Drafting Trusts and Will Trusts in Singapore

Singapore''s growth as a global wealth management hub has fuelled the need to develop expertise in the provision of trust and fiduciary services. The publication of this book as a reference for the drafting of trusts is therefore timely. Its aim is to aid the drafter by discussing all the issues which arise in drafting settlements and will trusts, and to provide precedents.

Derived from the prizewinning Drafting Trusts and Will Trusts and adapted for use in the local context, this book is part of a series of textbooks on drafting trusts in different jurisdictions, which now includes Canada, Australia and Northern Ireland.

• First Principles
• Style
• Principles of Interpreting Trust Documents
• Beneficiaries
• Trustees
• Trustees'' Powers
• Trust Property
• The Rule Against Perpetuities
• General Provisions of a Trust
• Drafting and Understanding Overriding Powers
• Exercising Overriding Powers
• Settlor Exclusion and Default Clauses
• Lifetime Interest in Possession Trusts''
• Discretionary Trusts
• Protectors and Reserved Powers Trusts
• Will Trusts
• Administration Provisions
• Bare Trusts and Fixed Trusts
• Trusts of Life Insurance Policies
• Charitable Trusts
• Governing Law, Place of Administration and Jurisdiction Clauses
• Restriction Rights of Beneficiaries
• Stamp Duty
• Execution of Wills and Trust Deeds
• Appointment and Retirement of Trustees
• Indemnities for Executors and Trustees

Readership
Professionals, Lawyers

Jurisdiction
Singapore