Structuring
Trusts, foundations, holding companies and fund structures.
Cresset moves to buy the trust company 340 wealth firms already use
Multi-family office Cresset said in early October 2026 that it is pursuing a combination with National Advisors Trust, a $7.7 billion white-label trust platform. The deal would put a shared fiduciary utility under the ownership of one of its users.
Corient buys into Cayman, where the structures sit rather than the clients
Corient has agreed to acquire FortCay Family Advisory, a Cayman Islands multi-family office overseeing about $2.6bn for 14 families. The deal takes the consolidator into an offshore centre for the first time.
Maurice Turnor Gardner incorporates a trust corporation, and the 1925 Acts explain why
The London private client firm has set up MTG Trust Company to take attorney, executor, trustee and independent administrator appointments. The corporate wrapper is not cosmetic: a trust corporation can do things a sole individual trustee cannot.
Family offices are adding jurisdictions, not swapping them
TMF Group's white paper, published on 10 September 2026, found 31 per cent of family offices choose a jurisdiction to be near their investments, with political and economic stability each cited by 23 per cent.
Osiris wins Guernsey fiduciary licences and makes the island its Channel Islands hub
The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has licensed Osiris Management Guernsey and Osiris Trustees Guernsey. For internationally mobile families, the interesting question is not the launch but who sits on the board.
South Africa puts its 1988 trust law up for replacement, and trustees carry the load
The draft Regulation of Trusts Bill, published for comment on 7 August, would repeal the Trust Property Control Act and add annual accounts, annual returns and a lodgement rule that can invalidate trustee acts.
The Stonehage Fleming name is retired as the firm becomes Corient
From 15 July 2026 the Stonehage Fleming website is offline and the business trades as Corient, ending one of the oldest brands in European family office advisory.
Corient adds Paris multi-family office Letus as its European buying continues
Corient has agreed to acquire Letus Private Office, a Paris-based multi-family office overseeing about €4.1 billion, its latest European deal after Stonehage Fleming, Stanhope and Bedrock.
Corient buys Stonehage Fleming and Stanhope Capital. The combined group manages $508 billion.
The largest independent UHNW wealth manager in the world now exists. Corient completed its acquisitions of Stonehage Fleming and Stanhope Capital on 1 June 2026.
Liechtenstein rewrites its trust law. Existing structures have eighteen months to adapt.
A new Liechtenstein trust statute takes effect on 1 July 2026, requiring every private trust to appoint an information rights holder. Existing trusts must comply by 31 December 2027.
Single or multi-family office: an honest way to decide
Single family office or multi-family office? The trade-offs around control, cost and alignment, and an honest way to decide which fits your family.
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