How do the rich secure their money?

How do the rich secure their money?

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CRA2Y BL16GER

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2,632 posts

206 months

Saturday 10th September 2016
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Just curious - with a guarantee limit of £75000, how do people/companies keep their money secure.

A small lottery win you can split it around several banks, but want if you had a bin lottery win and had tens of millions, or were Apple and had hundreds of millions?

Do they just stick it in a bank and hope for the best, of have a special VIP unbreakable bank somewhere.

Vixpy1

42,625 posts

265 months

Saturday 10th September 2016
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Rich people don't have money in the bank, unless you are a a stupid rich person.

MitchT

15,928 posts

210 months

Saturday 10th September 2016
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Vixpy1 said:
Rich people don't have money in the bank, unless you are a a stupid rich person.
True, but if you're someone who isn't used to being rich, such as a lottery winner, how would you know what to do with it other than stick it in the bank?

Vixpy1

42,625 posts

265 months

Saturday 10th September 2016
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MitchT said:
Vixpy1 said:
Rich people don't have money in the bank, unless you are a a stupid rich person.
True, but if you're someone who isn't used to being rich, such as a lottery winner, how would you know what to do with it other than stick it in the bank?
I would hope you would seek profressional advice.

gmasterfunk

455 posts

149 months

Saturday 10th September 2016
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My caddie's chauffeur informs me that a bank is a place where people put money that isn't properly invested....

G.



Spx

182 posts

103 months

Saturday 10th September 2016
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Lawyers look after it for you

Edited by Spx on Tuesday 13th September 12:12

davepoth

29,395 posts

200 months

Saturday 10th September 2016
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CRA2Y BL16GER said:
Just curious - with a guarantee limit of £75000, how do people/companies keep their money secure.

A small lottery win you can split it around several banks, but want if you had a bin lottery win and had tens of millions, or were Apple and had hundreds of millions?

Do they just stick it in a bank and hope for the best, of have a special VIP unbreakable bank somewhere.
When you have that much money the principal (the actual amount) isn't really that important - you have "enough". You concentrate on maximising the return (which is in effect your "salary") with commercial property, bonds, and blue chip shares, and then have a dabble on riskier stuff if you feel like it.

CRA2Y BL16GER

Original Poster:

2,632 posts

206 months

Saturday 10th September 2016
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Vixpy1 said:
Rich people don't have money in the bank, unless you are a a stupid rich person.
Everyone knows Apple are stupid rich.

klmhcp

247 posts

93 months

Saturday 10th September 2016
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davepoth said:
When you have that much money the principal (the actual amount) isn't really that important - you have "enough". You concentrate on maximising the return (which is in effect your "salary") with commercial property, bonds, and blue chip shares, and then have a dabble on riskier stuff if you feel like it.
Thanks for the insight.

NickCQ

5,392 posts

97 months

Saturday 10th September 2016
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If you are properly rich you open up your own 'family office' and actually pay a little investment team to put it in a variety of opportunities.

anonymous-user

55 months

Sunday 11th September 2016
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Spx said:
Lawyers looo after it for you
Spot on here's our local 'lawyer' http://www.macclesfield-express.co.uk/news/local-n...

They're thieving scum even when they're not thievingsmile

Lardydah

332 posts

206 months

Sunday 11th September 2016
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NickCQ said:
If you are properly rich you open up your own 'family office' and actually pay a little investment team to put it in a variety of opportunities.
Exactly.. your own personal hedge fund..!

Ozzie Osmond

21,189 posts

247 months

Sunday 11th September 2016
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CRA2Y BL16GER said:
Just curious - with a guarantee limit of £75000, how do people/companies keep their money secure.
Answer: Open multiple savings accounts with £75k in each.


Note 1:
  • The accounts need to be with different banks.
  • Not different NAMES of banks but different actual BANKS.
  • For example Lloyds, Halifax and Birmingham Midshires are all the same bank.
  • On each bank name website you can find details of where they sit in the £75k grouping picture.
Note 2:
  • For a couple, the limit of £75k per person means they can each hold £75k safely in the same bank.
Note 3:
  • What's guaranteed is the saver's capital. If a bank fails before it has paid interest you won't get the interest refunded under the guarantee.
  • The process of refund under the guarantee is quite slow so you might have to wait, say, a year to get your money back and you won't get interest from anyone in that period either.
  • Prudent savers will save with banks that look genuinely reliable rather than relying on the guarantee to earn an extra fraction of interest.

