Riverside Trustees

What Riverside Trustees does

Riverside Trustees Limited is a Singapore-licensed trust company (MAS Trust Business Licence No. TC000073, UEN 202036491E) founded in 2020 by Christian Brown and Keon Chee, who together bring more than 40 years of trust, tax and estate planning experience spanning HMRC, Ernst & Young, Lutea Trustees (where Brown was MD of the Asia practice for 12 years) and the Asia Estate Planning Association. The firm operates as a boutique fiduciary practice, with 1-10 staff, headquartered at 1 North Bridge Road, High Street Centre, Singapore, delivering professional trusteeship and trust administration alongside an integrated portfolio of estate, succession and tax planning, will drafting and probate, private trust company oversight, family office support, Singapore and cross-border corporate services, custody and escrow, and pension/retirement schemes.

The underlying 'technology' is largely a standard corporate WordPress site (riversidetrustees.sg) with Google Analytics and a PDF-based client onboarding suite (Client Questionnaire, CRS/FATCA Self-Certification, Source of Wealth Questionnaire, Complaints Policy); there is no proprietary software platform and the firm competes on practitioner expertise and regulatory authorisation rather than on technology. Riverside Training, a sister entity run by co-founder Keon Chee, delivers IBF-accredited estate planning courses that double as a referral and thought-leadership channel into the financial-planner, accountant and lawyer intermediary community.

Riverside earns revenue from a mix of recurring annual trustee fees (charged each January and reviewed annually, optionally structured as a percentage of assets under trusteeship), time-cost billing for advisory, will drafting, estate administration and accountancy, transactional escrow fees for M&A deals, fixed fees for Singapore corporate services (incorporation, secretarial, registered office, nominee directors and shareholders), annual custody fees for Singapore landed estates held by long-established clubs and associations, and training income from Riverside Training. Its go-to-market is hybrid: sales-led initial consultations to individuals and families in Singapore and the broader Asia region, plus a channel-partner motion via financial planners, accountants and lawyers who refer clients, with cross-border UK tax capability extending the addressable market.

Name

Riverside Trustees

Legal name

Riverside Trustees Limited

Website

https://riversidetrustees.sg

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Riverside Trustees Limited is a Singapore-licensed (MAS Trust Business Licence TC000073) boutique trust company founded in 2020 by Christian Brown and Keon Chee, providing professional trusteeship, estate and succession planning, wills, private trust company oversight, family office support, corporate services, custody/escrow and pensions to individuals, families, private companies and clubs in Singapore, the broader Asia region and the UK.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Compliance, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Annual trustee fees: Recurring annual trustee fee charged each January, agreed in advance with the settlor and dependent on the size, nature, activity, responsibility, risk and time required to administer the trust. Reviewed annually; firm reserves the right to increase the fee if time costs exceed the agreed figure.
2. Time-cost professional services fees: Fees charged on a time-cost basis for consultancy, advisory, project-based work, special administration, will drafting, estate administration, and corporate services. An estimate is provided in advance and a written quotation follows once the scope of work is understood.
3. Percentage-of-assets-under-trusteeship fees: Optional alternative fee structure where trustee fees can be agreed as a percentage of the value of assets under trusteeship rather than a fixed annual fee.
4. Transactional escrow fees: For M&A and other financial transactions, fees are agreed in advance on a transactional basis for licensed third-party custody of funds in escrow.
5. Corporate services fixed fees: Fixed-fee table for Singapore company formation, company secretarial, registered office, individual/corporate directors and corporate nominee shareholders. Accountancy charged on time-cost basis with a minimum annual fee agreed in writing.
6. Singapore land custody annual fees: Annual custodial fees for Singapore landed estates held under trust company custody (e.g., long-established clubs and associations), payable annually in advance each January.
7. Training and education income (Riverside Training): Revenue from IBF-accredited estate planning training courses delivered to the trust industry by co-founder Keon Chee via the affiliated Riverside Training entity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Riverside Trustees Limited is a Singapore-licensed trust company regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) that delivers professional trusteeship, trust administration, estate and succession planning, will drafting and probate, private trust company oversight, corporate services, family office support, custody and escrow, and retirement/pension scheme administration. Services are delivered as bespoke fiduciary engagements to individuals, families and private companies in Singapore and the broader Asia region, with additional UK tax and domicile advisory capability.

