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Riverside Trustees Limited is a Singapore licenced trust company regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Established by old friends and industry veterans Christian Brown and Keon Chee, Riverside believes that trust and estate planning is for every family – regardless of their level of wealth. With more than 40 years of trust, tax and estate planning experience between us, we are innovative in our thinking and offer stability in our solutions.
To be the Singapore trustee of choice for individuals and families of all wealth levels, providing bespoke and practical estate and succession planning solutions.
The core aspects of our services are:
A trustee is the legal owner of the assets of a trust. A trust can have more than one Trustee and usually not more than four. A trustee can be a layperson or a professional, an individual or a corporate. It is common for a professional trust company to act as the trustee of a trust, or for a private trust company to be formed as a family-controlled trustee. Where a Last Will includes provisions for a trust to continue to provide for beneficiaries after the estate has been administered, the executor of the Will commonly becomes a trustee
A trustee is the legal owner of the assets of a trust. A trust can have more than one Trustee and usually not more than four. A trustee can be a layperson or a professional, an individual or a corporate. It is common for a professional trust company to act as the trustee of a trust, or for a private trust company to be formed as a family-controlled trustee. Where a Last Will includes provisions for a trust to continue to provide for beneficiaries after the estate has been administered, the executor of the Will commonly becomes a trustee
A trust is a well-established way of protecting and enhancing a family’s wealth, enabling safe and efficient succession to beneficiaries (future generations or charities) and dealing with situations where it is sensible for the legal and beneficial ownership of assets to be in different hands. The modern trust originates from medieval English law and has long since been associated with the protection of assets. A crusading knight (the “settlor”), during his absence from England would transfer ownership of his property and personal belongings (the “trust fund”) to a trusted person (the “trustee”) to ensure that if he were killed, his wife and children (the “beneficiaries”) would inherit his estate. The trust is constituted by a trust deed and signed by the settlor and the trustee(s) and sometimes a Protector (a person nominated by the settlor with oversight powers).
A trust is a well-established way of protecting and enhancing a family’s wealth, enabling safe and efficient succession to beneficiaries (future generations or charities) and dealing with situations where it is sensible for the legal and beneficial ownership of assets to be in different hands. The modern trust originates from medieval English law and has long since been associated with the protection of assets. A crusading knight (the “settlor”), during his absence from England would transfer ownership of his property and personal belongings (the “trust fund”) to a trusted person (the “trustee”) to ensure that if he were killed, his wife and children (the “beneficiaries”) would inherit his estate. The trust is constituted by a trust deed and signed by the settlor and the trustee(s) and sometimes a Protector (a person nominated by the settlor with oversight powers).
Our overriding purpose is to provide our clients with bespoke and practical solutions.
We Listen to our clients to understand their situation,
Consider their circumstances and objectives,
Educate them in the ways of estate planning and family governance,
Present viable options to consider,
provide Guidance in the decision-making process,
Implement the appropriate solution and
Maintain and Enhance the resulting structure with continuous client contact and collaboration with beneficiaries and their changing circumstances.
We work closely with financial planners, accountants, legal professionals and other intermediaries who help families with wealth management, insurance and investments. We believe that the foundation of a good estate plan is a solid financial plan.
Christian has been advising clients in Asia since 2004, taking up residence in Hong Kong in 2009 and re-settling in Singapore with his wife and young children during 2019. He is a Chartered Tax Adviser, Trust & Estate Practitioner, and member of the Association of Taxation Technicians with over 27 years’ experience in UK taxation and estate planning and 15 years as a trustee. Christian spent 5 years with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs in the UK, 3 years with Ernst & Young and almost 20 years with Lutea Trustees, the past 12 of which as Managing Director of the Asia practice, before collaborating with Keon to establish Riverside Trustees.
Keon’s career spans over 30 years, the past twenty of which have been in finance, estate planning and trust services. An Associate member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners with a law degree, an MBA and an MSc in Mathematics, Keon is the founder of the recently formed Asia Estate Planning Association. Over the past ten years Keon has worked as a Resident Manager before forming Riverside Trustees with Christian. Keon is the author of “Planning your Will, Trust, LPA and more” in which he collaborated with over 30 practitioners from over 12 countries. Keon also runs an estate planning training company called Riverside Training which provides IBF-accredited courses to the industry.
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#06-16 High Street Centre,
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Regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore under Trust Business Licence Number TC000073