Thanks so much for your interest in learning more about self-directed IRAs and Security Trust Company’s role in this rapidly growing industry. The companies that are active in self-directed IRA investing fall into three categories. First, are the “set-up” companies, which provide their clients with a legal framework in which they can effect self-directed transactions. Secondly, are the "custodial" companies which agree to take title to assets that you have purchased for your retirement account. And thirdly, is Security Trust Company, which is unique in that we provide “total service” to our clients.
We truly mean total service. We create a flexible legal framework for your self-directed investing, we manage the custodial requirements, and, most importantly, we assist you in structuring all of your transactions so they will be permitted by the IRS and ERISA.
Do you really need the total service that STC offers? Yes you do! We find that more than 35% of the transactions that our clients want to engage in are prohibited by ERISA or the IRS. Without STC’s help, these investors would have risked forfeiting their entire IRA by engaging in a prohibited transaction. Can you really afford to go it alone with merely a set-up or custodial company and not have STC review your proposed self-directed transactions? We think very few people have the requisite knowledge to take this risk.
In short, Security Trust Company understands the laws associated with self-directed investing and will help you do the same. We take care of the complex regulatory and accounting details of your self-directed IRA so that you can focus on making great investments. Call us. We’ll be pleased to tell you more.