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Offshore trust

Index Offshore trust

An offshore trust is a conventional trust that is formed under the laws of an offshore jurisdiction. [1]

52 relations: Asset protection, Asset-protection trust, Bankruptcy, Bartlett v Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd, Beneficiary (trust), Bond (finance), British Virgin Islands, Bruce Gyngell, Capital market, Cayman Islands, Common law, Company, Cook Islands, Daily Mail, Derivative (finance), Discretionary trust, Divorce, Errol Damelin, Fraudulent conveyance, Futures contract, Hague Trust Convention, Hedge fund, Howe v Earl of Dartmouth, Illustrations of the rule against perpetuities, International Cricket Council, Investment, Ken Morrison, Law, Liechtenstein, McPhail v Doulton, Mutual fund, Nando's, Offshore financial centre, Orphan structure, Private foundation, Purpose trust, Re Atkinson, Royal lives clause, Rule against perpetuities, Settlor, Statute, Stock, The Bahamas, The Sunday Times, TheGuardian.com, Trust instrument, Trust law, Trustee, TV-am, Unit trust, ..., Viscount Rothermere, Wonga.com. Expand index (2 more) »

Asset protection

Asset protection (sometimes also referred to as debtor-creditor law) is a set of legal techniques and a body of statutory and common law dealing with protecting assets of individuals and business entities from civil money judgments.

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Asset-protection trust

An asset-protection trust is a term which covers a wide spectrum of legal structures.

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Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is a legal status of a person or other entity that cannot repay debts to creditors.

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Bartlett v Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd

Bartlett v Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd (No. 2) 1 Ch 515 in an English trusts law case.

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Beneficiary (trust)

In trust law, a beneficiary or cestui que use, a.k.a. cestui que trust, is the person or persons who are entitled to the benefit of any trust arrangement.

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Bond (finance)

In finance, a bond is an instrument of indebtedness of the bond issuer to the holders.

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British Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands (BVI), officially simply "Virgin Islands", are a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, to the east of Puerto Rico.

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Bruce Gyngell

Bruce Gyngell AO (8 July 1929 – 7 September 2000) was an influential Australian television executive, prominent for 50 years in both Australian and UK television.

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Capital market

A capital market is a financial market in which long-term debt (over a year) or equity-backed securities are bought and sold.

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Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands is an autonomous British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean Sea.

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Common law

Common law (also known as judicial precedent or judge-made law, or case law) is that body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals.

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Company

A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity made up of an association of people for carrying on a commercial or industrial enterprise.

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Cook Islands

The Cook Islands (Cook Islands Māori: Kūki 'Āirani) is a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand.

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Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-marketPeter Wilby, New Statesman, 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust and published in London.

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Derivative (finance)

In finance, a derivative is a contract that derives its value from the performance of an underlying entity.

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Discretionary trust

A discretionary trust, in the trust law of England, Australia, Canada and other common law jurisdictions, is a trust where the beneficiaries and/or their entitlements to the trust fund are not fixed, but are determined by the criteria set out in the trust instrument by the settlor.

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Divorce

Divorce, also known as dissolution of marriage, is the termination of a marriage or marital union, the canceling or reorganizing of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the bonds of matrimony between a married couple under the rule of law of the particular country or state.

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Errol Damelin

Errol Damelin (born 23 August 1969) is a South African-born, Israeli/British entrepreneur and early-stage technology investor.

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Fraudulent conveyance

A fraudulent conveyance, or fraudulent transfer, is an attempt to avoid debt by transferring money to another person or company.

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Futures contract

In finance, a futures contract (more colloquially, futures) is a standardized forward contract, a legal agreement to buy or sell something at a predetermined price at a specified time in the future.

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Hague Trust Convention

The Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition, or Hague Trust Convention is a multilateral treaty developed by the Hague Conference on Private International Law on the Law Applicable to Trusts.

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Hedge fund

A hedge fund is an investment fund that pools capital from accredited individuals or institutional investors and invests in a variety of assets, often with complex portfolio-construction and risk-management techniques.

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Howe v Earl of Dartmouth

Howe v Earl of Dartmouth (1802) 7 Ves 137 is an English trusts law case.

