Corporate
consultant Terry Ghani, 50, knows all too well about balancing a portfolio of
investment strategies and tools to grow and maintain wealth.
"In today's world of global economic
uncertainty and geopolitical strife, it is even more challenging to hedge
against the ravages of currency depreciation and inflation that constantly eat
into our hard-earned nest egg," said Terry.
He is executive chairman of MyNET Capital Sdn
Bhd. The company is the Malaysian representative of the newly established
Singapore Precious Metals Exchange Pte Ltd (SGPMX).
From Kuala Lumpur to Hanoi, Terry has been
helping corporate and government leaders strategise and safeguard investments.
He started with communications firm Burson-Marsteller in 1980 and later formed
Quattro Communications as a partnership.
He established Terry Ghani & Associates
before venturing into Vietnam in 2004 with the VA Group where he managed international
investment road shows for provincial governments.
Terry has also been involved in the
corporatisation and listing of major companies. His forte is in building
corporate and brand presence in new markets. He sits on the board of several
private companies and now steers MyNET Capital.
"Every day becomes a tight rope act,
striving to ensure a balanced portfolio of investment strategies and tools. A
balanced investment portfolio has many options. Real estate is a good choice
and it is a tangible asset with excellent upside," explained Terry at the
launch of SGPMX in Kuala Lumpur recently.
The launch was by invitation only and was
attended by the super-rich and their trophy girlfriends from as far as China
and Kazakhstan. And in conjunction with the launch, specially minted silver
coins designed by Malaysian artist Jolly Koh were offered to participants.
Said Terry: "Taking property as an
example of a tangible investment, what are the three fundamentals when we
consider real estate investments? Location, location and location!
"Let's take a look at another tangible,
physical asset class that is not hinged to Fiat Currency. Physical gold and
silver - not promissory notes, not share certificates for gold or silver mines,
but the real thing.
"For those who have acquired or are about
to acquire physical bullion, the next big question is where to store it safely.
How do you liquidate it faster than you could liquidate property?"
He pointed out that keeping such valuables in
safe deposit boxes only provides a maximum insurance coverage of RM10,000
(S$4,130) per claim for bullion worth a million ringgit or more.
"As in property, the answer is location,
location and location."
The answer meant a place with world-class
security and transaction protocol as well as stable political and economic
environment.
In the past, Swiss banks were the traditional
location for bullion storage, but today, major wealth is made not in Europe and
America, but in Asia.
The most pragmatic location, said Terry, would
be Singapore, which was the only Asian country that has been consistently rated
"AAA" by Moody's, Fitch and S&P.
The Star
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