Trust & Foundation Formation

Structuring your wealth through the setting up of a trust in Mauritius can bring multiple advantages. Our personalised wealth structuring solutions rests on an in-depth understanding of your personal situation. As a result, we are able to adjust our offering to your unique objectives.

We can help you with the following:

Setting up of Discretionary Trusts, Purpose Trusts and other types

Creation of Private Trust Company

Provision of trusteeship services

Administration of the Trust

Custodian and Escrow services

Accounting and financial reporting for Trust structures

The Trusts Act 2001 offers an ideal legislative framework for the setting up and administration of trusts. Trusts do not require registration and therefore provide absolute confidentiality, and are used for the following:

We can help you with the following:

Asset Protection

Estate and Succession Planning

Protection from forced heirship rules

Holding of Investments and Property

Investment Funds

Charitable and Philanthropic Purposes

A Private Trust Company (PTC) can be formed to act as trustee to a limited number of trusts for the benefit of different groups

The PTC can be a Global Business Company and does not need a special licence. The settlor, members of his family or his advisors, can be appointed to the Board of Directors and influence the manner in which the Trust is administered

Foundation Formation

Structure your wealth through the setting up of a foundation in Mauritius and benefit from multiple advantages. Our solutions in wealth structuring via a foundation rests on an in-depth understanding of your personal situation. As a result, we are able to adjust our offering to your unique objectives.

We can help you with the following:

Foundation establishment

Drafting of Foundation charter

Administration of the Foundation

Provision of qualified Foundation Council Members

Accounting and financial reporting for Foundation structures

The Foundations Act 2012 governs Foundations in Mauritius, and are administered and regulated by the Registrar of Companies (ROC). There are various reasons why you would consider structuring your wealth via a foundation in Mauritius. The main features of a foundation are as follows:

Foundation is an appropriate vehicle for wealth management, succession planning, charitable and non-charitable activities or for commercial purposes alongside trusts, limited partnerships and conventional setting up and administration;

Foundations need to keep appropriate books of accounts and keep its records at its registered office in Mauritius. Foundations have both the features of a Trust and the legal personality of a company;

In a Foundation, the Founder puts the property and/or assets in the Foundation, which is created – just like a settlor in a trust. It may also have beneficiaries (similar to a trust) in accordance with the terms of the Charter;

A Council manages the affairs and administers the assets of the Foundation, like a board of directors managing a company;

In addition, a Foundation may be set up to achieve both charitable and non-charitable objectives, can either benefit a person or class of persons, or carry out specific purposes as set out in the Charter.

Wealth structuring via a foundation is interesting for clients who are in civil law countries and who may not be familiar with the concept of Trust.
Nexus Global Financial Services Limited is legally entitled to act as qualified Company Secretary under the Foundation Act 2012.

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Trust & Foundation Formation