Rebalancing Leveraged and Completion-Guarantee Trust Mandates
Leveraged Land Trusts deploy the trustee’s own equity into development projects, resulting in higher risk for the trust company but materially higher fees than non-leveraged trusts. By contrast, Completion-Guarantee Land Trusts provide a construction completion guarantee to the contractor; absent special circumstances, the trustee’s capital is not deployed, enabling relatively more stable returns. In response to recent real-estate market conditions, we have reduced exposure to leveraged trusts and increased the share of completion-guarantee mandates to reinforce operational stability.
Diversifying Mandate Types (Urban Renewal, Non-Residential, etc.)
Since entering the land-trust market we focused primarily on residential assets such as apartments, officetels, urban lifestyle housing, and mixed-use residences. To address market shifts, we are diversifying beyond residential into urban-environment renewal, housing reconstruction and redevelopment, as well as knowledge-industry centers, golf courses, and serviced residences—broadening the portfolio and distributing risk.