Protecting assets against loss is a common goal of estate planning. Asset protection trusts come in many different forms and can be used to protect property for the use and benefit of clients as well ...

As a financial advisor, you will have clients who are doctors, lawyers, accountants, or real estate agents. There are the top four professions that attract lawsuits when they make costly mistakes. If ...

Question: I understand that when you set up a trust, the assets that are in the name of the trust are protected from lawsuits and creditors. If this is so, it seems like that in today’s litigious ...

Editor’s note: This is part 16 — and the final article — of a series about the fundamental principles of using trusts and ...

Offshore trusts can be a smart and secure way of protecting your assets and safeguarding your wealth against potential creditors and legal claims. For many Americans over age 50, building and ...

Irrevocable trusts have many benefits and limitations. Learn more about whether an irrevocable trust works for you. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising ...

Learn how trust funds work, their benefits, and the differences between revocable and irrevocable funds. Understand how they manage and protect assets for beneficiaries.

The first 90 days after you form an offshore trust determine whether the structure becomes a real shield or just a stack of papers.

There has lately been a renewed interest by clients in asset protection planning. A problem for these clients and their planners who are unfamiliar with asset protection planning is that there is ...