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Service 1
Trust Administration
Day-to-day running of a trust: records, distributions, reporting and reviews, with us as holder of record.
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Trustee services
We hold, administer and safeguard what you put in trust. Six services, one team in Hong Kong.
What we offer
Six services from one team
At One Pacific Trust, our trustee services cover six jobs: running a trust, structuring wealth, planning succession, holding scheme shares, acting as a neutral agent and supporting a family office. We hold the assets and keep the record. Start with a quote or a 30-minute call.
Service 2
Wealth Structuring and Asset Protection
A trust that owns a holding company, with investment powers reserved to you or your appointee.
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Service 3
Estate and Succession Planning
A trust that can pass assets to the next generation on your terms and outside probate where the governing law allows.
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Service 4
Employee Benefit and Pre-IPO Trusts
A trust that holds shares for an employee share scheme or for founders before and after a listing.
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Service 5
Escrow and Fiduciary Services
A neutral holder for money or documents until the agreed conditions are met.
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Service 6
Family Office Structuring
The trust and holding structure around a family's office, with us as owner of record.
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Structures we administer
Each structure suits a different family situation. Your advisers help you choose; we hold and administer the trust under the deed.
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Offered in 40 jurisdictions
Discretionary trust
We decide distributions within the terms you set; the deed names who directs investments.
Where to set up a discretionary trustOffered in 1 jurisdiction
Reserved powers trust
You keep defined powers over key decisions while we run the trust.
Where to set up a reserved powers trustOffered in 1 jurisdiction
Family office trust
A trust set up to work alongside a family office and its wider governance.
Where to set up a family office trustOffered in 1 jurisdiction
Private trust company (PTC)
A company owned for the family runs the trust, which can suit business interests.
Where to set up a PTCAsk us about this structure
Foundation
A foundation has its own legal personality and a council, which can suit family governance over several generations.
Where to set up a foundationWho does what
Who does what: you, your advisers and us
Each service has the same split. We hold and keep the record; your advisers and your lawyers do the rest.
| Role | What it does |
|---|---|
| Settlor | Sets up the structure and transfers assets into it |
| Trustee | Holds the assets and manages them under the trust deed |
| Adviser | Gives investment directions that the trustee follows |
| Bank | Holds the account and acts on the trustee's instructions |
| Topic | What we do | What your adviser does | What the law firm does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trust Administration | Hold the assets, check each instruction against the deed, approve distributions, keep the accounts and report. | Your bank or manager runs the investments the deed leaves to them, and your accountant prepares the tax filings. | Gives legal and tax advice on your situation. |
| Wealth Structuring and Asset Protection | Hold the shares of the family holding company and keep the trust and company records. | Your private bank, manager or insurer works with us as the owner of record. | Drafts the deed and the structure memo, and assesses what protection the law allows. |
| Estate and Succession Planning | Keep the letter of wishes on file and pay distributions as the deed provides. | Your accountants and executors work with us in each country involved. | Drafts the will and the deed, and advises on succession law. |
| Employee Benefit and Pre-IPO Trusts | Hold the shares and the scheme cash, and keep the register of awards, vesting and transfers. | The scheme administrator or committee gives the instructions; the registrar and broker handle the share side. | Advises on listing rules, securities law and tax. |
| Escrow and Fiduciary Services | Hold funds in a segregated client account and documents in our vault, and release only as the agreement says. | Your commercial advisers settle the terms of the deal the agreement covers. | Advises on the agreement and the law behind it. |
| Family Office Structuring | Administer the family holding vehicles under the deed and check that instructions come from the people the deed names. | The family office and its managers run the assets; your tax adviser assesses any concession. | Advises on family office rules and exemptions. |
| Sources: Our six service pages (read 6 November 2026) | |||
How we work
How we work with your bank and advisers
- You deal with one team in Hong Kong: a trust officer who knows your file, and a second person who checks each decision.
- We hold the legal title, check that each instruction is lawful and within the deed, approve distributions and keep the record.
- Your private bank, licensed manager or adviser runs the assets under their own licence. We work with them as the holder of record.
Alongside the trust
What we can arrange alongside the trust
Arranged through partner firms or group companies.
- Holding company
- Bank account introduction
- Accounting and audit
- Asset management
Each of these is quoted separately.
Our role
Lines we do not cross
We do not give legal, tax or investment advice. Your own advisers do that; we administer the trust.
- We never decide how trust assets are invested; the deed names who does.
- We never promise a legal, tax or protection outcome.
- We never hold client money outside a trust, a neutral holding or a segregated client account.
- We never act on an instruction that falls outside the deed or the law.
FAQ
Questions clients ask before appointing a trustee
What does One Pacific Trust do as your trustee?
We are the legal owner of the trust assets for as long as the deed runs. In practice that means signing for the trust, approving the distributions the deed allows, reporting to you and the beneficiaries, and reviewing the trust each year. Each of our six service pages shows what that looks like for one kind of trust or deal.
What is a corporate trustee?
A corporate trustee is a company, rather than a person, that holds legal title and carries out the deed. Trust companies act as professional trustees: a team does the work, and a second person checks each decision before it is made. A company does not retire, fall ill or die, which suits a personal trust meant to outlast the people who set it up.
Who decides the investments in a trust?
It depends on the deed. Where the deed reserves investment powers, the person or body it names makes each choice and we carry it out. Where the deed reserves none, it can let us appoint a licensed manager, who chooses under a written mandate. Who answers for a choice depends on the deed and the governing law.
How do I appoint a trust company?
Tell us about the trust, the assets and the people involved. We explain what we would hold and what we would need, you agree the terms with your lawyers, and we onboard each person the law requires us to know. Then the deed names us and the assets move in as it provides.
What do trust services cost?
The set-up fee for a standard trust is published for each place we cover. Annual administration, event-based work and anything outside the standard scope are quoted after we review your case, because the work depends on the structure, the assets and the people involved. The quote lists each fee component, so you can compare it with what you need.
Not sure which service fits?
Book a 30-minute call. A trust officer in Hong Kong walks through your situation and points you to the right page.