Introduction
On 15 October 1999 the Gibraltar House of Assembly passed the Registered Trust Ordinance 1999. The Ordinance makes provision for the registering of a trust deed where registration is required under the terms of the trust deed and for the keeping of an index of trusts registered under the ordinance, from 1 January 2000.
Gibraltar trusts are completely private and their existence does not have to be registered with any public authority, however the ordinance now allows for issue of a certificate of the recording of the trust by the Registrar of Registered Trusts.
Generally shares in underlying companies and other assets are registered in the trustees names without evidence that they are held in trust.