Product overview

Riverside Trustees Limited is a Singapore-licensed trust company offering a portfolio of related fiduciary services rather than a single software product. The core service is Professional Trusteeship and Trust Administration, supported by complementary modules: Estate, Succession and Tax Planning; Will Drafting, Professional Executorship and Estate Administration; Private Trust Company Regulatory Oversight and Administration; Corporate Services; Family Office Support; Custody and Escrow; and Pension Plans and Retirement Schemes. These are delivered as a coordinated practice under one regulated entity, alongside a training arm, Riverside Training, that provides IBF-accredited estate planning courses to the industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Professional Trusteeship and Trust Administration Acts as the corporate trustee of private trusts and administers trust assets in accordance with the trust deed and Singapore law, including maintenance of trustee minutes and accounting records, monitoring of trust assets, preparation of annual accounts, trust tax returns, and government submissions. For individuals and families requiring a professional trustee.
• Estate, Succession and Tax Planning Privately provided advice on international trust and corporate structuring, domicile, UK residence and domicile tax, inheritance tax, capital gains tax, income tax, remittance basis planning, and wealth succession for clients in Singapore and the broader Asia region.
• Will Drafting, Professional Executorship and Estate Administration Drafting of wills, advice on domicile, succession and inheritance tax, and full probate services including acting as executor or co-executor, accounting for estate assets, arranging distributions under the will, and undertaking tax and compliance reporting.
• Private Trust Company (PTC) Regulatory Oversight and Administration Planning, implementation, and ongoing administration of family-controlled Private Trust Companies, including MAS-licensed regulatory oversight, compliance support, and administration of family trust structures and associated entities.
• Corporate Services Incorporation of private companies in Singapore and overseas, plus ongoing administration including corporate secretarial, registered office, bookkeeping, accounting, tax return preparation, and provision of individual or corporate directors and nominee shareholders.
• Family Office Support Establishment and administration of complex structures at the core of family office arrangements, providing entity and asset management, administration and advisory services in conjunction with the family and their other advisers and service providers.
• Custody and Escrow Financial transaction escrow services for M&A and other transactions requiring a third-party licensed custodian, as well as Singapore land custody services for government landed estates, clubs and associations.
• Pension Plans and Retirement Schemes Advice, establishment and administration of internationally recognised private personal and company pension schemes in Singapore, with flexible contributions for internationally mobile clients and scheme members.
• Riverside Training (IBF-accredited estate planning training) An estate planning training company providing IBF-accredited continuing-education courses to the trust and estate planning industry in Asia, authored/co-curated by co-founder Keon Chee; available to financial planners, accountants, lawyers and other wealth management professionals.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 40 years of trust, tax and estate planning experience between the two co-founders
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles8 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Riverside Advisory Services Pte. LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGroup company of Riverside Trustees Limited. Personal data may be shared with this entity to enable the group to better serve customers as a client. The relationship is internal to the Riverside group, with mutual referrals and integrated service delivery across advisory and trustee services.
• Riverside Corporate Services Pte. LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGroup company of Riverside Trustees Limited. Personal data may be shared with this entity to enable the group to better serve customers. The entity supports Riverside's corporate services line (company formation, corporate secretarial, registered office, nominee directors/shareholders).
• Riverside Estate Planning Pte. Ltd (also referenced as 'Riverside Planning Services Pte. Ltd')coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGroup company of Riverside Trustees Limited. Personal data may be shared with this entity to enable the group to better serve customers. The two name variants refer to the same affiliated group entity supporting estate planning services in Asia.
• Riverside TrainingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated training company run by co-founder Keon Chee. Provides IBF-accredited estate planning courses to the industry, supporting professional development and acting as a referral/lead-generation channel for the trustee practice.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Asiaciti Trust: Singapore-headquartered licensed trust company offering trust administration, corporate services, family office and private trust company services across Asia — directly comparable to Riverside's core trustee, PTC and family office lines, with a similar cross-border Asia focus.
• Hawksford: Specialist international trust, corporate and private client services firm with Singapore operations focused on HNW families — directly comparable boutique-style competitor to Riverside across trustee, estate and family office services.
• Zedra: International trust, corporate and fund administration group with an active Singapore trust business serving HNW families and family offices — a near-direct competitor to Riverside's trustee, PTC and family office offerings in the region.

Broad incumbents

• TMF Group: Large global provider of trust, corporate, fund and family office services with a significant Singapore trust business; competes with Riverside on multi-jurisdictional trustee and corporate services mandates, but at materially greater scale.
• Vistra: Global corporate services and trust company with strong Singapore presence, offering trust, corporate, fund and fiduciary services to HNW and institutional clients; overlaps directly with Riverside's trustee, corporate and family office offerings.
• Intertrust (now part of CSC): Major international trust and corporate services provider with Singapore operations covering trust administration, private wealth structuring and corporate services — a scaled incumbent competing for the same HNW and family office mandates as Riverside.
• Tricor: Asia-focused business expansion and corporate services group with integrated trust, company secretarial, accounting and advisory services; comparable to Riverside's combined trustee + corporate services model, with broader regional reach.
• JTC Group: Global provider of fund, corporate and private client services including trust administration and family office solutions; a like-for-like competitor for high-net-worth trustee, PTC and family office mandates in Singapore and the wider region.
• IQ-EQ: Global investor services group with fiduciary, trust, corporate and family office capabilities in Singapore and Asia; overlaps with Riverside on private client trust and corporate structuring mandates at greater scale.
• Stonehage Fleming: Multi-jurisdictional family office and wealth advisory group with trust, fiduciary and family office services in Asia, including Singapore; competes with Riverside for cross-border HNW and UK-Asia connected family mandates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/riverside-trustees-limited

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Riverside Trustees