
Estate planning options at Osaic
The key to protecting your Osaic investment accounts is making sure each one has a transfer mechanism in place—either a beneficiary designation or trust ownership. Without one, the account goes through probate, adding time, cost, and court involvement for your family.
Each of Osaic's 13 investment accounts has different rules for how it transfers at death. The sections below explain the options for each.
- Complete Premier Trust's IRA Beneficiary Designation form (Traditional, Roth or SIMPLE IRA), naming primary and contingent beneficiaries
- Give each beneficiary's name, address, date of birth, relationship, tax ID and percentage
- Deliver the signed form to Premier Trust as trustee or custodian
Required Documents
- Each beneficiary's name and address (for a Premier Trust self-directed IRA)
- Each beneficiary's date of birth (for a Premier Trust self-directed IRA)
- Each beneficiary's relationship to you (for a Premier Trust self-directed IRA)
- Each beneficiary's tax ID (for a Premier Trust self-directed IRA)
- Signed IRA Beneficiary Designation form (for a Premier Trust self-directed IRA). Delivered to Premier Trust as trustee or custodian
What Osaic says about beneficiaries and trusts
Each section is Osaic's own statement, with the document it comes from numbered under Sources.
Which accounts take a beneficiary2
- Investment account
Osaic Wealth brokerage accounts are held at Pershing or NFS as custodian. Osaic states there are "differing benefits and restrictions based on the account types selected, owners and beneficiaries."1
- IRA
On the Premier Trust IRA Beneficiary Designation form, if no beneficiaries are named, "my estate will be my beneficiary."2
How many beneficiaries, and how shares are split
- IRA
The Premier Trust IRA form names primary and contingent beneficiaries, each with a percentage.2
What a designation takes to be effective
- IRA
If you are married and name a primary beneficiary other than or in addition to your spouse, the Premier Trust IRA form provides for your spouse's signed consent.2
Beneficiary forms Osaic issues1
- Premier Trust IRA Beneficiary Designation
For IRAs. Available to download.2
What Osaic's agreement says about beneficiaries1
- Changing or revoking a designation
A signed Premier Trust IRA Beneficiary Designation form "overrides all previous designations for this IRA."2
Which accounts a trust can hold2
- Investment account
Osaic Wealth's sweep disclosures cover accounts owned by a trustee.3, 4
Osaic Advisory Services' Counsel Program is available to trusts.5
- Trust account
Premier Trust, in Henderson, Nevada, administers trusts under Nevada law and does not manage investments, so financial professionals keep managing the assets.6, 7
Premier Trust administers revocable and irrevocable trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, special needs, charitable, Nevada asset protection and dynasty trusts, and Nevada incomplete gift non-grantor and beneficiary defective inheritor's trusts.6, 7
What Osaic says about trust accounts2
Accounts handled elsewhere1
- Premier Trust
Self-directed IRAs, and trusts it serves as Administrative, Distribution or Investment Trustee, or co-trustee8, 7
Phone: 1-702-507-0750 ext. 900
Email: info@premiertrust.com
Not in Osaic's published guidance3
- Osaic beneficiary or transfer-on-death form
- A trust account form
- Which trust documents it accepts
Sources8
- 1.Osaic Wealth BD Firm Brochure
- 2.Premier Trust IRA Beneficiary Designation
- 3.Osaic Wealth sweep program disclosure for Pershing accounts
- 4.Osaic Wealth sweep program disclosure for NFS accounts
- 5.Osaic Advisory Services Counsel Program brochure
- 6.Premier Trust home page
- 7.Premier Trust trusts
- 8.Premier Trust contact page
Sources
Data sourced from Osaic primary sources (16 pages reviewed). How we research.
Download these Osaic instructions
Download instructions for the whole estateA printable PDF with the steps, required documents, and contact details — verified against Osaic primary sources. Bring it to the branch or keep it beside the phone.
Osaic estate support
Premier Trust (Osaic-affiliated trust company)
Premier Trust Las Vegas Office
Premier Trust Reno Office
Mailing address
Website
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