News, Comment & Analysis results for Trusts and Estates

Trust Estate
11 May 2022

Offshore Trusts Disputes – The State Of Play

The author of this article examines what has changed in the world of international trusts, and...

Trust Estate
25 November 2021

Families Are Becoming More Complex, But Laws Haven't Kept Pace - STEP

The world is becoming more complicated in certain ways, and that includes families and living...

Trust Estate
21 October 2021

Succeeding At Succession - Workable Inheritance Plans

James Bond's latest incarnation has said he does not want his children to inherit his fortune. He...

Trust Estate
27 May 2021

Swiss Lawmakers Widen Inheritance Law Freedoms

Swiss legislators give people more freedom to decide what happens to their estate and who inherits...

Trust Estate
14 May 2021

DBS Private Bank Unveils Digital Assets Trusts Offering

The offering is yet a further example of how the world of digital assets has gone increasingly...

Trust Estate
21 April 2021

Swiss Trusts Sector Braces For Regulatory Overhaul

A series of federal acts in the Alpine state have been enacted, and they create a regulatory...

Trust Estate
20 November 2020

COVID-19, Great Transfer And Bridging Generational Gap

Whilst succession planning has long been on the HNW agenda, never before has so much value been at...

Trust Estate
17 November 2020

Plan With Substance: Private Placement Life Insurance

Private placement life insurance has its place in wealth manager's armoury. However, how can it...

Trust Estate
11 November 2020

How Data Derails Digital Change In Trusts

Trust administrators face increasing pressure to use new digital technologies to support clients....

Trust Estate
28 September 2020

A Tangled Investment Web Causes Inheritance Migraines

Investors look more widely to find yield in a low-rate environment, and that means their assets can...

Comment & Analysis results for Trusts and Estates

Trust Estate
2 January 2019

CONFERENCE PREVIEW: Debating Trusts, Technology & Migration In Switzerland

Here is an outline of a conference covering trusts, wealth structuring and related issues to be...

Trust Estate
2 November 2018

BOOK REVIEW: Freedom From Wealth By Charles Lowenhaupt

The founder of a wealth advisory business has written a book explaining how those who bestow and...

Trust Estate
27 April 2018

Structuring Solutions: The European, Wider Marketplace - Breakfast Briefing Report

Wealth practitioners from Malta, Switzerland the UK gathered at two breakfast briefings organised...

Trust Estate
6 March 2018

Wealth Industry Presses Case For Financial Privacy, Swiss Trusts Law

A STEP conference in Switzerland, with this publication as media sponsor, recently discussed...

Trust Estate
13 February 2018

Assaults On Financial Privacy Aren't Over - Conference

Is financial privacy utterly doomed or are certain developments reminding voters, as well as...

Trust Estate
31 August 2017

As World Demands Transparency, US Trusts Sector Remains Haven Of Privacy

Financial privacy is under pressure around the world but one country is holding out against the...

Trust Estate
26 July 2016

GUEST ARTICLE: Offshore Trusts, Their Uses And Complications

This article takes a look at offshore trusts, recent developments and some of the complications...

Trust Estate
26 January 2016

GUEST ARTICLE: Private Trust Companies Give Choice, Flexibility - Hawksford

Within the ecosphere of trust structures there is a creature known as the private trust company,...

Trust Estate
10 October 2014

EXPERT VIEW: Updated Intestacy Laws: Who Has Been Left Behind?

In May 2014, the UK Parliament signed into existence an Act that promised to revolutionise...

Trust Estate
22 August 2012

INTERVIEW: Estate Planning In The Bahamas With BEE

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