DonkeyApple

55,594 posts

170 months

Sunday 11th September 2016
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CRA2Y BL16GER said:
Vixpy1 said:
Rich people don't have money in the bank, unless you are a a stupid rich person.
Everyone knows Apple are stupid rich.
I'd be surprised if they were holding much actual cash thought. Enough for the operating of the business and all the excess is likely to be in cash equivalents.

Cheib

23,304 posts

176 months

Sunday 11th September 2016
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CRA2Y BL16GER said:
Do they just stick it in a bank and hope for the best, of have a special VIP unbreakable bank somewhere.
There are lots of Private Banks which are non systemic i.e. their sole line of business is providing banking services to the very rich so they are unlikley to go bust because they've lent money to sub=prime borrowers in the US (RBS), bought another bank at the wrong price (RBS), or have balance sheet wildly out of control (RBS).

A friend of mine uses one of said Private Banks. He chose this particular one because it is totally non systemic (it operates manual ledger systems still as a back up) and he has his gold bullion sat in its vault with a sticker on it showing its his.

As others roperly rich people do have their own invesment funds known as Family Offices...typically invest in "hard assets"...Real Estate, Hotels, Ships etc TO have a Family Office of your own you probably need £200mil or so...most have an awful lot more.

anonymous-user

55 months

Monday 12th September 2016
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DonkeyApple said:
I'd be surprised if they were holding much actual cash thought. Enough for the operating of the business and all the excess is likely to be in cash equivalents.
Roughly $17 billion in cash and the other $177 billion in assets.

sidicks

25,218 posts

222 months

Monday 12th September 2016
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Flipfloptrader said:
Roughly $17 billion in cash and the other $177 billion in assets.
But the point is that the 'cash' isn't physical assets or deposits at banks, the majority will be money market instruments and funds.

twinturboz

1,278 posts

179 months

Monday 12th September 2016
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sidicks said:
Flipfloptrader said:
Roughly $17 billion in cash and the other $177 billion in assets.
But the point is that the 'cash' isn't physical assets or deposits at banks, the majority will be money market instruments and funds.
Yup Apple's cash is in it's own hedge fund Braeburn Capital, I think it's the world's biggest.

walm

10,609 posts

203 months

Monday 12th September 2016
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davepoth said:
CRA2Y BL16GER said:
Just curious - with a guarantee limit of £75000, how do people/companies keep their money secure.

A small lottery win you can split it around several banks, but want if you had a bin lottery win and had tens of millions, or were Apple and had hundreds of millions?

Do they just stick it in a bank and hope for the best, of have a special VIP unbreakable bank somewhere.
When you have that much money the principal (the actual amount) isn't really that important - you have "enough". You concentrate on maximising the return (which is in effect your "salary") with commercial property, bonds, and blue chip shares, and then have a dabble on riskier stuff if you feel like it.
Actually that is the exact opposite of what most do.
As mentioned correctly, they have a "family office".
Generally they are INCREDIBLY conservative.
Huge amounts of real estate and bonds rather than equities or alternative asset managers (PE and HF).

They easily generate enough income even with this conservative approach (they are HUGELY wealthy remember) but their main aim is to avoid the "pie" shrinking.

DonkeyApple

55,594 posts

170 months

Monday 12th September 2016
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walm said:
davepoth said:
CRA2Y BL16GER said:
Just curious - with a guarantee limit of £75000, how do people/companies keep their money secure.

A small lottery win you can split it around several banks, but want if you had a bin lottery win and had tens of millions, or were Apple and had hundreds of millions?

Do they just stick it in a bank and hope for the best, of have a special VIP unbreakable bank somewhere.
When you have that much money the principal (the actual amount) isn't really that important - you have "enough". You concentrate on maximising the return (which is in effect your "salary") with commercial property, bonds, and blue chip shares, and then have a dabble on riskier stuff if you feel like it.
Actually that is the exact opposite of what most do.
As mentioned correctly, they have a "family office".
Generally they are INCREDIBLY conservative.
Huge amounts of real estate and bonds rather than equities or alternative asset managers (PE and HF).

They easily generate enough income even with this conservative approach (they are HUGELY wealthy remember) but their main aim is to avoid the "pie" shrinking.
And yet they go and get caught sticking their pecker in a prossie and lose 50% overnight. biggrin