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Cheers, Rob

I have never advocated HDTs for related party investors. However, ONE advantage claimed is that when the property becomes positively geared then you can avoid stamp duty by the Trustee redeeming units and holding the property for discretionary beneficiaries. No transfer of legal title...

HDTs are very good for joint business activity etc., but were not designed principally for passive investment by related parties. There would usually need to be some other compelling reason why investors would choose this structure for family arrangements. Cheers, Rob

And what about streaming or capitalising non-assessable amounts. Also collateral benefits - e.g. associates enjoying the use of the assets. The list goes on ... Cheers, Rob

There is no asset protection for unit holders. There is no interest deduction for unit holders where the deed allows ANY discretion on streaming benefits flowing from assets secured by the units. Unit trust deeds go to extreme lengths to even deny any power of amending the deed in this...