A trust fund is designed to hold and manages assets on someone else's behalf, with the help of a neutral third-party. Trust funds include a grantor, beneficiary, and trustee. The grantor of a trust fund can set terms for the way assets are to be held, gathered, or distributed.

Benefits of Investing Through Trust Funds

​Advantages 

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• Asset protection

• Protecting vulnerable family members

• Equal share of profits to members of trust

• % shares of profits to members

• Tax benefits.

• protecting assets from bankruptcy or business failure

Disadvantages

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• Any income earned by the trust that is not distributed is taxed at the top marginal tax rate

• Distributions to minor children are taxed at up to 66%

• The trust cannot allocate tax losses to beneficiaries

• There are costs involved for establishing and maintaining the trust

• Running the trust can become particularly difficult when family disputes arise.

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