STEP Journal January 2010
Volume 18 | Issue 1
Amanda Edwards puts the spotlight on lifetime termination of an interest in possession
Martyn Gowar gives a personal view on issues of secrecy and conifdentiality
Richard Frimston on the long awaited draft Brussels IV Regulation on Succession
Nicolas Malumian outlines trusts in Latin America
Ariel Segio Goekmen and Michael O'Sullivan on the findings of a study into Indian Family businesses
Christian Stewart reflects on some of the differences between the way that overseas Chinese families in Asia tackle succession planning and family governance, and how this might differ from an ‘American’ approach.
Geoff Cook describes how Jersey has been making progress in building wealth management business with India
Alexis Medina reviews the STEP Asia Conference
Julien Dif considers the advantages of this Luxembourg collective investment scheme
Richard Grasby discusses Special Trust Structures under Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands laws
Robin Vos considers whether family investment partnerships are a waste of time or a serious contender
Christopher Armstrong and Diana Hastings explain how inadequate planning and confused post mortem strategy can permit a debatable application of foreign law to ensnare a foreign estate in a US estate tax trap
Alex Carruthers asks if Obama’s push for trust transparency will benefit divorcing wives
William H Newton on restructuring extant US investment arrangements of non-US persons
David Wynn on how to formulate an investment strategy in the current climate
Plum Lomax discusses how clients can differentiate themselves through philanthropy
Professor Elizabeth Cooke and Joel Jolchover outline the recommendations of a recent Law Commission consultation paper on intestacy procedure
Margaret Rintoul discusses best practice for distributing an estate where insolvency is a factor
Lucy Johnson considers the best ways for trustees to work with family trading companies
David Crozier explains the relationship between personal injury compensation and financial planning
Graham Wilson reviews Cross-border Judicial Cooperation in Offshore Litigation (the British Offshore World), edited by Ian R C Kawaley, Andrew J Bolton and Robin J Mayor