Placing your assets in trust can facilitate privacy, ease the probate process and minimize your estate tax burdens. Proper trust structures can create a legacy for future generations and ensure that your wishes are met.

Because Franklin Street Trust Company is a six state-chartered, fully qualified trust service company in North Carolina, a large number of our clients choose to have their accounts managed on the fiduciary platform. The trust powers and skilled professionals of this unit allow us to act as corporate trustee in implementing sophisticated estate planning, wealth transfer and charitable strategies that are seamlessly integrated into your broader investment program. Our trust officers are experienced at managing complex, multigenerational structures and combine technical expertise with a sensitivity to the unique dynamics of each family. Depending on the client’s needs, Franklin Street Trust has the ability to serve as trustee, co-trustee, executor and managing agent of trust assets.

Note: Franklin Street Trust Company is a private, non-depository trust bank chartered by the State of North Carolina and regulated by the North Carolina Commissioner of Banks.