International Team

Imperial Bank Trust is a Bankers Trust constituted on the territory of Native American tribes — a family of Nations within the United States — to hold and administer the assets of the Group and to operate the Group's advanced internal banking structure. Established in 2004, the Trust provides trust-management services both to IMPERIAL Group members and to the Group's client base, acting in a fiduciary capacity — as trustee for their financial activities and requirements — in daily dealings with external institutions and banks. At present the Trust maintains and administers the assets of the IMPERIAL Group members while extending the Group's operations onto the international financial markets.

A & A SRL is a consultancy registered for activity in the European markets of finance, securities and trade. It provides routing and international trade services to the Group's client base as required, and was constituted to meet clients' requirements within the European market.

IMPERIAL Diamond Trust is registered with the Secretary of State of Florida, USA, for business at the international level. IDT supports the other Group members in the purchase and sale of precious stones and gold on behalf of American and international clients; transactions denominated in US dollars and passed through the US branch office are processed by IDT. The US marketplace is employed to protect the investment and preserve the security of assets, funds, goods and services. For clients exposed to jurisdictions of conflict or shifting political climate, IDT-USA affords a stable legal environment in which their business can proceed without the threat of asset seizure or unrecoverable corporate loss.

"ClearScreen" is the Group's Security Database, managed by its team of IT experts. It operates in the manner of an established security-screen system — similar to Euroclear or Clearstream — publishing financial instruments in online secured-connection mode for the IMPERIAL Group client base. Security-screen activity can be monitored and conducted through the Database for all clients and companies serviced by IBG. Banking, securities and transfer-agent operations are conducted in strict confidentiality, insulated from monitoring or influence by any political or governmental quarter: the Database is maintained by senior security-software specialists, its data held at a remote location known only to them and to the Board of the IBG, stored and controlled across several key locations so that operation is redundant and the Database remains permanently available. Movement of securities and assets is ordered and completed solely at the request and instruction of the client; bearer-form instruments, or any item of value, can be delivered by bonded courier within ordinary timeframes, free of governmental or political interference.

PV IMPERIALE LTDA is the company registered in Brazil to conduct activity in Brazil and throughout the world. PV-I supports the activities of the Group’s members in the field of independent MULTI FAMILY OFFICE financial activity, focused on wealth management, legacy protection and succession planning for high-net-worth families. The company operates fully independently of banks and brokerage houses, integrating global investment, tax planning and family governance for our Brazilian and international clients. Any activity relating to the extraction and production of gold and diamonds passes through the Brazilian branch. The Brazilian marketplace is employed to protect the investment and preserve the security of assets, funds, goods and services. Many of our clients have an interest in placing their funds in areas and commodities that are secure and tangible. PV-I & TSIB-BRAZIL can provide that location and that climate, so that our clients’ business can flourish without the threat of asset seizure or unrecoverable corporate loss.

MarCon Holding Trust is a holding trust registered in the State of Florida, United States, for the conduct of finance worldwide. As the Group's holding structure it gathers numerous entities under a single common ownership, consolidating the existence of the IBG. Registered with the Secretary of State of Florida, MarCon oversees a substantial part of the Group's activities — an arrangement that also places its international operations under the oversight of the Florida financial authorities, assuring the client base that a rigorous fiduciary and custodial standard is maintained in its interest.

MEM IMPERIAL Commercial Brokers is registered for business in the Dubai / UAE offshore jurisdiction, where it supports the financial activities of the other Group companies on behalf of clients whose requirements call for offshore structuring. Activity conducted in the offshore jurisdiction serves to protect the investment and preserve the security of the assets, funds, goods and services employed on the international marketplace. For clients exposed to jurisdictions of conflict or changing political climate, MEM ICB provides a stable environment in which their business can proceed without the threat of asset seizure or unrecoverable corporate loss.

GIA is registered to conduct business and to support clients' activity across trading venues operating in the international trading arena. Trading undertaken across these markets serves to protect placements in commodities, securities and derivative instruments on the international marketplace. Many clients — having known losses across differing trading venues, particularly those subject to international administrative restriction — seek a more dependable channel for their trading and for generating the funding their projects require. GIA provides access to secured trading facilities, so that clients' business can proceed without the threat of lost invested funds, seizure of assets or unrecoverable corporate loss.

Imperial Trust Invest (Israel) is a member of the Imperial Banking Group's finance and investment structure. It comprises the following integral entities:

• Imperial Trust Invest LTD (Georgia)
• Imperial Finance Group LTD (Republic of Moldova)

Through these entities, Imperial Trust Invest provides strategic monitoring and optimisation of clients' resource requirements across industry sectors worldwide, together with earmarked funding for large-scale undertakings in the construction sector, energy, mining and beyond. Financial instruments — Bank Guarantees, Standby Letters of Credit, Mid-Term Notes, Treasuries and related products — are applied case by case, under a measured and balanced approach. Its services extend to financial monitoring, competent analytics of data processing, and diversified banking operations.

EQUITY & INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LTD is registered in the United Kingdom to conduct business and support the client activities of the other Group members in financial intermediation worldwide. Activity on the international financial market relating to equities and to MTN/bond transactions passes through this office, with the associated market services employed to protect the assets, funds and goods concerned. Clients whose funds and assets would otherwise stand exposed to jurisdictions of conflict or political instability are afforded a more stable footing for their activities. The company's structure allows it to serve clients' strategic and financing requirements across all geographies and across every industry; together with the other members of IMPERIAL Banking Group, it brings security to an extensive range of financial services delivered to banks, insurance companies, asset-management firms, financial-structuring houses and finance institutions worldwide.

IMPERIAL Finance Group has engaged gold assets with IMRAN Holding Austria, an international civil-engineering firm seated in Vienna. With a team of highly qualified civil engineers, IMRAN brings long project experience across every field of the discipline — from advance construction planning, through site management during execution, to claim and defect management upon completion. Whether new construction, extension or work within existing buildings, the firm supports and supervises contractors and principals alike, for a customer base spanning private, commercial and public clients.

Keren Finance is an independent, self-sustaining company offering professional services and expert advisory work across a wide span of the economic and industrial sectors, each engagement grounded in specialist knowledge, an individual approach and co-operating key sources. Its activity constitutes a subset of business banking: investments, financing, the provision of credit, cash-management facilities, loans and related credit products, treasury services and the financing of fixed-asset requirements. The company further provides portfolio analysis, gearing analysis, debt and equity restructuring, appraisal of real assets and management services — together with all further services required to organise clear and lawful arrangements.

HGM PORT LOGISTICA SRL serves clients whose principal activities lie in commodity trading, and acts as a supplier across the range of commodities presented on the international market. Its operations centre on the worldwide delivery of goods — principally through the port of Constanța, Romania — for clients located across the world, supported by certification of commodity existence issued by the SGS institute.