driving the cost of the collector items to well above the value of the metal they are made of.

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  • A pinch of sugar for the commodity trade

    Singapore tries to cut off a bigger piece of the global commodity business. The tightly run city-state actively courting Western companies.From the 28th floor of Tower Raffles in Singapore, the headquarters of the Economic Development Board (EDB), dozens of points on the high seas can be identified: a never-ending caravan of bulk carriers, container ships and tankers. The port city was founded by the British Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819 is already one of the largest transshipment and trading centers for commodities.

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  • S'pore's the place: a safe haven for him and his silver hoard

    It took a journey halfway around the world to discover a place where he could be confident of his future. Now, Gregor Gregersen makes his living betting against what precipitated that journey in the first place: a system he says is doomed to fail with its downward spiral of ever increasing sovereign debt and taxes.The native German had lived in the US and Europe for most of his life. Disillusioned and frustrated by the massive amount of taxes in his home country - where he was paying up to 80 per cent in total taxes - he was looking to ..

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  • Silver gains popularity among investors amid economy fears

    Worries about the challenge of reviving the sluggish US economy and dealing with the Eurozone debt crisis have prompted nervous investors to find safe havens to put their money. Gold has been long considered a safe-haven asset, but investors are now being attracted to silver. The BBC's Leisha Chi has been finding out why some bullion experts believe silver will outperform over the next few years.

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  • Silver Vaults Stuffed Means Price Rising 30% in ’13: Commodities

    Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Silver Bullion Pte, one of Singapore’s largest suppliers of coins and bars to retail investors, says sales tripled since October, part of a global surge in demand that drove holdings to a record. “Our clients are worried that a major currency crisis or mass bankruptcies would occur,” said Gregor Gregersen, the 36-year-old founder of Silver Bullion, whose sales now average about S$6 million ($4.9 million) a month. “It all has to do with falling confidence in the heavily indebted Western governments and financial institutions.”

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  • Singapore Has Golden Ambitions

    Singapore has emerged as one of the world's hubs for private banking for the wealthy, and now it is making a play to become the Fort Knox of Asia. Starting Monday, the Southeast Asian city-state is scrapping a 7% tax on gold and silver in an effort to turn the city into a precious-metals trading hub to rival London and Zurich, where value-added taxes don't apply to the investment-grade gold trade.

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