Trust Updates Archive

2025 Annual Survey of Asset to Launch on Friday, March 7; Peer Comparison Review March 3, 2025
Operating Costs at Trust Institutions Increase, Productivity Declines January 6, 2025
Fiduciary Revenues Spike on More Uniform Asset Growth in 2024 October 9, 2024
TrustUpdates--Peer Comparisons Available Online July 16, 2024
Bottom Line Hurt for Many as Expenses Increased Faster than Revenues June 5, 2024
When Asked for Financial Data 6% to 11% of Trust Departments Report Totals Different from Their Call Report March 13, 2024
Executive Concerns at Independent Trust Companies Differ from Those of Their Bank Counterparts February 15, 2024
Fewer Trust Assets Needed to Break Even, Except for Bank Trust Divisions February 8, 2024
Independent Model Remains Most Profitable; Productivity Stable, Variances Based on Institution Type February 5, 2024
Peer Comparisons Now Available Online August 30, 2023
TrustUpdates-Profit Margins at Trust Institutions Declined for Second Year July 10, 2023
TrustUpdates--Revenues Outperform Assets in a Year of Very Mixed Performance June 26, 2023
TrustUpdates--Midtier Trust Institution, the Standout Performers of 2022 May 10, 2023
TrustUpdates--Why We Survey Trust Divisions March 23, 2023
2023 Annual Survey of Trust Assets; Peer Comparison Report March 13, 2023
TrustUpdates--Cybersecurity & Data Service Costs at Trust Institutions January 10, 2023
TrustUpdates--Slow Return to Normal; Fewer Assets Needed to Break Even December 13, 2022
Trust Revenue Growth Slowing in 2022; Executives Report Mixed Concerns October 29, 2022
TrustUpdates--Largest Revenue Growth in 12 Years, Trust Executives Less Hesitant to Raise Fees May 17, 2022
2022 Annual Survey of Trust Assets March 11, 2022
TrustUpdates--Key Findings, Fiduciary Earnings & Expenses 2021 December 8, 2021
TrustUpdates--Trust Executives Confident about Meeting Revenue and Account Growth Targets; Independe November 30, 2021
TrustUpdates 2021 Q2--BofA Joins Trillion Dollar Club; Asset Growth Strong, but Less Than Stock Indi September 27, 2021
TU--Improved Profit Margins in 2020 Fail to Dampen Concern About Fiduciary Revenue June 3, 2021
TrustUpdates--Preliminary Performance Findings for 2020 and Call Report Irregularities April 14, 2021
TrustUpdates--Call Report Irregularities, or Why We Survey Trust Institutions March 19, 2021
19th Annual Survey of Trust Assets .. includes complimentary peer analysis March 17, 2021
TrustUpdates--Pandemic Stress Making Many Reassess Strategy; 60% of Banks Trust Division Have Insuff December 2, 2020
TrustUpdates--Gross Revenues Grow as Assets Remain Stable for Most Institutions September 24, 2020
Trust Performance Report--Trust industry breaks 7-year streak of increasing revenues; Executives Cau June 23, 2020
TrustUpdates--Q2 Update--Revenues Remain Sluggish, Assets Fare Better September 18, 2019
TrustUpdates--Sluggish Asset and Revenue Performance August 1, 2019
Trust Performance Report 2019 -- Strong Revenue Growth Continues, May Slow in 2019; Growth Hampered June 5, 2019
TrustUpdates--Fiduciary Earnings & Expenses 2018, Fewer Assets Needed to Break Even in Wake of Stron December 11, 2018
TrustUpdates--Revenue Growth Weakens in Second Quarter October 3, 2018
TrustUpdates--Robust Revenue Growth, Weak Asset Performance; Quarterly Report July 30, 2018
TrustUpdates--Trustees Priorities Shift as Assets, Revenues, and Expenses Spike June 20, 2018
TrustUpdates--Annual Survey of Trust Assets Extended through April 4 March 28, 2018
TrustUpdates--Asset Performance Increases, Revenues on Track to Set New Record January 31, 2018
TrustUpdates--Revenue Growth Remains Solid, Major Exception Deutsche Bank October 12, 2017
TrustUpdates--Revenue on Track for Record-Setting Year, No Thanks to Large Institutions July 25, 2017
TrustUpdates--Assets Rebound in 2016, Revenues Lag .. Trust Companies More Focused on Revenue than B June 6, 2017
TrustUpdates--Assets Spike, Revenue Growth Slow January 5, 2017
TrustUpdates--More Institutions Offering Less, Leads to Stronger Industry December 13, 2016
