January 21, 2022 Why Setting Up a Family Trust Matters One way to ensure that your loved ones receive the benefits that you have earmarked for them after your death, is to establish a read more
October 11, 2021 Thoughts from Lee Chiwi, CEO of PreceptsGroup International In the Straits Times on 27 Mar 2020, one of the articles of a columnist’s headline read “No more denying the importance of having read more
September 12, 2021 5 Issues to Take Note When Addressing Overseas Assets in Your Will Over the course of your life, you may have acquired overseas assets for investment purposes, as a family holiday home, etc. You may wonder read more
September 12, 2021 Vagaries of Intestacy Laws and a Simple Solution In our previous article, we noted that when a person dying intestate, control over his assets is handed over to the courts. There is read more
September 5, 2021 Why Laypersons Should Not Be Executor/ Trustee “I did not receive one nickel of the money and yet my reputation was tarnished!”- the voice of a Toronto accountant who acted as read more
August 20, 2021 Succession of Digital Assets – Difficulties Dealing with Cryptocurrencies In part 2 of this Case Study, we looked at how executors go about handling digital assets of financial value. We noted that it read more
August 20, 2021 A Closer Look at a Standby Trust Case A Standby Trust is a passive Trust that is on standby/ in dormant mode, only activated when trigger events (mental incapacity or death) occur. read more
August 11, 2021 Estate Planning for Divorcees (part 1) Lisa Gay (Business Executive, Marketing Department, Precepts) caught up with Ms Lim Kim Hong and Hwee Heng (Head of Marketing Department, Precepts) to understand read more
August 6, 2021 What Should British Expatriates Look Out for in Estate Planning When you pass away you likely want to make sure that the people you leave behind are well provided for and that the assets read more
