Saffery Trust (Suisse) SA has signed up to global virtual currency platform Coinify to provide clients the option to complete fee payments using cryptocurrency. The Coinify platform will enable Saffery Trust (Suisse) SA clients to make payment for services using over twenty-five of the most popular cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Bitcoin cash. The adoption […]
Saffery Trust has announced the promotion of Zac Hanley to Manager, with effect from 1 July 2022. Having joined Saffery Trust as a trainee trust administrator in 2011, Zac has quickly progressed up through the ranks to his new position as Trust Manager, having successfully completed an MSc in Corporate Governance in 2020, and achieving […]
Saffery Trust has been named the top Independent Private Client Trust Company at this year’s ePrivateClient Excellence Awards. ePrivateClient is the leading website and news service for private client practitioners, including lawyers, accountants, trustees and fee-based IFAs. Attended by over 180 guests in London, the second annual awards ceremony (held 7 July) focused on recognising […]
Saffery Trust professionals Donna Brehaut and Rory Jones have been named by ePrivateClient in its 2022 Channel Islands ‘Top 35 Under 35’. The publication’s annual listing highlights the industry’s rising stars by identifying the leading young private client practitioners from across the Channel Islands. Donna Brehaut, an Associate Director, is a private client specialist, with […]
Saffery Trust has today announced the acquisition of Cayman Islands-based Holdun Trust (Cayman) Limited. The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory approval, will see Holdun Trust rebranded and marks the establishment of a Saffery Trust office in the Cayman Islands – significantly strengthening the firm’s Cayman offering and further expanding its international footprint, which includes […]
Navigating Digital Asset Structures: Insights for Trustees and Investors As the cryptocurrency landscape evolves, trustees and investors are presented with unique opportunities and challenges in managing digital assets. In this episode of our New Horizons series, Robert Steele and Daniel Hawson from our Geneva office delve into the critical considerations for structuring investments in the […]
Lisa Vizia, Director in Guernsey and Paul Tucknott, Managing Director in Switzerland, talk through the reasoning why Saffery Trust extended their offering into the Cayman Islands, and the benefits to our clients.
The Cayman Islands (“Cayman”) is a British Overseas Territory located in the western Caribbean Sea and has a population of approximately 75,000. The Territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica. As demonstrated in our “Future of Offshore Services: 2020 and Beyond” […]
The modern concept of a family office has been around since the nineteenth century, with J.P. Morgan founding the House of Morgan to manage their family assets in 1838, and the Rockefeller family founding their own family office in 1882, which is still in operation today. Since then, thousands of the world’s wealthiest families have […]
