Setting up a non-profit trust company: The special needs trust company in Singapore

• Main Author: TANG, Hang Wu
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: elder law; persons with special needs; mental capacity; financial abuse; equity; Asian Studies; Elder Law; Organizations Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2324; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4276/viewcontent/Setting_up_a_NON_profit_3Sep2014_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Persons with special needs are in an extremely vulnerable position where they are potentially subject to financial abuse by criminals or other untrustworthy people. In Singapore, this concern has led to the setting up of a non-profit company called the Special Needs Trust Company (SNTC). This articl...