Matthew Piepenburg, Partner of VON GREYERZ AG | Rule Symposium 2026: Rick Rule interviews
Rule Investment Media Jun 4, 2026
Summary
Piepenburg frames gold as wealth preservation — insurance against fiat (government-issued) currency debasement and banking counterparty risk — not speculation.
He argues bond markets and credit and debt cycles are the signals that matter, calling this a critical turning point for gold.
Von Greyerz stores client metals outside the banking system in Swiss and Singapore vaults, sourcing from refineries with a trading desk for liquidity.
His multi-asset education came from running a family office after the tech bubble, where bond traders taught him the most.
High-net-worth clients reach Von Greyerz partners directly through VG.gold; the firm serves clients in more than 90 countries.
Rick Rule's takeaways
- Top takeaway Rule vouches that his symposium vets every exhibitor and service provider, and says he has never received a customer complaint about Von Greyerz's services.
- He promotes the 2026 Natural Resources Investment Symposium, July 6-10 in Boca Raton or by livestream, and directs viewers to contact Matthew Piepenburg via VG.gold as their single point of contact.
Matthew Piepenburg's takeaways
- Top takeaway Piepenburg argues gold is at a critical turning point and belongs as a core wealth-preservation allocation, not merely an inflation hedge.
- He says the key to staying wealthy is avoiding losses, so he favors preservation in gold and silver over speculation.
- He describes Von Greyerz Gold as the largest precious metals service provider for high-net-worth individuals outside the banking system, with clients from over 90 countries.
- He explains the model stores metals in a safe jurisdiction outside the banking system, buys direct from Swiss refineries, and runs a trading desk for quick liquidity.
- With a family-office and risk-asset background, he says bond traders taught him the bond market drives everything, and those signals now lead him to precious metals.
Egon von Greyerz's takeaways
- Top takeaway Piepenburg credits Egon von Greyerz with building the firm's wealth-preservation model decades ago, after seeing bank counterparty risk as a Geneva banker and former CIO of a FTSE 100 company.
- Per Piepenburg, Egon urged audiences to buy gold around 2000 at about $300 an ounce and still holds that conviction, owning the metals himself.