Trusts have many Special Features that, when Properly Planned and Structured, make them Particularly Valuable for the International Investor. Since a trust can be created without registration formalities, it can be as private as any contract. There need be no public record that the trust exists.
Trusts carry out their activities through the trustee.
When a trust buys or sells something, all that the records show is the fact that the trustee bought or sold. The records look as if the trustee was acting for himself. Trusts allow trustees and beneficiaries to avoid yearly filings of vast amounts of information that governments require of chartered corporations. While the modern corporation is a creature of the state, a trust is a traditional form of organization that is literally private. It is pure contract.