3/17/2025 - Information letters
Professional trustees in Switzerland have been required to obtain a licence from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) for some time now.
What does this mean for Swiss trustees?
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12/11/2024 - Information letters
In issue 4/2024 of the business magazine PRIVATE, you will find an informative article on the topic "Global Leader in Investment Funds."
Investment funds continue to play a critical role in the global financial landscape. As financial markets grow more complex and new asset classes emerge, fund managers and investors face a challenging mix of legal, tax and regulatory requirements. In his article which appeared in the latest Business Magazin PRIVATE, Jerome Rubin-Delanchy, CEO, ATU Advisory Services AG in Zurich, explores the evolving landscape of global investment funds, focusing on the British Virgin Islands (BVI), which has emerged as a leading hub, especially for alternative investments and digital assets.
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9/10/2024 - Information letters
Merco Trustees Ltd in Zurich, which is part of the international ATU group, has recently been granted the trustee Licence pursuant to the Financial Institutions Act (FinIA) by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
The ATU group (Allgemeines Treuunternehmen) is an internationally operating trust enterprise with its headquarters in Liechtenstein and established local networks at a global level. The ATU group provides the following services in particular:
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5/13/2024 - Information letters
Hansjörg Wehrle, member of the Board of Trustees of Allgemeines Treuunternehmen (ATU), in an interview with IFC Review.
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4/9/2024 - Others
5 April 2024 was a special day – ATU celebrated its 95th anniversary!
This means almost 100 years full of stories, successes, and moments together. We want to use this milestone to express our truly heart-felt thanks:
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1/12/2024 - Information letters
ATU Charity Foundation PCC was established in 2019 by Allgemeines Treuunternehmen (ATU) on the occa-sion of its 90th anniversary.
This structure constitutes an umbrella organization for the pursuit of charitable purposes. As such, it serves patrons who do not wish to set up their own foundation for their charitable giving, but prefer to join an already existing umbrella foundation by means of opening a cell.
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12/6/2023 - Information letters
Liechtenstein is increasingly recognised as an excellent philanthropy location
According to a comparison of countries from 2022, Liechtenstein offers the best location worldwide for charitable foundations and philanthropic commitment. This is the result of the Global Philanthropy Environment Index of the University of Indiana in the USA: in a comparison of 91 countries, Liechtenstein takes first place, even before Norway, Switzerland, Germany, and the USA. Accordingly, the popularity of charitable foundations under Liechtenstein law is growing.
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7/5/2023 - Information letters
Structuring Options with Foundations and Trusts
Whereas Liechtenstein was still an agrarian state when the customs treaty with Switzerland was concluded in 1923, today the small principality presents itself as one of the most prosperous economies in the world.
In addition to the steady development of its liberal and attractive company law, Liechtenstein has become a serious market player, especially in the fund sector.
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5/23/2023 - Information letters
Hansjörg Wehrle, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Allgemeines Treuunternehmen (ATU), in an interview with IFC Review.
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10/4/2022 - Information letters
When reporting on current developments in the Liechtenstein financial centre, the topic probably at the very top of the list is the impact that the war in Ukraine is having on the banking and trust business in Liechtenstein.
On this subject, suffice to say: The Liechtenstein government implements EU sanctions consistently. As many questions have arisen within the banking and trust sector in respect of application of the Regulation on measures related to the situation in Ukraine, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has published a list of FAQs and a factsheet on its website, to which reference is made (www.llv.li). Instead, the present report will be focusing on a more upbeat topic, namely Liechtenstein’s performance on the occasion of the fifth audit of Liechtenstein conducted by MONEYVAL. In a further section, new developments in Liechtenstein’s international tax law will be discussed
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