Since 2014, Aurum Meridian has evaluated the custodians, dealers, and IRA institutions that safeguard private gold holdings. Independent. Subscriber-funded. Read by allocators managing north of $12 billion in precious metals.
The Meridian Score is a 10-point composite derived from six weighted criteria. Every institution is scored independently by two analysts, reconciled editorially, and reviewed by a third-party ombudsman before publication.
We do not accept ranking fees. We do not publish sponsored reviews. Institutions may not pay for inclusion — they are invited, or they are not.
Read the Full Methodology →Self-directed retirement accounts backed by physical bullion. Custody, depository, rollover procedure, RMD strategy.
American Eagles, Canadian Maples, Krugerrands, Britannias. Sovereign-minted coins for liquid, divisible holdings.
PAMP, Valcambi, Perth Mint. LBMA-accredited refiners and the spread between one-ounce and kilogram investment bars.
BullionVault, Perth Mint Certificate Programme, Zürich free-port storage. Non-IRA custody at institutional scale.
After a decade of rule changes — the SECURE Act, SECURE 2.0, and the 2024 IRS Revenue Procedure 2024-14 — the case for allocating retirement assets into physical gold has become more nuanced, not less. A primer for the allocator who reads the footnotes.
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