Singapore Trust Strategist Publishes Definitive Guide to Asia-Pacific Trust Structures

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Singapore, May 2026 - William Chan, a family office veteran and trust strategist with extensive experience across Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Malaysia, and the Gulf, has published The New Trustees: Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Trusts, Wealth, and the Places That Want Them.

The book addresses a gap in the professional literature on trust structures in Asia and the Middle East - offering practitioners, families, and advisers a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction strategic guide that goes beyond legal technicalities to address the real-world questions that determine whether a trust succeeds or fails.

The New Trustees covers seven jurisdictions in depth: Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Malaysia, Labuan, and Saudi Arabia. Each chapter provides an honest assessment of what the jurisdiction delivers versus what its marketing materials claim, including the compliance challenges, talent shortages, and regulatory shifts that practitioners encounter in practice but rarely see documented.

The book has received strong early endorsements from professionals across the industry.

"This book has already changed how we evaluate counterparty structures in the Middle East and Asia." - Omar Malik, Fund Manager, Quilvest Capital
"This will become required reading for every new trust officer we hire." - Stacy Hosking, Trust Officer, Foster & Manning
"Every private banker who wants to keep their clients' wealth in motion should read this." - F. Moccia, Managing Director, GlobeFin

In addition to the jurisdiction guide, The New Trustees applies strategic frameworks - SWOT analysis, Porter's Five Forces, and Value Chain analysis - to the trust industry itself, offering an assessment of where the industry's profitability is heading and what trust companies must do to survive the next decade.

The book also addresses three forces reshaping the industry: the Middle East conflict and its impact on wealth migration and compliance culture; the Great Wealth Transfer and the expectation gap between older settlors and younger beneficiaries; and the convergence of artificial intelligence and tokenisation in trust administration.

The New Trustees is available on Amazon in eBook and paperback formats. A companion website at maverickstrategist.com offers two free AI-powered Strategy Engines built from the book's frameworks, designed for both families and trust professionals.

About the Author
William Chan is a family office veteran and trust strategist based in Singapore. He has spent years designing trust structures across Asia and the Middle East, working with families, trustees, private banks, and family offices navigating a world that refuses to hold still.

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