Bullion Management Group

Bullion Management Group Review

Last update: 21.09.2023

What Bullion Management Group offers to gold investors

Bullion Management Group (BMG) offers private investors with BMG BullionBars the option to buy and store physical gold, silver and platinum bullion. The precious metals are stored in vaults operated by the Bank of Nova Scotia or Brinks. The holdings are regularly audited by an independent auditor. Clients can request delivery of their bullion bars.

About Bullion Management Group

Toronto-based Bullion Management Group Inc. (BMG) is a precious metals bullion investment company that offers two distinct types of investments. Since 2002, BMG has managed BMG BullionFund, an open-end mutual fund trust with a fixed investment policy to purchase equal dollar amounts of gold, silver and platinum precious metals bullion. BMG BullionBars was launched in 2008 and gives investors the option to buy and store gold, silver and platinum bullion bars.

The BMG Group of Companies includes the parent company, Bullion Management Group Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Bullion Management Services Inc., Bullion Marketing Services Inc., and Bullion Custodial Services Inc. BMG BullionBars is offered by Bullion Custodial Services (BCS) Inc. Two of BMG’s subsidiaries are regulated by the Ontario Securities Commission. BMG is an associate member of the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA).

For Canadian and international investors, BMG BullionBars offers a way to purchase and store certified investment-grade Good Delivery gold, silver and platinum bullion.

With BMG BullionBars the investors may choose to have gold delivered to them or have the bars stored on an allocated and insured basis in the vault at the Bank of Nova Scotia in Toronto, Canada, or in vaults in New York (USA) or Hong Kong. The Bank of Nova Scotia is a Canadian chartered bank and through its ScotiaMoccata Division a member of the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA).

Bullion Management Group offers gold bars in three sizes: one kilogram, 100 ounces, and 400 ounces. With each bullion bar purchase, title of the bar is passed to the investor who is issued a unique, registered Bullion Deed showing the owner’s name, bar weight, assayer, purity and serial number of the respective gold bar. Investors can also pruchase 1-ounce Maple Leaf gold coins in tubes of ten.

BMG works with so-called Registered Authorized Bullion Dealers to distribute its BMG BullionBars product.

Bullion Management Group was founded by Nick Barisheff, who is  president and CEO since the inception of the company.

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Security considerations regarding Bullion Management Group

According to Bullion Management group, the company has implemented various security measures:

The client’s metals are stored in the LBMA certified vaults operated by the Bank of Nova Scotia or Brinks. The bank issues a monthly report to BMG (BCS – Bullion Custodial Services) that records bars added or removed from the vault and details a complete audit trail of the bar inventory. BMG’s auditor, BDO Canada LLP, reviews all bar lists and reconciles the vault holdings annually.

With each bullion bar purchase, title of the bar is passed to the purchaser who is issued a unique, registered Bullion Deed showing the owner’s name, bar weight, assayer, purity and bar serial number. In addition, the Custody Agreement provides for allocated and insured storage.

Within a week after the client’s purchase has been carried out, BCS will issue a Bullion Deed that will identify the investor’s specific BMG BullionBars by weight, purity, refiner and serial number. Each BMG BullionBar has its own, unique deed that proves the client’s ownership of the allocated bars.

Each month, ScotiaMocatta issues a report to BMG listing the bars added to or removed from the vault. This provides an audit trail of the bar inventory. BMG’s auditors perform an annual, physical count of all BMG BullionBars held in the vault and review the bar list changes against vault holdings and issued bullion deeds. The BMG BullionBars list from custodian ScotiaMocatta is published on BMG’s website.

Since November 9, 2011 Bullion Management Group is an associate member of the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA).

Trustable Gold’s Safety Criteria

Outright Ownership of 100% Gold	Insured, independent storage	Transparent, external audit	Price transparency	Liquidity	Regulation
Clients of BMG own their gold, it is their legal property	The gold is insured; Gold is stored with Bank of NovaScotia or Brinks. BMG carries additional insurance.	BMG’s auditors (BDO) perform an annual physical count of all BMG BullionBars held in storage, and review the bar list changes against vault holdings and issued bullion deeds. The Bank of Nova Scotia and Brinks issue a report to BMG, listing the bars added to or removed from the vault; the BullionBars list from the Bank of Nova Scotia and Brinks ScotiaMocatta are published on BMG’s website.	No, see below	BMG is available on business days  to execute buy or sell orders	BMG is independent of banks, the custodian Bank of Nova Scotia is a regulated Canadian bank

Costs of gold at Bullion Management Group

How to become a customer of Bullion Management Group

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