Here are a few practical thoughts on two asset-centric corporate structure models to platform and product plays.

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Second, you can overlay a tontine structure on any income-producing asset, including stocks paying high dividends or real estate.

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Here, we apply my tried and true rule-of-thumb for advanced trust structures that are used for estate and asset protection planning: The more impressively a structure is named, the less likely it is to work.

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Support structure: An Incubator can be an asset if it has a holistic mix of talent and experience making up its leadership and network.

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The fund collaborated with the Russian government and Fannie Mae to structure a law establishing private-property underpinnings for asset-backed mortgages.

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That is a pretty inexpensive asset protection plan compared to the annual cost to maintain a structure proposed by these presenters.

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Gateshead has a chance here, by urging creativity and foresight from the developers, to see this incredible structure, not as a liability, but as an asset.

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The banker's philosophy about making credit decisions was to use the concepts of asset enhancement and liabilities reduction as a framework for looking at financial structure and power.

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Under this structure from 1879 to 1913, gold served as both the primary reserve asset for central banks and the means of settling international payments deficits.

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