Online publication eprivateclient has published its Top Trust Companies list for 2017, which features a number of Channel Islands businesses.
The list examines the UK and Crown Dependencies’ leading fiduciary service providers for private clients, based on a survey of more than 100 trust companies.
The format of the rankings has changed this year to structure the companies into three tiers based on reputation, quality of service, performance over the previous 12 months, M&A activity and the extent of their UK offering. The list has also been lengthened from 25 to 32 firms this year.
The complete list is as follows:
Tier 1
Equiom
Estera
First Names Group
HSBC
Intertrust
JTC Group
Kleinwort Hambros
Ocorian
R&H Trust Co (Jersey)
RBC Wealth Management - Trust and Fiduciary Services, British Isles
Saffery Champness Registered Fiduciaries
Zedra
Tier 2
Butterfield Trust (Guernsey)
Hawksford
Highvern
Minerva Trust
Rothschild Trust
Sanne Group
SGTF
Smith & Williamson
Stonehage Fleming
TMF Group
Trust Corporation International
Virtus Trust
Vistra
Volaw Group
Tier 3
Boston
Capita Asset Services
Church House Investment Management
Nerine Fiduciaries
PraxisIFM
Trident Trust