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Trust purpose: Asset protection

Trust can provide a legal entity to shield assets from possible political risks, and to protect wealth from future creditors and litigants of the Settlor. Family assets can be accumulated in the trust for an extremely long perpetuity period.

For a BVI Trust, the legal perpetuity period is up to one hundred years. This could be relevant for a family to maintain control of a family business.