South Dakota is AGAIN ranked as having the top decanting statute in the nation. Published by Nevada attorney Steve Oshins, the new 2nd Annual Trust Decanting State Rankings Chart, is an excellent resource for advisors and clients because of Oshins’ methodical and objective approach to evaluating the factors that impact the viability of a state’s […]
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Privacy has always been of paramount concern to wealthy families and is one of the primary reasons why billions of dollars have been and are being moved into South Dakota for trust administration from around the globe. Most states do not have provisions or laws protecting trust information from being revealed to beneficiaries or to […]
Decanting has emerged as a very compelling planning option for advisors across the nation. Appropriately referred to as a “do over”, decanting is essentially distributing assets from an irrevocable trust into a new trust with different, and presumably more desirable and flexible, terms leaving the unwanted terms in the original trust and not binding on […]
South Dakota, for the 3rd consecutive year in a row, is again ranked as being the top Dynasty Trust State in the nation while Delaware slips to the seventh position behind Ohio and Wyoming. A Dynasty Trust, not available in all states, is a powerful planning tool that essentially allows a trust to live in perpetuity […]
This webinar entitled “Not Your Grandfather’s Corporate Trustee: Modern Trust Laws and the Resurgence of the Corporate Trustee” was originally produced on November 18, 2014. We hope you enjoy the full recording and additional materials below. This webinar was hosted by David Warren, President and CEO with Bridgeford Trust Company, and Tyler Wenger from McKonly & Asbury.