TrustUpdates--Assets and Revenue Rebounding, Efficiency Improving October 11, 2016
TrustUpdates--Hot Topics in Fiduciary Litigation, July 7-8 June 9, 2016
TrustUpdates--Trust Revenues Rise, Even as Number of Institutions and Assets Shrink June 8, 2016
TrustUpdates--IRS Fiduciary Audits�More But Smaller Errors Equal Lower Additional Taxes April 26, 2016
TrustUpdates--Revenue Growth Continues, While Assets Decline February 11, 2016
TrustUpdates--Revenue and Industry Challenges; Fiduciary Earnings & Expenses January 28, 2016
TrustUpdates--Industry Outperforms Large Institutions in First Quarter July 9, 2015
TrustUpdates--Trust Institutions Earned $37.5 Billion on more than $105 Trillion in Total Assets May 28, 2015
TrustUpdates--Under Pressure to Grow Revenues, Trust Executives Respond May 20, 2015
TrustUpdates--Tibble: High Court's Ruling Potentially Expands ERISA's 6-Year Statue of Limitation May 19, 2015
TrustUpdates--IRS Audit Focus Expands to Gift Taxes; More Taxes Owed April 21, 2015
TrustUpdates--Ameriprise Settlements Proprietary Mutual Fund Litigation March 27, 2015
TrustUpdates--Minimum to Breakeven in Trust Business Is $500 Million, Except for Boutiques March 18, 2015
Annual Report of Trust Assets, deadline March 25 March 10, 2015
TrustUpdates--Revenue Growth Outpaces Asset Performance January 14, 2015
TrustUpdates--Decedent�s Estate Owes Additional $20 Million, GRAT Problems Blamed on Financial Crisi September 17, 2014
TrustUpdates--Training�Spending Declining, As Brain Drain Looms August 4, 2014
TrustUpdates--Additional Taxes Owed Triple on Audited Fiduciary Returns July 15, 2014
TrustUpdates--First Quarter Growth Bodes Well for Profitable Year July 10, 2014
TrustUpdates--ESOPs Fiduciaries�No Special Presumption of Prudence; Potential for Dismissing Lawsuit June 26, 2014
TrustUpdates-- Inherited IRA is Not a Retirement Account, High Court Rules June 13, 2014
TrustUpdates--Regulatory Exams: Spike in Bankers' Concerns May 28, 2014
TrustUpdates--Revenues and Assets Spike in 2013 .. Growth to Continue in 2014 April 23, 2014
TrustUpdates--Dean Miller, "Father of Reg 9," Dies (1930�2013) January 10, 2014
TrustUpdates--Focus Is on Revenue Growth; Third Quarter Update December 19, 2013
TrustUpdates--More Trust Bankers Considering Specializing; Productivity Up November 21, 2013
TrustUpdates--Trust Revenues Growing, Assets Remain Flat in Second Quarter September 18, 2013
TrustUpdates--Strong Q1 Revenue Growth Even as Total Assets Decline June 27, 2013
TrustUpdates--Training Boosts Bank's Bottom Line; Banks Spending More! June 26, 2013
TrustUpdates--Top 50 Trust Institutions Holding Industry Back May 29, 2013
TrustUpdates--IRS Audit Focus Remains on Estate, Trust, and Gift Tax Returns May 22, 2013
TrustUpdates--Annual Report of Trust Assets March 15, 2013
TrustUpdates--Bank Trustee's Refusal to Sell Trust Assets Lands in Supreme Court January 18, 2013
TrustUpdates--Value Pricing in the Trust Industry January 17, 2013
TrustUpdates--Revenue Efficiency: P.I.E. Boost Bottom Line in 2012 January 9, 2013
TrustUpdates--Profit Margin Volatility and P.I.E. December 17, 2012
TrustUpdates--TRN Turns 20! November 30, 2012
TrustUpdates--Tale of Two Industries: Revenues Flat at Large Institutions, Up at Smaller Ones September 21, 2012
TrustUpdates--New DOL Fee Disclosure Websites September 20, 2012
TrustUpdates--HSBC Trust Operation Lacks KYC Documentation July 18, 2012
TrustUpdates--More Assets Required to Generate $1 of Revenue July 12, 2012
TrustUpdates--Court Reverses Stock-Drop Award Against HSBC June 26, 2012
EE 2011 Fiduciary Earnings Expenses Trust Company Trust Department Think Independent Trust Regulator November 11, 2011
TrustUpdates--IRS: Estate Portability Election, Timely Filing Required October 3, 2011
TrustUpdates--CORRECTION: Proprietary Mutual Funds Litigation: Ameriprise Sued October 3, 2011
TrustUpdates--Proprietary Mutual Funds Litigation: Ameriprise Sued October 3, 2011
TrustUpdates--Proprietary Mutual Funds Litigation: BofA Wins October 3, 2011
TrustUpdates--P.I.E. Index Up, New Revenue Benchmark Possible September 28, 2011
