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A FIC is an investment vehicle with the main benefit being the ability to pass on wealth to the next generation whilst retaining some control. In this article, Rafael Ruiz of Birketts explains more about the investment vehicle and some of the rules around them. The starting point is forming a company with bespoke Articles of Association and a Shareholders’ Agreement. Generally, the directors are the parents and the shareholders are adult children. Day to day management, inv

Entrepreneurs are more likely to consider property investment rather than a pension to build their wealth, according to research from Brown Shipley, a Quintet private bank. The survey among entrepreneurs and wealthy individuals in the UK found that entrepreneurs are more likely than wealthy individuals overall to have amassed wealth through investment in property, and less likely to have done so through a pension. Almost a third of entrepreneurs (30%) state that property inve

There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach when it comes to protecting family wealth, passing this to future generations in an appropriate way, and at the ‘right time’. Setting up a Family Investment Company (“FIC”) is increasingly a popular choice for successful family business owners as part of their broader succession and tax planning strategy. Planning with trusts has a significant role in protecting family wealth for future generations, however with limitations placed on t