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The Leonard Cohen Forged Trust Lawsuit – The Lessons
Trust and estate disputes are increasingly commonplace, especially in the HNW community where there...
Should We Engage In Estate Planning For Assets We Hope Will Appreciate?
For a long time, in wealth planning and transfer conversations it has been taken for granted that...
Specsavers' Founders Choose Trust Route To Protect Future Business – Media
The business, now a multi-billion pound company selling millions of spectacles, was founded in...
Liability Of Trustees When There’s An Economic Crisis – Whom To Trust?
Given the current volatility of a whole spectrum of investments, it seems inevitable that trustees...
Offshore Trusts And The Drive Towards Transparency
Most trusts are used for legitimate purposes. Those that are not will find it increasingly...
Offshore Trusts Disputes – The State Of Play
The author of this article examines what has changed in the world of international trusts, and...
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...
Succeeding At Succession - Workable Inheritance Plans
James Bond's latest incarnation has said he does not want his children to inherit his fortune. He...
Swiss Lawmakers Widen Inheritance Law Freedoms
Swiss legislators give people more freedom to decide what happens to their estate and who inherits...
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...
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Challenges For Multi-Generational Families Over Succession
A take-home point from this article is that for multi-generational family firms to navigate...
The Problem With Death And Taxes - Analysing A Recent Case
In succession planning, those involved in arrangements need to take into account unforseen events...
Will The Pandemic Cause More Contested Will And Estate Cases?
The author of this piece, a partner at law firm Stevens & Bolton, asks what the virus and...
Should Trustees Be Worried About Global Warming?
What should those who hold and run trusts think about climate change and the consequences that are...
Law Of Unintended Consequences - Inheritance And The Pandemic
Mistakes over estate planning come to light when, as a result of COVID-19, families can be hit with...
New Rules, Swiss Trusts And Beneficial Ownership Under Microscope
This publication was the exclusive media partner at last month's annual STEP conference for the...
WEALTH TALK: Focus On Communicating With NextGen Inheritors
The latest discussion of wealth industry topics. ...
Inheritance Mostly Overrated As A Source Of Wealth
Is inheritance given too much credit as a source of wealth and therefore do policymakers and...
The Importance of Planning in Wealth Succession - The View From Asia
Business and wealth transfer and succession issues are a big deal in Asia and this article provides...
CONFERENCE PREVIEW: Debating Trusts, Technology & Migration In Switzerland
Here is an outline of a conference covering trusts, wealth structuring and related issues to be...