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Illustrations of the rule against perpetuities

The fertile octogenarian and the unborn widow are two legal fictions from the law of real property (and trusts) that can be used either to invoke the rule against perpetuities to make an interest in property void or, alternatively and much more frequently, to demonstrate the seemingly bizarre results that can occur as a result of the rule.

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International Cricket Council

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket.

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Investment

In general, to invest is to allocate money (or sometimes another resource, such as time) in the expectation of some benefit in the future – for example, investment in durable goods, in real estate by the service industry, in factories for manufacturing, in product development, and in research and development.

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Ken Morrison

Sir Kenneth Duncan "Ken" Morrison CBE (20 October 1931 – 1 February 2017) was an English businessman, who was the Life President and former chairman of Morrisons (Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC), the fourth largest supermarket group in the United Kingdom.

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Law

Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior.

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Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein, officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a doubly landlocked German-speaking microstate in Central Europe.

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McPhail v Doulton

, also known as Re Baden's Deed Trusts (No 1) is a leading English trusts law case by the House of Lords on the certainty of beneficiaries.

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Mutual fund

A mutual fund is a professionally managed investment fund that pools money from many investors to purchase securities.

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Nando's

Nando's is an international casual dining restaurant chain originating in South Africa.

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Offshore financial centre

An offshore financial centre (OFC) is a jurisdiction specializing in providing corporate and commercial services, such as offshore banking licenses (international banking license) or the incorporation of offshore companies (international business companies).

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Orphan structure

Orphan structure, or Orphan SPV (or orphaning) are terms used in structured finance closely associated with SPVs ("Special Purpose Vehicles") for global securitisation transactions where the equity of the SPV is deliberately handed over to an unconnected 3rd party (i.e. it becomes an "orphan").

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Private foundation

A private foundation is a legal entity set up by an individual, a family or a group of individuals, for a purpose such as philanthropy or other legal economic object.

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Purpose trust

A purpose trust is a type of trust which has no beneficiaries, but instead exists for advancing some non-charitable purpose of some kind.

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Re Atkinson

Re Atkinson, Barbers' Company v Grose-Smith 2 Ch 160 is an English trusts law case, which lays down a rule of equity relating to the disposition by the trustees of an authorised mortgage security where the security forms part of a trust fund, and the beneficiaries of the trust fund include a tenant for life and a remainderman.

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Royal lives clause

A Royal lives clause is a contract clause which provides that a certain right must be exercised within (usually) the lifetime plus 21 years of the last living descendant of a British Monarch who happens to be alive at the time when the contract is made.

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Rule against perpetuities

The rule against perpetuities is a rule in the Anglo-American common law that prevents people from using legal instruments (usually a deed or a will) to exert control over the ownership of property for a time long beyond the lives of people living at the time the instrument was written.

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Settlor

In law a settlor is a person who settles property on trust law for the benefit of beneficiaries.

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Statute

A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a city, state, or country.

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Stock

The stock (also capital stock) of a corporation is constituted of the equity stock of its owners.

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The Bahamas

The Bahamas, known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic state within the Lucayan Archipelago.

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The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is the largest-selling British national newspaper in the "quality press" market category.

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TheGuardian.com

TheGuardian.com, formerly known as Guardian.co.uk and Guardian Unlimited, is a British news and media website owned by the Guardian Media Group.

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Trust instrument

A trust instrument (also sometimes called a deed of trust, where executed by way of deed) is an instrument in writing executed by a settlor used to constitute a trust.

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Trust law

A trust is a three-party fiduciary relationship in which the first party, the trustor or settlor, transfers ("settles") a property (often but not necessarily a sum of money) upon the second party (the trustee) for the benefit of the third party, the beneficiary.

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Trustee

Trustee (or the holding of a trusteeship) is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, is a synonym for anyone in a position of trust and so can refer to any person who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another.

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TV-am

TV-am was a TV company that broadcast the ITV franchise for breakfast television in the United Kingdom from 1 February 1983 until 31 December 1992.

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Unit trust

A unit trust is a form of collective investment constituted under a trust deed.

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Viscount Rothermere

Viscount Rothermere, of Hemsted in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Wonga.com

Wonga.com (a trading name of WDFC UK Limited) is a British payday loan company offering "short-term, high-cost credit".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_trust

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