Tax partner Kenneth Camilleri, in charge of the firm's China desk, will be attending the STEP Asia Conference 2013 in Singapore, with the theme: ‘Asia: The Continent of Opportunity’. This year's STEP Asia conference will be held at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore from the 13th to the 14th of November 2013.
Following last year’s successful turn-out at the STEP Asia 2012 in Hong Kong, this year the event returns with over forty top speakers who will focus on the latest trends and developments in wealth management. The STEP Asia 2013 conference offers an excellent opportunity for networking with some of the leading practitioners in the industry.
The agenda for the STEP Asia 2013 conference includes discussions on:
- How can lawyers and the fiduciary service industry best work together?
- Trustees: insurance in the trust and wealth planning world
- Family offices and independent asset managers in Singapore
- Family governance Asia trust cases
- Foundations – Why?
- Protecting Family Assets from Creditors
- China & India
- Retaining control and giving away value
- Retirement and removal of trustees
- Worldwide automatic tax information exchange: coming to you soon?
- Singapore all crimes legislation
- The power of capital markets to do social good
- Capital markets post global financial crisis
- Global residency and citizenship – current trends
- Understanding Shariah succession issues
- Planning issues for Indonesian clients
- UHNW Malaysian families
- How will transparency affect Trustees?
- Divorce – protection of assets
- Can advisors ignore foreign forces heirship provisions?
Chetcuti Cauchi enjoys a very close relationship with STEP, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. The firm's managing partner, Dr Jean-Philippe Chetcuti, has served in STEP's executive committee for a number of years as Technical Chair and now acts as the branch chairman. Dr Priscilla Mifsud-Parker, also tax partner, has served as STEP's secretary for a number of years and now acts as STEP's Technical Committee chairperson. STEP provides education, training, representation and networking for its members, through meetings, seminar, lectures, conferences and the exchange of reports. Reports are formulated through the commission of research and surveys on relevant topics that ultimately highlight the key issues affecting STEP’s membership and the wider public.
