What options do diverse families have when estate planning?
Their situation is ‘likely to be more complex and with more issues to consider’
Wills And Trusts
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Virtual Wills: friend or foe?
A welcome solution in a pandemic that could turn sour down the line
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Major overhaul of UAE inheritance and divorce laws unveiled
Changes aimed at making region ‘more attractive’ to foreign direct investment and expats
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Sovereign Group completes double M&A swoop
It has bought a tax advice firm in Portugal and a trust company in Gibraltar
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How to plan wealth transfers in uncertain times
Different legal systems around the world will impose own rules on how estate can be distributed on death
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Bleak future for the trust sector, unless we return to basics
Trusts are a nightmare to unravel – often deliberately so
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Wills can now be witnessed via video link
But changes to the UK law are only temporary and concerns have been raised about coercion
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Credit Suisse faces $300m lawsuit
After rogue wealth manager defrauded clients for nearly a decade
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Global firm unveils Cayman Islands trust operation
It was a ‘natural step’ for the business
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UK wealth firm boosts estate planning offering with legal arm
Company aims to become ‘one-stop shop for protecting families’ futures’
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UK High Court inheritance disputes hit all-time high
Hasty action taken during covornavirus outbreak could spell trouble down the road
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Standard Chartered Guernsey trust business liquidated
As regulator fines company £140,000 for ‘historical failures’