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Matters of Trust: Super-Rich Set Up Companies

By:Rachel Emma Silverman
It isn’t enough to have a trust fund any more. The next step is to have your own trust company.

A small but increasing number of the super rich are setting up their own trust companies — boutique trust firms owned or controlled by wealthy families themselves. Some want more say over how their trust assets are handled; others want to consolidate a bunch of family trusts under one umbrella… Read More

Trust Yourself

Not satisfied with an old-fashioned family office?

Want more than just a gatekeeper? How about your own private trust company?

In this age of exploding wealth, the number of captive trust outfits is over 50 and growing fast — up from perhaps a dozen only eight years ago. Families who have recently formed private trust companies include the Bells of General Mills, the Cargills of the grain-trading company, the Pratt family of Standard Oil and the Ziff publishing dynasty… Read More

If You Really Want Control Your Wealth, Then Think SMALL!

By: Howard S. Fisher, Beverly Hills, California
Wealth families are taking more control over the inheritance process. One element that is gaining in popularity is the ‘private trust company.’ Rather than have the family’s money under the control of institutions, who often are more interested in selling a ‘product’ and providing good counsel, the families are turning inward… Read More

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