In trust law, an asset-protection trust is any form of trust which provides for funds to be held on a discretionary basis. Such trusts are set up in an...

title to personal assets in a trust, an agent or a nominee, while retaining all the control of the assets. The goal of asset protection is similar to bankruptcy...

include an incentive trust, and so forth. Asset-protection trust: The concept of an asset-protection trust encompasses any form of trust that provides for...

"self-settled trust", and may be a kind of asset-protection trust. If the creator of a self-settled trust is also a beneficiary of the trust, particular...

through an offshore trust does not require the approval of a judge or the high cost of a lawyer. Asset protection: The Trust protects assets from forced transfer...

involving asset protection trusts, where the court has ordered a settlor of an asset protection trust to repatriate assets so that the assets may be made...

initial trust fund (usually a nominal amount of money) Asset-protection trust Back-bond in Scotland Blind trust Express trust Inter vivos trust Offshore...

According to The New York Times, Kamrava hid his assets in the Cook Islands, making use of its asset-protection trust laws. In July 2016, Kamrava filed an appeal...

(trustee). Generally, Ultra Trusts are used to reposition all types of assets for purposes of asset protection, as an Ultra Trust offers the ability to have...

to shield these assets from creditors' claims. A trust with its own asset protection provisions can still receive additional protection with the policy...

Protective Trust is a form of settlement found in England and Wales and several Commonwealth countries. It has marked similarities to asset-protection trusts found...

model. There is even further protection for corporations via the Delaware Asset Protection Trust in which personal assets are protected in the event of...

referring to the assets with which the trust is funded, and the term "donor," which is the person donating assets to a charity. In India, trusts set up for...

example, trust law relating to a charity's governing documents. Some argue that inalienability means that assets held in trust are not actually assets of the...

other favorable conditions for managing wealth (such as "quiet trusts") and asset protection. In 2018, as a result of the doubling of the GST tax exemption...

context of a trust and are primarily used to reduce liability for generation-skipping transfer tax, or to provide asset protection trust features without...

deferral, asset protection, and balance sheet advantages in real estate, securitization, mezzanine financing, real estate investment trusts (REITs), and...

a blind trust, the trustees (fiduciaries, or those who have been given power of attorney) have full discretion over the assets. Blind trusts are generally...

Environment of Belize from 1989 to 1993, during which time, the Belize Asset Protection Trust Act passed. Glenn D. Godfrey S.C. is Founding Member and Senior...

Burton, Eric L. (May 2002). "The income protection trust: Combining Nevada's domestic asset protection trust with life insurance". Journal of Financial...

English trust law concerns the protection of assets, usually when they are held by one party for another's benefit. Trusts were a creation of the English...

directors and the equitable ownership of the fund's assets. In the United Kingdom, the term "investment trust" has a strict meaning under tax law. However,...

attack and stroke Domestic asset-protection trust, a financial arrangement available in some jurisdictions to protect assets from being squandered DAPT...

an asset which the fund is not otherwise prohibited from acquiring the asset acquired (or a replacement asset) is held on trust (the holding trust) so...

a settlor or grantor who creates the trust; (B) a trustee who administers and manages the trust and its assets; and (C) a beneficiary who receives the...

have become a location specialising in so-called asset protection trusts, by which investors shelter assets from the reach of creditors and legal authorities...

February 1991, the government also legalized the establishment of Asset Protection Trusts in the Bahamas. In December 2000, partly as a response to appearing...

needed] Weder's patents are owned by the Weder Family Trust, an offshore asset protection trust of which his sister Wanda Weder (who is also Senior Executive...

Bill Number Bill Title Status HB0111 Domestic Asset Protection Trust Amendments House/Filed - 3/10/2016 HB0323S03 Continuing Care Retirement Community...

jurisdiction. A trust may be used as an estate planning tool to direct the distribution of assets after the person who creates the trust passes away or...