Image STEP Journal: February 2013 01 February 2013 Drafting documents A look back of the bygone days of handwritten legal papers. 01 February 2013 EU action on multiple tax The key messages from the recent joint European Commission-STEP conference on inheritance tax 01 February 2013 Let’s talk turkey The EU Succession Regulation 01 February 2013 Better bankruptcy An outline of the new rules for bankruptcy proceedings in collective investment schemes in Switzerland. 01 February 2013 On a mission As the Society's new Chair, Hélène Anne Lewis, steps up, Jennifer Palmer-Violet asks what is top of her agenda. 01 February 2013 STEP Qualifications Framework shapes up A brief preview of a change to STEP's educational structure that will bring benefits to both employers and individuals as they look to differentiate themselves from the competition. 01 February 2013 Resilience over performance Comments on a recent Harvard Business Review paper highlighted by Aron Pervin TEP as of potential interest to the family business advising community. 01 February 2013 Prepared for the worst How to be ready for an unexpected death. 01 February 2013 Charting the future Discussing the differences between fundamental analysts and technical analysts. 13 February 2013 The reluctant salesperson Common mistakes in client acquisition. 01 February 2013 An attractive proposition Effectively presenting your business value. 01 February 2013 Don’t fear the Tweeter There's a global conversation happening about private client practice. Are you an active part of it? 01 February 2013 All or nothing Launching your own boutique firm takes courage, skill and determination. For Suzanne M Reisman TEP, there was no looking back. 01 February 2013 Setting the limits Looking at the regulation of trust companies in Asia Pacific. 01 February 2013 Family fortunes Looking at the under-explored issue of optimising banking solutions for family offices. 01 February 2013 Wedding planning Marital property and succession in China. 01 February 2013 The bounds of duty Professor Lawrence Ma gives an update on recent (2013) Hong Kong trust cases. 01 February 2013 Countering money laundering An outline of measures taken to counter money laundering in Singapore. 01 February 2013 Beware of what you think you want Marcus Leese and Lara Mardell look at reserved powers trusts that allow settlors to continue to make various decisions about the trust property without risk of invalidating the trust. 01 February 2013 10 tips and traps List of top ten hints on family law in England and Wales. 01 February 2013 Investing without certainty Developing an investment approach that will deliver strong investment returns. 01 February 2013 Income shifting The transfer of passive corporate income between Canadian provinces. 01 February 2013 The blind trust Explaining that a blind trust may be blind, but in Israel it is not a trust. 01 February 2013 Stable investment IHT relief and the trade of DIY livery in England and Wales. 01 February 2013 Mental Capacity Law and Practice (second edition) Caroline Bielanska review's Mental Capacity Law and Practice (second edition), by District Judge Gordon Ashton OBE. 01 February 2013
EU action on multiple tax The key messages from the recent joint European Commission-STEP conference on inheritance tax 01 February 2013
Better bankruptcy An outline of the new rules for bankruptcy proceedings in collective investment schemes in Switzerland. 01 February 2013
On a mission As the Society's new Chair, Hélène Anne Lewis, steps up, Jennifer Palmer-Violet asks what is top of her agenda. 01 February 2013
STEP Qualifications Framework shapes up A brief preview of a change to STEP's educational structure that will bring benefits to both employers and individuals as they look to differentiate themselves from the competition. 01 February 2013
Resilience over performance Comments on a recent Harvard Business Review paper highlighted by Aron Pervin TEP as of potential interest to the family business advising community. 01 February 2013
Charting the future Discussing the differences between fundamental analysts and technical analysts. 13 February 2013
Don’t fear the Tweeter There's a global conversation happening about private client practice. Are you an active part of it? 01 February 2013
All or nothing Launching your own boutique firm takes courage, skill and determination. For Suzanne M Reisman TEP, there was no looking back. 01 February 2013
Family fortunes Looking at the under-explored issue of optimising banking solutions for family offices. 01 February 2013
The bounds of duty Professor Lawrence Ma gives an update on recent (2013) Hong Kong trust cases. 01 February 2013
Countering money laundering An outline of measures taken to counter money laundering in Singapore. 01 February 2013
Beware of what you think you want Marcus Leese and Lara Mardell look at reserved powers trusts that allow settlors to continue to make various decisions about the trust property without risk of invalidating the trust. 01 February 2013
Investing without certainty Developing an investment approach that will deliver strong investment returns. 01 February 2013
Income shifting The transfer of passive corporate income between Canadian provinces. 01 February 2013
The blind trust Explaining that a blind trust may be blind, but in Israel it is not a trust. 01 February 2013
Mental Capacity Law and Practice (second edition) Caroline Bielanska review's Mental Capacity Law and Practice (second edition), by District Judge Gordon Ashton OBE. 01 February 2013