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Anglo Far-East has been called the original private gold and silver bullion custodian.

In 1991, Anglo Far East was established to fill a need for a small group of extremely wealthy families. Designed from the ground up as a private wealth protection service, AFE was built to offer acquisition, private vaulting of physical gold and silver, and most importantly, located completely outside the commercial banking system.

Anglo Far-East clients enjoy 100% ownership of their bullion and the peace of mind of total security. AFE partners with some of the top firms on the global gold and silver bullion industry, and each partner in the chain of integrity is LBMA certified and/or recognized by the highest bodies in the bullion world.

AFE holds institutional accounts with some of the largest LBMA certified refineries around the world, located strategically to capitalize on global access to metals markets.

The security, transport, and bullion vaulting firm is privately owned, and recognized as the top of its class and the finest in the world, handling storage and shipment of gold bullion for the largest banks, refineries and governments. All vaults are LBMA certified at the highest degree of security and protection.

AFE has the vaults audited annually by an independant top-five Swiss auditor and all bullion is 100% insured by Lloyds of London.

Anglo Far-East's Systems of "Extraordinary Governance"

Anglo Far-East is built upon the ideal that extraordinary governance is far superior to antiquated methods of regulation and ineffective methods of compliance.

Recent events have proven that government regulation and oversight is terribly unprepared to fulfill a traditional role that goes back to ancient times, which is the protection of your wealth.

Standard and Poor’s, Moody’s and other firms that have had a history of fairly marking the rating of investments and companies have recently proven to be inaccurate, occasionally at terrible expense.

The failures of Worldcom, Enron, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and AIG are all testimonies to the fact that regulation and government may be able to provide some small degree of recourse, but it is questionable as to whether they can provide you with trust or protection of your wealth.

Indeed as our generationally wealthy clients know, sometimes the people, whom one needs to protect wealth from, are the same people who would like to regulate it and control it. In short, AFE is of the philosophy that the greater the regulation and the lower the privacy, the less likely it is one may be able to protect their wealth for future generations.

Instead, Anglo Far-East relies upon a framework of extraordinary governance that we like to call the “Chain of Integrity”.

First, a client studies AFE credentials, once satisfied he applies for a bullion account.

AFE then studies your credentials, confirms your identity and your source of funds. This is necessary for both Anglo Far-East protection and your own.

Once your account is activated, you are assigned an account number in the “Swiss Numbered” account tradition. From this point forward, all records and transactions that are conducted on your behalf will be accomplished without the use of your name or other identifying information. Bullion account statements and account transactions statements never quote the name or address of the account holder; the owner is identified by number only.

Next you fund your account; this is done simply by remitting a wire transaction from your bank to one of Anglo Far-East’s settlement accounts throughout the world. Metal is then secured by institutional access to global markets, on your behalf.

It’s important to note, that while at a retail level it may be very difficult to acquire gold and silver bullion right now, AFE is not experiencing any supply shortage issues. Because of Anglo Far-East’s relationships with some of the world’s largest refineries, AFE is able to access bullion at the very core of the bullion industry.

If your order is less than 400oz of gold or less than 1000oz of silver, you are immediately assigned partial ownership of an allocated pool, LBMA certified “Good Delivery” bar. These bars are never encumbered in any way and are segregated for the purpose of use by AFE bullion account clients only. By bailment law, you are the 100% owner of your gold and silver.

If your order for gold is 400oz or higher, or your order for silver is 1000oz or higher, AFE will assign you the exact serial numbers of your bars held in allocated storage. Orders that are sent to our refineries are poured as bullion ingots, and are LBMA certified “Good Delivery” bars by our refinery in Switzerland.

Our primary refinery in Switzerland is what’s called the “referee” for the LBMA, which makes it the certifying authority for all the refineries in its region. Each bar is stamped with the refinery hallmark, weight, purity and unique individual serial number.

Anglo Far-East, the third-party auditor and an agent of the security firm will then perform what’s called an “bailment”, agreeing on your serial numbers and signing off on the inventory list of the transaction. AFE then accepts custody of the metal on your behalf. The metal is then loaded on the security trucks for transport to the vaults.

