

The use of Trusts in Passing Wealth
Margaret O'Connell was recently invited to present a webinar to the Society of Financial Planners Ireland on wealth passing using Trusts. During the webinar, I presented an overview of how trusts are used both in lifetime wealth passing and passing wealth on death. The Webinar focussed on express Trusts, and included a discussion on bare trusts, secret trusts, fixed trusts and discretionary trusts. There is a common misconception that trusts are only used for very wealthy ind