Wealth Solutions & Planning
Company overview:
Asiaciti Trust is an international trust and corporate services provider. For 40 years we have delivered specialist fiduciary and administrative services to individuals, intermediaries and corporations.
Asiaciti Trust has operations in Singapore, Hong Kong, the Cook Islands, Dubai, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama and Samoa. With our global reach and extensive international network, we are able to offer structures and solutions in almost any jurisdiction.
Asiaciti Trust was established in 1978. Over time the Group has expanded steadily and is now one of the most recognised and professionally respected names in the industry. We remain family owned and fully independent.
We take a long term view to strategic decision making, guided at all times by our core principles and the needs of our clients. By investing in people, infrastructure and our corporate culture, Asiaciti Trust commits itself to best in class service. We provide a stable environment, both internally and externally, engendering trust in our clients, business partners and employees. Our reputation and longevity are a testament to this approach.
Core capabilities / services:
Private Clients
Asiaciti Trust offers specialised wealth structuring and asset preservation services to high net worth individuals and their families. Our private client services include structuring, establishment and administration of trusts, foundations, funds and corporate vehicles for the purposes of estate planning, succession planning, wealth protection and philanthropic endeavours.
We invest in extensive consultation with each client to ensure we have a complete understanding of their unique needs and aspirations for the future. As a family owned business we are inherently aligned with, and appreciative of, our clients’ circumstances. Our independent status allows us to provide flexible, customised solutions to address their requirements. We are fiduciaries and confidantes of our clients’ wealth, and are committed to its long term safeguarding.
Corporate Clients
Asiaciti Trust offers a complete range of administration and secretarial services to multinationals, corporations and private businesses. Our corporate client services encompass the formation, registration and administration of corporate vehicles, and the provision of corporate secretarial, directorship, registered office, accounting, banking and business process services.
We have comprehensive knowledge of local requirements in key jurisdictions, developed over our 40 year history, and global reach through our established network. We have extensive experience dealing with complex corporate structures and a history of ensuring all aspects of establishment and ongoing administration are diligently observed, allowing our clients to focus on their core business activities.
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Articles
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Wealth Solutions & Wealth Planning
Leading Trusts & Divorce Lawyer Marcus Dearle on why the Cook Islands’ New International Relationship Property Trust is a Useful and Innovative New Product Hubbis, in association with sponsor Asiaciti Trust, a leading international trust and corporate services provider, held an educational webinar focused on the Cook Islands’ International Relationship Property Trust, a new solution to help bo...
Partners Insights
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Wealth Solutions & Wealth Planning
Selecting the right Fiduciary and Jurisdiction: Benefits and Considerations In order to achieve the stated objectives and goals of a client, trusts must be established at the right time for the right reasons. Hence, the selection of a trustee may be as important as creating the trust itself. A trustee is not just a...
Thought Leadership
The latest thought leadership from Asiaciti Trust
The UAE and Singapore – Wealth Structuring Opportu... Estate, succession and legacy planning and solutions are of increasing importance to all clients as the founder generations age, as the younger generations return from overseas armed with their Western educations and perspectives, and as the region embraces the trends taking place around the world a...
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Events
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How the Cook Islands International Relationship Property Trust can protect and preserve wealth for future generations We were delighted to host an educational webinar focussed on helping you understand how the Cook Islands International Relationship Property Trust can protect and preserve wealth for future generations, in partnership with Asiaciti Trust. There were three insightful presentations followed by...
Event content
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Family Wealth Protection and Succession – Trusts and Structures for the MENA Region Laurence Black, Regional Director, Client Solutions, EMEA at Asiaciti Trust is an expert in the arena of structuring family wealth for preservation and ease of transition to family members and younger generations. Dynastic planning is vital to ensure family harmony and personal legacy aspirations an...
Laurence is the Regional Director, Client Solutions, EMEA for Asiaciti Trust in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He joined Asiaciti Trust in late 2012 and has over 30 years’ experience in the offshore finance industry. Based in the Middle East for the past 25 years he has particular skills and experience in cross border planning, the establishment of offshore trusts, foundations and company formation. Before joining Asiaciti Trust he held a number of senior positions within the Trust & Fiduciary industry and more recently was Head of Fiduciary Services, MENAP for a major international financial institution in the Dubai International Financial Centre. In these roles he successfully serviced clients in the EMEA region with their international needs and works closely with other cross border specialists in the establishment of international trusts and a variety of investment structures. Laurence maintains a comprehensive knowledge of legislative changes and industry trends affecting cross-border issues. He is a full member of STEP Worldwide (Society of Trust and Estate Planners) and was the founding Chairman of STEP Arabia.
Tine Ponia is the Managing Director for Asiaciti Trust Pacific Limited and is a full member of STEP. Tine graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand as top commercial law student and is a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Courts of the Cook Islands and New Zealand. She has over 20 years post admission experience holding Legal/General Counsel roles in various firms. Prior to joining Asiaciti Trust in April 2013, Tine was an Associate at a specialist New Zealand commercial law firm and had significant experience in the Cook Islands offshore trust industry.
Cally Ching, who joined Asiaciti Trust in early 2016, commenced her
professional career as a tax professional with a Big 4 accounting firm in
Hong Kong. Subsequently Cally worked for 18 years with two international
trust companies assisting both private and corporate clients to structure
family trusts, corporate trusts, and corporations for inbound/outbound
investments between Hong Kong and China. From 2007 to 2010, Cally was
based in Shanghai and was responsible for developing and managing BPO
services and international trust services in the China market. Cally is an
Australian CPA, a Certified Tax Adviser in Hong Kong, and a member of the
Taxation Institute of Hong Kong.