At no time does AFE become the owner of your gold and silver, by bailment law, AFE is ever only the custodian and you are the true owner.
Security trucks from VIA Mat International transport your metal to the vaults. VIA Mat international is the top recognized firm in the world when it comes to transportation, security and private storage of gold and silver bullion as well as other extremely valuable items.

The gold or silver is then locked into the vaults. Vault access requires the signatures and presence of the third party auditor, an agent of the vault; all under the watchful eye of video surveillance.

Anglo Far-East’s extraordinary governance includes a requirement, by contract, that for any gold or silver to be added, and most importantly, removed from the vaults, that the signature of a third-party custodial trustee must be secured. Under no circumstances can any bullion be removed from AFE’s vaults without the presence of multiple bona-fide parties, under perpetual surveillance, requiring the signature of the third-party trustee. This final steps, which goes above and beyond the governance of any other bullion custodial on earth provides the final link in the chain of integrity for your peace of mind and protection.

The entire process from start to finish has been designed with the outmost privacy, security, protection and meets the rigorous standards of wealthy clients to ensure the unbroken continuance of generational wealth. This concept forms the core of AFE’s systems of governance and reason for existence.

The Value of International Diversification

Many wealthy clients of Anglo Far-East choose AFE for purposes of international diversification. Our belief is that when building a financial foundation, a certain amount of gold and silver should be taken as physical delivery, as a prudent step and a prudent first choice up to a certain degree.

After a level of comfort is achieved in physical holdings, AFE advocates diversifying one’s bullion holdings geographically, and geopolitically, just as one would diversify their portfolio. In the interest of not keeping all of your eggs in one basket, it makes sense to us that you will have some diversification of your bullion holdings.

Some gold bugs will argue that you should take all of your gold and silver in the form of physical delivery. Most of these arguments are usually from people who live in North America, we find that this is usually because most people on North America have no societal memory of losing everything they have.

President and managing director of Anglo Far-East, Philip Judge, has personal experience with this. In his lifetime, John Herbert Lawrence Judge impacted him at a very early age. He was born to a stock broker family in Sheffield, England. Philip’s grandfather served as an officer in a futile battle in which no military brilliance, bravery or valor on either side could have changed its tragic outcome or reduced the cost of a human life. As most of his comrades died in the trenches around him, second lieutenant Hugh Judge lost the use of one lung from mustard gas.

He went on to settle in Kenya, where he contributed to the pioneering of a country. He owned and operated several companies and ventures during his years in British-East Africa, including timber mills, farming, gold mines and import-export contracts. In the late 1950, Kenya fell quickly into revolution, Hugh Judge’s second son, Philip’s uncle, was assassinated while serving as a district commissioner. His family escaped Kenya for the shores of New Zealand and Australia. As a young boy, sitting on the knee of his first great hero, he began to understand the need of international diversification.

99% of people hold all of their assets and money in the country where they live. Philip Judge’s grandfather was different, having assets and banks accounts diversified in other parts of the world, unlike others fleeing countries; he didn’t need to start all over again. He simply tapped into his reserves, held safely in other jurisdictions. He lived his remaining year’s active in business, investments, reading, studying and writing.

Another example of how international diversification served people well in history is that of the Jewish fleeing Germany during World War II. For those who had some of their wealth stored internationally, they were able to start again by tapping on their reserves.

Finally, in recent history, unknown to many Americans is that in 1933, president Roosevelt signed executive order 6102, the gold confiscation act, which allowed the government to confiscate its citizens wealth, and made it illegal for US citizens to own gold for many years.

This kind of behavior from governments, unfortunately, is not new and has been occurring for as long as history records. Again, on occasion, a prudent investor might see the advantages of having some of their wealth outside the reach of their own government…

Fully allocated bullion storage in private vaults, located outside of the commercial banking system, is an excellent way to diversify your gold and silver holdings, and a key tool of choice for the generationally wealthy.

Anglo Far-East’s primary vaulting operations are located in Zurich. AFE chose Switzerland because of Switzerland’s proven role as a safe haven for wealth for hundreds of years, even during market disruptions and through several world wars.

Finally, few consider liquidation of large quantities of bullion. Anglo Far-East has the capacity of liquidate upon demand, using institutional relationships with access to global markets…

Anglo Far-East, the trusted original and the refuge of choice during times of Great Change.

For a complete due-diligence package, please contact your accredited AFE broker or affiliate.