All money deposited with Aera is held in trust by Aera 22 Nominee Limited, a company that is separate to Aera’s trading company.
This means that your funds and any assets you instruct us to buy on your behalf (using a Deposit Accelerator) are ring-fenced from Aera’s operational funds.
At all times throughout, your relationship is with Aera’s nominee as a trustee, holding your Deposit Accelerator assets and funds. These are always held in your name, never ours.
When you add funds to a Deposit Accelerator, you have beneficial ownership of the underlying assets that you have bought. This means that, although the assets may be held in the name of a nominee (such as Aera 22 Nominee Limited) the nominee is a purely custodian, or trustee to protect your interests.
Aera will never use your money or other assets for any reason that is not expressly agreed to by you.
Any closure of Aera’s trading company does not impact the assets held in trust on your behalf. In regards to the investors in the company, their relationship to the company is also completely separate to any customer funds.