TrustUpdates--DOL Investment Advice Rule Re-Called September 20, 2011
TrustUpdates--DOL Allows Electronic Disclosure September 14, 2011
TrustUpdates--IRS Withdraws 2% Rule, Issues New Proposed Reg September 8, 2011
TrustUpdates--DOL Webcast 09/13, Fee Disclosures September 8, 2011
TrustUpdates--IRS Phone Forum, 9/12, Participant Pension-Plan Loans September 7, 2011
TrustUpdates--DOL Webcast 08/24, Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program August 23, 2011
TrustUpdates--OTS Regs to Stay ... for Now August 5, 2011
TrustUpdates--Goodbye OTS! July 21, 2011
TrustUpdates--Fiduciary Assets Set New Record, Boosting Revenue July 19, 2011
TrustUpdates--DOL Extends Disclosure Date to April 2012 July 14, 2011
TrustUpdates--Top 10 Instituitions June 8, 2011
TrustUpdates--DOL Extends Fee Disclosure Dates June 1, 2011
TrustUpdates--Fiduciary Revenues Catching Up As Assets Set New Record May 19, 2011
TrustUpdates--OCC Preemption Roadmap May 13, 2011
TrustUpdates--Fiduciary Audits Equal Big Bucks for IRS April 19, 2011
TrustUpdates--The �F� Word Stirs Up Emotions April 5, 2011
TrustUpdates--Americans Want Traditional Pensions March 9, 2011
TrustUpdates--2011 Fiduciary Revenues to Set New Record January 6, 2011
TrustUpdates--Failure to Diversify Costs HSBC $25 Million December 3, 2010
TrustUpdates -- Extraordinary Is Defined By Plan, Not Market November 18, 2010
TrustUpdates--If Profits Are the Goal, Limit Product Lines October 25, 2010
TrustUpdates--Dynasty Trusts Destined to Self-Destruct September 29, 2010
TrustUpdates--Assets Flat in 2010, Revenues Grow -- Second Quarter September 16, 2010
TrustUpdates�Lifetime Income Options, Joint Hearing September 13, 2010
TrustUpdates -- Driven by Fees and Fears of Reprisal July 13, 2010
TrustUpdates--Financial Reform, Fiduciary Impact May 24, 2010
TrustUpdates--Assets Recover, Revenues Drop May 20, 2010
TrustUpdates -- Trustees at Risk for Employer Delays January 14, 2010
TrustUpdates -- Reg R: The Examiners Are Coming! October 6, 2009
TrustUpdates -- IRS Extends Deadline for Disclosing Offshore Accounts September 21, 2009
TrustUpdates -- Providing Summary Prospectus Meets Fiduciary Obligation, Says DOL September 9, 2009
TrustUpdates -- Banks Risk Losing Talent September 3, 2009
TrustUpdates -- IRS Gains Unprecedented Access to Swiss Accounts August 20, 2009
TrustUpdates -- FBAR Extension until June 2010 August 10, 2009
TrustUpdates--Inheritance and the Posthumously Conceived Child July 16, 2009
TrustUpdates -- States Can Enforce Laws against National Banks, says Supreme Court July 6, 2009
TrustUpdates--Consensus on Financial Reform Exists, But . . . June 18, 2009
TrustUpdates -- Fiduciary Revenues Set New Record June 9, 2009
TrustUpdates�DOL Postpones 401(k) Safe-Harbor Rule May 21, 2009
TrustUpdates -- Pension Calculation Can Be Discriminatory, In Part May 18, 2009
TrustUpdates-- Carlyle Group Settles May 15, 2009
TrustUpdates -- Fiduciary Revenue Strong, Despite Asset Drop April 20, 2009
TrustUpdates -- Court Approves Terminating Retirees Health Benefits February 26, 2009
TrustUpdates--UBS Pays $780 Million, Discloses Customer Info February 19, 2009
TrustUpdates--DOL Madoff Advisory February 11, 2009
TRN--DOL Delays Controversial Investment Advice Rule February 5, 2009
TRN--Fiduciaries Named in Madoff-Related Lawsuit January 28, 2009
TrustUpdates -- IRS Extends Fiduciary Fee Deductibility December 16, 2008
TrustUpdates -- Trust Institutions Report Asset Declines with Revenue Gains December 10, 2008
TrustUpdates -- UBS Executive Indicted in Offshore Tax-Shelter Probe November 13, 2008
TrustUpdates -- 75% of Banks Undercharge for Fiduciary Services November 12, 2008
TrustUpdates -- DOL Finalizes 3 Pension Rules October 7, 2008
TrustUpdates -- The Accidental Fiduciary October 7, 2008
TrustUpdates -- 70% of Trust Institutions Report Revenue Growth September 24, 2008
TrustUpdates -- DOL ERISA Webcast, Sept. 25 September 22, 2008
TrustUpdates -- Focus on Pension Fees July 31, 2008
TrustUpdates -- 25% of Institutions Raised Fees in 2007, More Will in 2008 June 5, 2008
