Trusts in Prime Jurisdictions, Third Edition

As globalisation continues, the new financial centres and emerging trust jurisdictions in Asia, where much wealth is now generated, are seeking to capture a share of the lucrative private banking, estate and tax planning market. This phenomenon has created new opportunities for practitioners, who are able to operate in trust jurisdictions that did not exist a few years ago. Growth continues in the traditional trust jurisdictions, especially in civil law jurisdictions where trusts have previously been used in a limited capacity. In parallel, the concept of the foundation has been adopted by a number of common law jurisdictions that until now have relied exclusively on the trust.