Trust Conference in Zurich

Financial Events International is sponsoring a program entitled Mastering Trusts Blending the key factors of success for an efficient trust in Zurich, Switzerland on October 9-10, 2007.

Here is a description of the program:

To protect the wealthy family’s assets, optimise the tax situation and ensure a secure passing of the baton, life insurance, foundations and trusts are amongst the most useful tools.  Those tools are located in various jurisdictions that have developed specic know-how to apply them to successful solutions.

The objective of the conference is to analyze in-depth the key factors that make for a successful Trust.

Hereunder are some of the complex issues that will be analyzed:

• The role of protectors: what are the new evolutions?
• The role of trustees: the mistakes to avoid
• Sham trusts: what consequences ?
• Trusts litigation: what steps to take in case of divorce ?
• Trusts and beneciaries: what rights to information ?
• Administration of trusts: good and bad practices
• Investing in unusual assets from the trustees “point of view”
• Trusts and alternative dispute resolution
• Forfeiture clauses and trusts
• The use of trusts for Middle Eastern Clients
• Future perspectives of the trusts industry