South Dakota · Public trust company
Trident Trust Company (South Dakota) Inc.
Services offered
- Directed trust administration
- Delegated trust administration
- Discretionary / traditional trusteeship
- US corporate services hub
Who it is for
- Professional advisors and their high-net-worth clients
- US and international families
- Multi-advisor estate plans that keep existing investment and distribution relationships
Sourced facts
- First issuance date on the South Dakota public-trust-company list is 15 October 2014.
- The firm states it has been ranked as a leading South Dakota trust company in the Chambers & Partners High Net Worth Guide every year since 2016.
- The Sioux Falls office is also described as the hub for Trident’s US corporate services covering all US states.
Notes
Trident Trust Company (South Dakota) Inc. is a public trust company on the South Dakota Division of Banking list (credential TC.098-2, first issued 15 October 2014). The current listed address is 300 Cherapa Place, Suite 501, Sioux Falls.
The firm’s own South Dakota pages describe directed, delegated, and discretionary trusts. Its directed-trust note is unusually plain: the Sioux Falls company can take the administrative or directed role and leave investment management and distribution decisions with the family’s existing professionals. It also markets the office as a US corporate-services hub. That mix is useful for cross-border families — and it is a reason to keep the trust engagement and any company-formation work on separate paper.
What to verify next
Ask which appointment they will actually accept — directed, delegated, or full discretion — and who signs as the South Dakota entity versus another Trident office. Confirm the current Sioux Falls address against the Division of Banking list (300 Cherapa Place, Suite 501) rather than older Phillips Avenue letterhead. If the family is international, verify FATCA/CRS, US tax reporting, and whether corporate-services work sits in the same engagement as the trusteeship.