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| TRUST,
ESTATE AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
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Trust
services offered by Kentucky Farmers Bank (KFB) include Trust
Administration, Estate Administration and Investment Management
Agency Accounts designed specifically to accommodate your
instructions and bequests for the wealth you have accumulated
during your lifetime. Your instructions can be carried out
by KFB presently, in the future, during the settlement of
your estate and/or long after your estate has settled. Typically,
your instructions will determine what decisions you want to
continue to make, what decisions you want KFB to make on your
behalf, when you want KFB to make those decisions and how
long you want KFB to make those decisions. These services
are about your objectives and your planning for your wealth,
now and/or in the future.
The
Trust & Investments staff at Kentucky Farmers Bank (KFB)
look forward to giving you and your beneficiaries the same
individual service and personal attention that KFB has been
known for since 1931.
In
order to meet some objectives, there may be legal restrictions
to consider. KFB strongly recommends that you seek legal counsel
when writing a will or a trust. Some of the legal terms associated
with wills, trusts, and investment management accounts are
noted in blue. We hope you find
the site informative and educational. |
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SERVICES
Investment Management Accounts
Custody or Self-directed Accounts
Trust Accounts
Estate Administration
Guardianship (of the property) Accounts
Fee Statement
Asset Types
IRAs: KFB Managed
IRA Rollovers: KFB Managed
IRAs: Self-directed
IRA Rollovers: Self-directed
Trust Oversight Committee |
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OTHER INVESTMENT SERVICES
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| INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS FOR PERSONAL AND RETIREMENT ASSETS |
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Kentucky
Farmers Bank (KFB) (as agent or IRA trustee)
offers the same investment management services for Personal Agency
Accounts, traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, and IRA Rollovers as it does
for Personal Trust Accounts and Estates. These services are for
the individual that is presently seeking experienced stock and bond
investment management or mutual fund selection through KFB. Based
on your instructions as to your needs, the time period until you
anticipate using or being dependent on these funds, and your comfort
level with fluctuations in the market, an account objective is determined.
The account is then managed in the agreed upon manner. Periodically,
initiated by KFB or at your request, subsequent meetings take place
in which account performance and account objectives are reviewed.
The account can be terminated by either you or KFB, or automatically
at your death. Please note that these accounts are not FDIC insured,
have no bank guarantee, and may lose value. As the investment manager,
KFB will generally perform the following duties for you (the
principal):
- Accept
possession of your assets
- Accept
the transfer of your 401(k) or other retirement plan distributions
- Provide
safekeeping for the assets
- Collect
income and payments due the account
- Settle,
buy and sell investments at KFB's discretion according to the
objectives established for your account
- Meet
with you periodically to review performance and objectives
- Provide
periodic statements of account activities
- Provide
tax information on account activities
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CUSTODY
ONLY AND SELF-DIRECTED ACCOUNTS FOR
PERSONAL AND RETIREMENT ASSETS
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Kentucky
Farmers Bank (KFB) (as custodian) offers
custody only services for personal, traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs,
IRA rollovers and employee benefit accounts. This service is for
the individual who wants assistance in the clerical work associated
with managing assets but wants to make his or her own investment
decisions. As custodian, KFB will, as a rule, exercise no investment
management or advisory responsibilities for your account and will
be generally limited to performing the following duties for you
(the principal):
- Accepting
possession of your assets
- Accepting
the transfer of your 401(k) or other retirement plan distributions
- Providing
safekeeping for the assets
- Collecting
income and payments due the account
- Providing
periodic statements of account activities
- Providing
tax information on account activities
- Settling,
buying and selling investments at the principal's (your) direction
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| TRUST |
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A
trust is a legal arrangement in which Kentucky Farmers Bank (KFB)
(the trustee) manages property (the
trust property) transferred to KFB pursuant to your (the
grantor's) written instructions (the trust agreement or the
(trust document). In trust agreements
you name beneficiaries such as yourself, your spouse, your heirs,
future generations, a charity, and/or even an institution. You can
choose when the trust begins and when the trust ends. You and your
attorney can write a trust that can be changed or terminated by
you in the future (revocable) or a
trust that no one can change (irrevocable).
Trust agreements often have different instructions for the current
income distributions (current beneficiaries)
than for the final distribution of trust property in the future
(remainderment beneficiaries and trust termination).
Remember, you may write a trust to address present concerns, to
last multiple generations, and/or even as a permanent endowment
for a charity or an institution.
Some
Common Objectives for Trusts are:
- Investment
management
- Tax
planning
- Charitable
giving
- Preserve
the wealth you have accumulated
- Provide
for present or future personal inability to manage financial affairs
(pay bills & maintain records) or to protect assets.
- Manage
financial affairs for heirs that are unable or unwilling to protect
and manage their assets. Such as: a minor, an incompetent, a spendthrift,
or other incapacitated person.
