Contextual, Non-Retail Engagement
Finova’s engagement in precious metals is focused on physical assets in off-market, non-retail contexts where discretion, governance, and verification are central.
This includes gold and other precious metals such as silver, platinum, palladium, and related group metals, where appropriate to context.
This is not commodity trading, brokerage, or exchange-based activity.
Engagement is selective and structured, reflecting the complexity and risk inherent in high-value, cross-border precious metal environments.
Scope of Engagement
Finova may engage in precious metals contexts involving, for example:
- physical bullion,
- doré, and
- strategic or institutional holdings of precious metals.
Engagement is typically characterised by:
- non-standard or discreet transaction environments,
- jurisdictional considerations around origin, custody, refining, and transfer, and
- heightened requirements for verification and lawful provenance.
Retail metal sales, exchange trading, and purely financial instruments fall outside this scope.
Physical Assets Only
Finova’s engagement is limited to physical precious metals.
We do not engage in:
- futures, options, or derivatives,
- exchange-traded products, or
- purely financial or speculative instruments.
This distinction applies equally across gold, silver, platinum group metals, and related assets, and is fundamental to Finova’s operating model and governance posture.
Provenance, Source, and Legitimacy
Precious metals present inherent risks relating to:
- origin and extraction,
- lawful source,
- ownership history, and
- movement across borders.
Finova approaches these contexts with an emphasis on:
- clarity of provenance,
- legitimacy of source,
- lawful authority to transact, and
- jurisdictional alignment.
Engagement does not proceed where these elements cannot be reasonably established.
Jurisdictional and Regulatory Considerations
Precious metals frequently intersect with:
- financial crime risk,
- sanctions exposure, and
- multi-jurisdictional regulatory frameworks.
This applies across all precious metals, including gold, silver, and platinum group metals.
Finova’s engagement is therefore informed by:
- awareness of applicable laws and sanctions regimes, and
- proportional verification aligned to risk and context.
Further detail on these considerations is addressed within Governance & Compliance.
Structured, Disciplined Engagement
Where alignment exists, Finova’s role is to support structured, disciplined engagement rather than to facilitate volume trading or market making.
This may include:
- supporting clarity between counterparties,
- ensuring appropriate governance expectations are understood, and
- avoiding uncontrolled circulation or misrepresentation.
What This Is Not
To avoid misalignment, it is important to be clear about what Finova does not do in this area.
Finova does not:
- act as a retail bullion dealer,
- provide commodity trading or brokerage services,
- engage in speculative metal investment activity, or
- participate in exchange-based trading environments.
Indicative, Not Exhaustive
The above is indicative of Finova’s engagement in precious metals rather than exhaustive.
Exceptional or non-standard situations across any precious metal may be considered on a case-by-case basis where alignment clearly exists. Such consideration should not be assumed.
Clarity First
Precious metals form a core area of interest for Finova, but not at the expense of discipline or governance.
Where alignment exists, engagement proceeds thoughtfully.
Where it does not, clarity is provided early.