Article published in the Magazine Private Banking January 2024
Dr. Alon Kaplan and Meytal Lieberman
In recent years, newspapers have published reports of “blind Trust” in connection with a mechanism designed to prevent conflicts of interest of public servant (“the official”)l, such as ministers and the prime minister. In the United States, blind trusts are regulated by the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. This law defines the conditions under which the official may hold assets, under via af blind trust, and these are: First, the trust must be held separately from the official and managed independently. Second, the trust is prohibited from including restrictions on the sale or transfer of assets. Third, the official is prohibited from receiving any information about the trust except for quarterly updates regarding its value, income and losses for the purpose of filing tax reports.
What is this “blind Trust” and what does it come to prevent?
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נאמנות בישראל
Alon Kaplan
היא מושג (Trust) הנאמנות משפטי. הכוונה היא למרקם של יחסים משפטיים לפיהם הלקוח אשר הינו מייסד מעביר (Settlor) הנאמנות בעלות בנכסים לידי נאמן ומעניק לנאמן (Trustee) (או למספר נאמנים) זכויות לפעול בנאמנות על פי כתב נאמנות והחוק. בשונה מהמצב בשליחות פטירתו של הלקוח או של נהנה איננה מסיימת את הקשר המשפטי והנאמנות תמשיך לפעול ללא צורך בעריכת פרוצדורה של ירושה.
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The Israeli Trust
Published in STEP Trust Quarterly Review Volume 17, Issue 2 2019
Dr. Alon Kaplan and Meytal Liberman
ABSTRACT
• Israel’s trust law applies to any trust relationship; however, the main route to create a private trust is by creating a hekdesh, also known as an endowment. The hekdesh is a document signed unilaterally by the settlor and can be executed either before a notary or as a last will and testament.
• Since a trust under Israeli law, including a hekdesh, is not considered a legal entity, common practice is to use an underlying company to hold the trust assets. The use of a hekdesh combined with an underlying company offers an efficient instrument for estate planning, contrary to a trust created by a contract between the settlor and the trustee.
• This article will review the trust under Israeli law, with an emphasis on the hekdesh and its use. It will also investigate the recognition of foreign trusts under Israeli law.
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