Asset Protection

TRUST, FOUNDATIONS & GENERATION PLANNING

Trust or a Foundation is a perfect vehicle by which wealth can be protected and enhanced for the future benefit of the family and other parties.

A trust is a fiduciary arrangement that allows a third party, or trustee, to hold assets on behalf of a beneficiary or beneficiaries. Trusts can be arranged in many ways and can specify exactly how and when the assets pass to the beneficiaries.

Benefits of trusts include:

• Control of your wealth. You can specify the terms of a precisely, controlling when and to whom distributions may be made. You may also, for example, set up a revocable trust so that the trust assets remain accessible to you during your lifetime while designating to whom the remaining assets will pass thereafter, even when there are complex situations such as children from more than one marriage.
• Protection of your legacy. A properly constructed trust help protect your estate from your heirs’ creditors or from beneficiaries who may not be adept at money management.
• Privacy and probate savings. Probate is a matter of record; a trust may allow assets to pass outside of probate and remain private, in addition to possibly reducing the amount lost to court fees and taxes in the process.