- Control
gifts to a child beyond age 18
- Smooth
transition of benefits for loved ones
- Provide
different and specific benefit instructions for different groups
of loved ones. Such as parents, current spouse, children, children
living with a former spouse, and/or step-children
- Possible
avoidance of some fees in your estate
- Possible
avoidance of undue publicity of your estate
Generally,
KFB, as trustee performs the following duties for you (the
grantor):
- Accepts
possession of your assets
- Titles
the property in the name of the trust and when appropriate the
trust's tax ID number
- Provides
safekeeping for the assets
- Collects
income and payments due the account
- Settles,
buys and sells investments at the trustee's (KFB's) discretion
according to the objectives as indicated or implied in the trust
agreement
- Meets
with beneficiaries to review the relationship and the account
activity
- Reviews
beneficiary requests and expenses as to compliance with trust
agreement (your instructions)
- Files
trust tax returns
- Provides
tax information to beneficiaries
- Provides
periodic statements of activities to current beneficiaries
Legal
counsel is recommended when writing a trust. The trustee instructions
(trustee powers) should be clearly
defined in the trust agreement. It is also recommended that KFB,
as the named trustee, review the trust agreement prior to your signing
of the trust document.
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| ESTATES |
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Kentucky
Farmers Bank can be named by you (the testator)
in your will as executor of your estate. An executor is named in
a will to settle your estate and to perform any other legal and
reasonable instructions in your will. An executor's professional
duties include:
- Having
the will accepted by a court of competent jurisdiction
- Collecting,
securing, and valuing assets
- Paying
expenses, debts, and taxes
- Reviewing
claims against estate
- Filing
tax returns
- Managing
assets during the settlement (probate)
period
- Receiving
tax releases from proper authorities
- Distributing
assets as instructed in your will
- Preparing
the final accounting
Additional
notes:
An administrator is appointed by the court to settle the estate
of a person who died leaving no valid will (intestate).
Without a will to follow, the administrator must carry out its functions
solely in accordance with state intestacy laws. The laws may or
may not be the same as you wish your instructions to be. Kentucky
Farmers Bank can be nominated to the court by related parties to
carry out the duties of administrator.
Kentucky Farmers Bank can be named as "successor executor"
in your will should your first choice be unable or unwilling to
serve. This designation is often used in wills to ensure a named
executor carries out your (the testator)
instructions.
Kentucky Farmers Bank is available to act as "agent" for
a named executor. As agent, KFB would relieve or assist the executor
in carrying out their duties.
Legal counsel is recommended when writing a will. It is also helpful
to review your will and assets with your named executor before or
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| GUARDIANSHIPS
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Kentucky
Farmers Bank (guardian of the estate)
can be appointed as guardian by a court to care for the property of
a minor, an incompetent, a spendthrift, or other incapacitated person
(the ward). The powers and responsibilities
of the guardian are governed by state statutes and court decisions.
A guardian is an agent of the court and has no legal or equitable
title to the ward's property. The guardian receives, holds and manages
the property, renders accountings to the court as long as the ward
is a minor or the incompetency lasts. Such words as committee, conservator,
curator and tutor are used to describe particular kinds of guardianships.
Kentucky Farmers Bank is available to act as "agent" for
a named guardian. As agent, KFB would relieve or assist the guardian
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| FEES
AND ASSET TYPES |
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KFB
bases its fees on the service provided, the asset type, the market
value, number of account holdings, and/or the account activity.
Fee schedules and fee estimates are available by appointment or
by request. Please call Ms. Morrison (606) 929-5055 or Mr. Webb
(606) 929-5056.
KFB
classifies assets into three categories for acceptance and fee
calculation.
- Standard
Assets
- Mutual
Funds
- Stocks
(Common or Preferred)
- Bonds
(Government, Municipal, CMOs & Corporate)
- Money
Market Mutual Funds
- Certificates
of deposit
- US
Treasury Securities
- US
Savings Bonds (EE & I)
- Government
Agency Securities (Fixed rate & Variable rate)
- KFB
Deposit Program*
- KFB
Common Funds
- Non-standard
Assets (subject to KFB review and approval)
- Investment
Real Estate
- Limited
partnerships
- Closely
Held Businesses
- Mortgages
- KFB
cash deposits, deposit program, & certificate of deposits
receive a fee discount
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INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT AGENCY ACCOUNTS, TRUST ACCOUNTS, ESTATE ACCOUNTS,
CUSTODIAN AND GUARDIANSHIP ACCOUNTS ARE NOT FDIC INSURED, HAVE
NO BANK GUARANTEE, AND MAY LOSE VALUE.
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KENTUCKY FARMERS BANK, NOR ITS EMPLOYEES, PRACTICE ESTATE OR
TAX LAW. PROFESSIONAL COUNSEL IS RECOMMENDED FOR TAX AND ESTATE
PLANNING. |
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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS SITE IS MEANT TO BE FOR EDUCATIONAL
AND INFORMATIONAL PUPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED
AS A REPRESENTATION, RECOMMENDATION, OR ENDORSEMENT OF ANY INVESTMENT
PLAN, ESTATE PLAN, OR SECURITY. |
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