Presentations & PublicationS
Upcoming and RECENT PRESENTATIONS
Upcoming and recent PRESENTATIONS
(By John P.C. Duncan except as noted.)
Building a Compliant AND Strategic Family Structure to Perpetuate Family Wealth, Breakfast Roundtable “Structuring A Family Office”, Family Office & Private Wealth Management Forum, Opal Financial Group, Santa Rosa, California, November 9, 2011
13 Months and Counting Panel, Family Office & Private Wealth Management Forum, Opal Financial Group, Santa Rosa, California, November 7, 2011
Building A Strategic Family Structure to Perpetuate Family Wealth, FBCG’s “Planning for a Family Office Evolution”, Chicago, IL, October 24, 2011
You Have Options— Non-Compliance Is Not One of Them: Family Offices’ SEC Compliance Options and Strategic Choices, Family Office Exchange Workshop “Preparing for the New Era of Family Office Regulation, New York, NY, September 7-8, 2011 (Disordered for PWASG)
The Private Trust Company Option in a New Light, Family Office Exchange Workshop “Preparing for the New Era of Family Office Regulation,” New York, New York, September 7, 2011
You Have Options—Non-Compliance Is Not One of Them, Family Office Exchange Workshop “Preparing for the New Era of Family Office Regulation,” New York, New York, September 7, 2011
"Safe Harbors in a Regulated World? Private Trust Company, SFO, Outsourced Advisors/Trustees and Other Options" Family Office & Private Wealth Management Forum (Opal Financial Group), Newport, Rhode Island, July 20, 2011
Roundtable Part 1: Structuring a Family Office—Compliant Structures in a Regulated World, Family Office & Private Wealth Management Forum (Opal Financial Group), Newport, Rhode Island, July 19, 2011
Explore the Options: SEC Compliance and Family Offices, FOX Live Webinar, Chicago, IL, June 29, 2011
The Role of Trustees—for Good or Ill—In Family Governance, FOX 2011 Workshop, New York, NY, June 15, 2011
Achieve the Promise—and Limit the Risk—of Multi-Participant Trusts, Private Wealth Advisors Study Group, Chicago, IL, May 16, 2011
Private Trust Companies for Families with Domestic and/or Foreign Trusts, 7th Annual International Estate Planning Institute, New York, NY, March 24, 2011
A Pair of Structures for Assuring Family Control Over Its Own Wealth – The Private Trust Company and The “Family-Directed Trust”, Opal Trust, Tax & Estate Planning Forum, New York, NY, March 7, 2011
Wealthy Family Aspirations and Governance, Private Trust Companies, and Getting Real, Family Business Consulting Group, Inc., Chicago, IL, February 17, 2011
The Coordination Gap – Ordering Relationships in Multi-Participant Trusts, Greater North Shore Estate and Financial Planning Council, Highland Park, Illinois, November 17, 2010
Is Regulation in Your Future?, FOX PTC-RIA Workshop, Chicago, IL, November 11, 2010
Pillar Four: Trust Company, Family Wealth Alliance Fall Forum 2010: New Pathways, Chicago, Illinois, October 22, 2010
The 20-Year Wealth Management Beta Test: Family Offices and Private Trust Companies – Lessons Learned, Family Office and Private Wealth Management Forum, Newport, Rhode Island, July 21, 2010
Private Trust Companies – Benefits for Business Families and Current Trends, AFHE 2010 Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 28-May 1, 2010
Risks and Opportunities for Private Trust Companies and Family Offices from State & Federal (Non-Tax) Legislative Developments and Proposals, Fiduciary Income Tax Committee, American Bar Association Section of Taxation, 2010 ABA Mid-Year Meeting, San Antonio, TX, January 23, 2010
(By John P.C. Duncan except as noted.)
