Trust services
Trusts – which have increasingly become a preferred framework regionally, securely protecting assets, facilitating succession planning, supporting philanthropic initiatives and guarding employee benefits under regulatory oversight – are regulated in Bahrain under volume 5 of the Central Bank of Bahrain’s (CBB’s) rulebook. Licensed by the CBB to provide trust services, Keypoint has been delivering a broad spectrum of trust services since 2008 to a unique blend of clients, from financial institutions to high-net-worth individuals.
Having initially served the market in partnership with a leading international fiduciary provider, we have combined our understanding of international leading practice with our unmatched knowledge of the local market to develop a range of trust structures, including real estate investment trusts (REITs), employee benefit trusts, charitable trusts and family trusts.
Our multilingual team of experienced professionals, supported by over 100 experts across the wider Keypoint network, continues to play a pivotal role in positioning Bahrain as a regional hub for trust services. Clients – from listed and unlisted financial institutions to high-net-worth individuals and holding companies – choose Keypoint because of our unmatched blend of local insight and global expertise.
Investment trusts
- Family wealth trusts
- Real estate investment trusts
- Private investment undertakings
Employee benefit trusts
- Stock option/share ownership plans
- Long-term incentive plans
- Saving schemes
Specific Purpose trusts
- Charitable trusts
- Blind trusts
Asset protection trusts
- Asset monetisation
- Cash distribution
- Operations/compliance reporting
- Tax return filings
- Assistance with legal/regulatory matters
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Our subject matter experts
Nandakumar Narasimhan
Executive Director
Yogesh Raghavendra
Director
Ambika Shetty
Executive Manager