Course 10 · Professional
Professional practice: due diligence and documentation
For trustees, advisers, business owners and anyone who must justify a decision to somebody else.
10 lessons, about 92 minutes
What you will be able to do
- Run documented due diligence on a metals dealer or custodian.
- Produce a defensible file for a decision.
- Set review cadences that actually get honoured.
Lessons
Lesson 1 · 10 min · free preview
How to vet a metals dealer
Licensing, complaint history, written pricing, and settlement terms.
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Lesson 2 · 9 min
How to vet a custodian
Charters, audits, fee schedules and reporting quality.
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Lesson 3 · 9 min
How to vet a depository
Insurance certificates, audit rights, and segregation practice.
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Lesson 4 · 10 min
Building a defensible decision file
Purpose, alternatives considered, evidence, and who approved it.
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Lesson 5 · 9 min
Valuation policy for physical holdings
Which price, which date, which source — decided in advance.
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Lesson 6 · 9 min
Audit trail from invoice to vault
Invoice, assay, transit, receipt and statement should reconcile.
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Lesson 7 · 9 min
Disclosure and conflicts in practice
Who is paid what, by whom, and when it is disclosed.
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Lesson 8 · 10 min
Reporting, thresholds and record retention
The rules that apply to transactions and how long records are kept.
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Lesson 9 · 8 min
Setting a review cadence that survives
Annual for policy, quarterly for holdings, immediately on a material change.
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Lesson 10 · 9 min
Explaining a decision to someone who was not there
Plain language, stated evidence, stated unknowns.
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