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If the assets don’t clear the hurdle rate, the grantor simply gets their money back through the annuity payments, leaving a balance of zero.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Asset swapping in irrevocable grantor trusts offers tax-saving opportunities, especially during volatile markets.

From Barron's ● May 16, 2026

If your friend sets up a revocable trust, she can be both grantor and trustee during her lifetime, and have the freedom to change the terms.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025

Spot Ethereum ETFs will directly hold Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin, allowing investors to own a share of the cryptocurrency through grantor trusts.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2024

At one time he owned 100,000 acres and was grantor of much of the land in ancient Pittston.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by James H. Stark

Some grantors, for instance, will lock in gains by “freezing” them and substituting the appreciated amount with cash or bonds—or even what amounts to an IOU.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

To your point: This rather punitive tax structure encourages grantors — again, that’s you — to distribute income to beneficiaries rather than retain that income, which is then compressed into higher tax brackets.

From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026

Buy-in from the research community could easily be obtained if referees and grantors required declaration of all sampling information.

From Nature ● Aug. 27, 2019

It is generally understood that grantors can take physical custody or terminate the agreement at any time, but it is better to underscore this provision within the document.

From Encyclopedia.com ● Sep. 19, 2018

The terms of the agreement set out that the grantees were to pay annually to the grantors one-half of all the net profits in excess of a dividend of 12 per cent. upon the investment.

From A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River by Barlow Cumberland