The structures into which you can transfer your assets can have lasting consequences for you and your family and it is crucial that you choose the right ones. The right structures can protect assets and give your family lasting benefits in an uncertain world. Failing to take advantage of the benefits provided by the most suitable structure for your needs can leave your assets, and in turn you and your family, exposed to unnecessary risks.
Our expertise is in finding the right wealth structure or combination of structures for you. We offer many different wealth-structuring solutions, including trusts, managed companies and foundations. To find which combination is best for you, a dedicated wealth-structuring specialist will work closely with you to understand your unique needs and circumstances. They will work in partnership with your legal and tax advisers to design, implement and maintain the structure(s) best suited to you and your family’s needs.
We have a tradition of excellence in the provision of trust and executorship services. This, together with our high credit rating, means that we are able to act for many of the world’s most influential entrepreneurs, families and senior corporate executives.
A trust is a powerful estate planning tool and the most common form of wealth structure. The separation of the legal and beneficial ownership of assets gives scope for a high degree of flexibility that allows the trustees to react to changing circumstances. When a trust is established, assets are given to a trustee to hold for the benefit of specified persons – the beneficiaries (who may include you). The trustee is then legally required to manage and distribute the assets to their benefit.
We have a comprehensive selection of wealth structures, talk to your Private Banker about the best wealth structure for you and your family.
We have prepared three notes on different aspects of the fundamental UK tax changes first announced in the Chancellor’s October 2007 Pre-Budget Review:
The commentary is up to date as of 2 January 2008 but it is expected that the Government will publish detailed draft legislation, including some probable changes later this month.
An irrevocable trust where you give the trustee the discretion to distribute the trust income together with powers to distribute assets or capital sums but where you keep the power to direct the trustee how to invest the trust fund.
A Reserved Powers Trust (RPT) is a revocable trust that allows you to keep wide powers.
A special type of trust written under the laws of the Cayman Islands where diverse and complex assets can be settled. You can restrict the beneficiaries rights and a licensed trust company must be appointed as trustee.
A managed company incorporated to hold assets and provide foreign estate tax protection.
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