TrustUpdates -- Plaintiffs Find SLUSA Loopholes April 16, 2008
TrustUpdates -- Chase Acquires Custodial Trust April 4, 2008
TrustUpdates--2007 Fiduciary Revenues Break Record March 18, 2008
TrustUpdates--IRS Targets Liechtenstein Trusts February 27, 2008
Plan Participants Can Sue to Recovery Individual Losses February 21, 2008
Supreme Court Rules Investment Fees Not Always Deductible January 17, 2008
Fifth Third Bank Mismanaged Pension Assets, Says DOL January 11, 2008
Fiduciary Revenues Growing Faster Than Assets December 12, 2007
DOL -- Disclosure Rules and MEWA Filing December 11, 2007
DOL Webcast on Pension Protection Act November 27, 2007
Bank Trust Depts Undercharging for Services November 6, 2007
Pension Plan Updates October 15, 2007
Neutering Conversion Class Actions October 3, 2007
Forget Mutual Funds, CIFs Are Hot! September 21, 2007
NYLife--Settlement in Proprietary Mutual Fund LawSuit September 21, 2007
Fiduciary Revenue Grows by Nearly $2 Billion September 20, 2007
SEC Adopts Bank-Friendly Broker-Dealer Rules September 19, 2007
Fiduciary Capital--More Focused, More Details July 26, 2007
Trusts and Money Laundering July 17, 2007
Preemption Landmines Ahead June 20, 2007
Repeal Soft-Dollar Law, and 12b-1 Fees, Says SEC Chairman June 15, 2007
Fiduciary Revenue Not Keeping Pace with Assets May 25, 2007
Qwest Pays $46.5 in Pension Settlement February 1, 2007
Supreme Court Rules on IBM Cash-Balance Plan January 16, 2007
Regulators Propose New Broker-Dealer Rules December 19, 2006
Revenue Sharing--More Disclosure Required December 14, 2006
Cash-Balance Plans--Ruling Favors Plaintiffs November 16, 2006
Citicorp Says Good-bye Cash Balance Plan, Hello 401k November 8, 2006
Bank Broker Rules--Congress Moves to Settle Dispute October 19, 2006
Conversion Lawsuits--Chase Makes Four October 12, 2006
DOL Proposed Reg on Auto Enrollment October 3, 2006
LaSalle Conversion Lawsuit Dismissed; Wachovia Sued June 2, 2006
Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door to More Federal Challenges May 1, 2006
2005--The Year of the SEC January 27, 2006
BofA Hit with Another Conversion Class Action January 5, 2006
Deutsche Bank--Anti-Moneylaundering Deficiencies October 14, 2005
SEC Settlement a Wake Call for All Banks October 7, 2005
Fiduciaries Report Double-Digit Income Growth October 5, 2005
Additional Bank Regulatory Relief September 29, 2005
EBT Hardship Loans--REVISED September 16, 2005
EBT Hardship Distributions and Loans September 16, 2005
Regulators Hold BSA Compliance Webcast August 8, 2005
WorldCom Victim Trust August 5, 2005
War of the Regulators--OCC v. Spitzer June 17, 2005
TRN--Current Issue May 4, 2005
Revenue Sharing; Preemption--TRN Summary April 8, 2005
TRN Index--Current Issue March 1, 2005
New Conversion Class Actions January 17, 2005
Fiduciary Growth Cools in Third Quarter December 29, 2004
TRN Index--Nov./Dec. 2004 December 17, 2004
ERISA--When to Question Investment Directives December 17, 2004
SEC delays rule: GAO suggests total restructuring November 9, 2004
Strong Fiduciary Growth in 2nd Quarter September 14, 2004
Tax Update--Splitting Trusts August 31, 2004
Basel II and Fiduciary Capital June 29, 2004
TRN Index--June 2004 June 25, 2004
Cash Balance Plans--IRS Withdraws Proposal June 15, 2004
TRN Index--March 2004 March 26, 2004
BofA�-Final Settlement in Management Fee Overcharge Case February 20, 2004
TRN Index--Feb. 2004 February 19, 2004
Mutual Fund Abuses--ERISA Guidance February 18, 2004
FDIC�New Rules Expand Coverage for Trusts January 13, 2004
OCC Preemption Ruling Angers States January 9, 2004
New Conversion and Market-Timing Case November 10, 2003
Conversion Litigation--Settlement October 14, 2003
Hot Topics in Fiduciary Litigation July 23, 2003
Bank One Texas--Mutual Fund Case June 18, 2003
Trust Performance Data (#2) June 2, 2003
Enron--Participants, Not Company, to Pay Plan Expenses March 24, 2003
Federal Preemption--Court Rules on Massachusetts Challenge February 18, 2003
Retirement Savings--Bush Proposes Radical Reform January 31, 2003