STEP Singapore looks forward to hosting our third "Trusts Across the Frontiers" Conference. This year's programme builds on the success of our sell-out 2007 conference combining current issues and practice sessions covering trust and tax areas, both old and new.

We have again managed to invite a truly authoritative faculty. Our keynote address, by the Singapore Minister of Law & Second Minister for Home Affairs, Mr K Shanmugam will focus on "Singapore's Position in Relation to the Transnational Organizations as the OECD". This will be followed by Richard Hay of the UK, addressing the issue of "Tax and Information Agreements-The Future" The new global framework for wealth structuring, and the use of trusts to protect assets in the current global environment receive much warranted attention.

We also focus on regional jurisdictional trust updates with a dialogue between the draftsperson and trustees. Speakers this year will travel from Jersey, Guernsey, HK, UK, Australia, Labuan, Brunei and the USA. This conference is both varied and rigorous in providing the opportunity to review and to network. Both the presentations and break-out sessions will allow attendees to gather further insight into industry developments, post sub-prime and G20.

We look forward to seeing you in Singapore.

Angelo Venardos TEP
Chairman, STEP Singapore Branch

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