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legislation
Duncan and Conway (principal authors), Trust Modernization and Competitiveness Act, S.B. 394, 2006 Session, effective August 19, 2006 (Act)
Presentation Materials
Comparing Strategic Structures For Strategic Families—The Private Trust Company, BNY MELLON Wealth Management Family Office Forum, New York, NY, May 1, 2008
The Role of a Binding Constitution in a Strategic Family Structure, BNY MELLON Wealth Management Family Office Forum, New York, NY, May 1, 2008
Challenges & Trends in Serving Ultra-High Net Worth Families, Trust Management Association, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, April 26, 2008
Strategic Structures for Strategic Families—The Private Trust Company, 33rd Annual Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, South Bend, IN, October 11–12, 2007 (Outline)Duncan and Anita M. Sarafa, The Coordination Gap: Ordering Relationships Among Trustees, Co-Trustees, Protectors, Advisors and Other Trust Participants, 33rd Annual Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, South Bend, IN, October 11–12, 2007 (Outline)
Strategic Structures for Families: Family Offices and Private Trust Companies, Chicago Estate Planning Council 2006-2007 Luncheon Program, Chicago, IL, March 22, 2007 (Slides)
Duncan, Chairman, When Trusts Are Not Enough—Strategic Family Plans Also Require a Strategic Structure: The Private Trust Company, 41st Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, Orlando, FL, January 10, 2007 (Full Panel Materials and Slides)
Duncan, Introduction to Family Strategic Capital and the Private Trust Company, 41st Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, Orlando, FL, January 10, 2007 (Outline)
Conway, Two Sides of the Private Trust Company Coin: Tax Challenges and Opportunities, 41st Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, Orlando, FL, January 10, 2007 (Outline)
Implications of New Hampshire's New Trust Laws for Progressive Trust Law States—From the Perspective of the Principal Authors, Illinois Corporate Fiduciaries Association, Chicago, IL, October 10, 2006 (Slides and Comparison Chart)
Designing a Family Governance Structure to Successfully Implement a Multi-Generational Plan, Wharton Global Family Alliance Conference, Dubai, U.A.E., March 22, 2005 (Slides)
Off-Shore and On-Shore Private Trust Companies: Complementary Strategies, International Estate Planning Committee, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Annual Meeting, March 10, 2004 (Comparison Chart)
articles—By Firm
SEC Welcomes Families to an Over-Regulated World: Family Offices’ Compliance Options and Strategic Choice, PAM Article, September 19, 2011
SEC Welcomes Families to an Over-Regulated World: Family Offices’ Compliance Options and Strategic Choice, Family Office Exchange Article, September 19, 2011
John P.C. Duncan and Anita M. Sarafa, Achieve the Promise—and Limit the Risk—of Multi-Participant Trusts, ACTEC Law Journal, Volume 36, Number 4, Spring 2011, 769
Duncan & Conway, Anticipated: Ruling on PTCs and Setting the Record Straight [on PTCs], Trusts & Estates magazine. July 2006 (Articles)
Master and Commander: Today's Complicated Trust Structures Demand A Firm Hand, Trusts & Estates magazine. December 2003 (Article)
The Private Trust Company: It Has Come of Age, Trusts & Estates magazine. August 2003 (Article)
Articles—firm featured
Silverman, Rachel Emma, Matters of Trust: Super-Rich Set Up Companies, Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2007 (Article)
Tooher, Nora Lockwood, Family Trusts Branch Out—Multiple Advisers Divvy Up Trust Companies, Lawyers USA, September 10, 2007 (Outline)
New Hampshire Trust Modernization Articles
Duman, Jill, The Granite Gambit, Worth magazine. August 2006 (Article)
Silverman, Rachel Emma, States Court Family-Trust Business, Wall Street Journal. June 22, 2006 (Article)
Adler, David, Trust New Hampshire—The Granite State Mines for Trust Gold, Trusts and Estates Wealth Watch News. June 1, 2006 (Article)
New Hampshire's New Trust Statute Creates National Interest, Private Trust Group of America Newsletter. Fall/Winter 2006. Volume VI, Issue 2 (Article)
Book Chapter
"Finding an Outstanding Trustee: What Wealthy Families Look For in a Trustee and How They Get It," Wealthy and Wise (secrets about money), Ed. Heidi Steiger, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2002) (Book Chapter)
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