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