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Offit Kurman

When a Corporate Trustee May Be a Disadvantage for Your Trust

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Last month I explored the potential advantages of naming a corporate trustee, acknowledging that the decision is ultimately a matter of personal preference. In this second part of a two-part, “point-counterpoint”...more

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

Estate Planning and Estate Administrations During Economic Downturns

In uncertain economic times, many individuals are concerned about the value of their investments, and for good reason. When the stock market dips or real estate prices fall, the effect isn’t just felt in personal investment...more

Charles E. Rounds, Jr. - Suffolk University...

Parsing the Uniform Trust Code in Isolation Without Regard to the Uniform Probate Code and the Uniform Powers of Appointment Act...

Intro. The Uniform Trust Code (UTC) is a mere aggregation of tweaks to the corner of equity jurisprudence that long ago gave birth to and currently stewards the trust relationship, hereinafter “the background trust law.”...more

Charles E. Rounds, Jr. - Suffolk University...

Individual Trustee Delegates to Financial Institution the Job of Taking Custody and Keeping Track of Income and Principal: The...

While PC software programs are a practical improvement over the trustee’s hard-copy ledger book, when it comes to keeping track of trust income and principal these programs still require serious clerical monitoring on the...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

Trust and Estate Planning for Business Owners

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Why is the end of the year a good time to consider trust and estate planning for business owners? Do you own real property or have other investments outside your business interests? Have you given any thought to what would...more

Jaburg Wilk

The Importance of Funding a Revocable Living Trust

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Many people create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, maintain privacy, and ensure smooth estate distribution. However, these benefits only apply if you properly “fund” your trust, meaning you must transfer assets...more

Mayer Brown

The Pensions Brief: June 2024

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Issues affecting all schemes - General Election – impact on pensions - The General Election resulted in a landslide victory for the Labour Party. While no pensions-related announcements have been made since the election by...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Q&A With Anne Paape, Managing Director and Senior Fiduciary Counsel at Cresset

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The Spotlight had the pleasure of sitting down with Anne Paape, managing director and senior fiduciary counsel at Cresset and Cresset Trust Company, to talk about the historic transfer of wealth many countries are undergoing,...more

Conyers

Family Wealth Management with Bermuda Trusts

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Bermuda is a popular and highly regarded jurisdiction for managing the offshore family assets of wealthy, international families due to several favourable characteristics. As a high-quality international financial centre,...more

Burr & Forman

Cryptocurrency Firm Bitwise Asset Management Seeks SEC Review of New Bitcoin ETF

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According to an initial registration statement published on January 10, the cryptocurrency index fund provider Bitwise Asset Management has applied with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to form a new...more

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