BESPOKE AND ‘BY INVITATION AND APPLICATION ONLY’ PARTICIPATION BY EMPLOYERS FOR THEIR INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEES

The Askew International Trust has been setup with the mandate to provide a bespoke solution, for international employers who demand the level of sophistication required for more complex and / or high net worth employees.

The international retirement plan does not seek to replicate or compete with off-the-shelf solutions marketed in general and alterative funds are encouraged where the potential client believes that similar design and compliance aspects may be achieved.

Whilst the niche nature of the scheme does not result in a higher fee structure; we are more often less expensive where an apples-with-apples comparison is done, this speaks to our values of seeking to compete in an already over-serviced market where everyone offers the same.

We are also deeply aware of the often negative connotation with offshore money and our typical clients are large listed multi-nationals, complex international groups or entrepreneurial employers; which appreciates the value of a niche requirement, but places their employee well-being, compliance and risk management first.

Our clients do not want to be associated with any risk, albeit that each employer and their employee are completely ringfenced from other participating employers, the mere fact possibility of adverse association is considered a risk within itself.

For this reason, the plan generally operates by invitation and application only and after performance of reference Know Your Client protocols, and especially from professional letters of recommendation. The decision to not accept a client is final and may be done for commercial and / or risk reasons not disclosed to the applicant; with no objection of appeal protocol at an initial client acceptance level.