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Trust Estate
17 March 2023

The Leonard Cohen Forged Trust Lawsuit – The Lessons

Trust and estate disputes are increasingly commonplace, especially in the HNW community where there...

Trust Estate
2 March 2023

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...

Trust Estate
9 January 2023

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...

Trust Estate
6 December 2022

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...

Trust Estate
26 August 2022

Offshore Trusts And The Drive Towards Transparency

Most trusts are used for legitimate purposes. Those that are not will find it increasingly...

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...

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Trust Estate
3 March 2023

Challenges For Multi-Generational Families Over Succession

A take-home point from this article is that for multi-generational family firms to navigate...

Trust Estate
24 August 2021

The Problem With Death And Taxes - Analysing A Recent Case

In succession planning, those involved in arrangements need to take into account unforseen events...

Trust Estate
14 September 2020

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...

Trust Estate
1 September 2020

Should Trustees Be Worried About Global Warming?

What should those who hold and run trusts think about climate change and the consequences that are...

Trust Estate
12 August 2020

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...

Trust Estate
20 February 2020

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...

Trust Estate
11 September 2019

WEALTH TALK: Focus On Communicating With NextGen Inheritors

The latest discussion of wealth industry topics. ...

Trust Estate
12 August 2019

Inheritance Mostly Overrated As A Source Of Wealth

Is inheritance given too much credit as a source of wealth and therefore do policymakers and...

Trust Estate
23 July 2019

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...

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...