With more than 1 million trusts operating in Australia, is it time to weigh up whether a family trust is right for you?

One component of your estate plan may be a testamentary trust, which is a legal document, usually created within a will, that becomes effective at your death. Directing assets through a testamentary ...

It’s one thing to bring forward tax cuts, as the government is thinking of doing in the October budget. It’s another to leave wide open an arrangement that allows substantial tax minimisation (or ...

When planning your estate, you should understand different trust options available, such as testamentary trusts and living trusts. A testamentary trust is created through a will and only becomes ...

The market for testamentary substitute trusts, which allow inheritance of assets without the need for a complicated will, is growing rapidly. As the aging population increases interest in inheritance ...

Not everyone wants to leave heirs with unfettered access to the wealth they’ve accumulated over the course of a lifetime. Some people want to put restrictions on when or how money is used. Others hope ...