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For Those Who Have Built

Legacy is not what you leave behind.

It is what continues forward.

The values that shape generations. The structures that hold a family together across time. The architecture strong enough to support those who may never know your name.

A practice partnering with high-net-worth families and business owners to build that architecture — quietly, deliberately, by design.

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The Test

The test most successful families have never taken.

Divide your current net worth by your annual living expenses. The number is the years your wealth will sustain those you love — if nothing else changes, and nothing is added. Most successful families discover the number is smaller than they expected.

Your Family Sustains, Without You
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The Covenant

Three principles. The practice rests on them.

Not values written for a website. The governing commitments behind every recommendation, every structure, and every conversation with the families this practice serves.

I.

Foundation

Protection is not the lowest tier of wealth planning. It is the layer that earns the right to everything above it. Without it, the structure is exposed to a single event no one planned for.

II.

Structure

Wealth without structure is the illusion of security. The work is not to add another product — it is to design the architecture that holds the wealth together across people, jurisdictions, and time.

III.

Continuity

True legacy is not what is left behind. It is what continues forward — the values, the structures, and the governance that allow each generation to begin from stability rather than from scratch.

The Method

The Foundation Framework. Built bottom-up.

Five layers. Each one earning the right to the one above it. The order matters more than the components — which is why most portfolios end up structurally inverted, with growth and speculation built on a foundation that was never poured.

  1. 01 Protection The foundation. Without it, every layer above is exposed to a single event you did not plan for.
  2. 02 Liquidity Reserves that survive the moment no family wants to plan for — and the months that follow it.
  3. 03 Core Growth Compounding wealth structured for sustainability, not headlines. Boring is the strategy.
  4. 04 Alternatives Strategic positions. Considered. Sized. Never the foundation, never the headline.
  5. 05 Legacy The architecture that ensures wealth does what you intended — for the generations you may never meet.
Hiral Kakaiya
About

About Hiral.

For the first decade of this work, I tried to be everything to every family — health, general, life, savings, education. The practice grew, but it was wide and shallow. Then I encountered the methodology of Dr. Sanjay Tolani, and a single conviction reshaped everything: that wealth without structure is not yet wealth. The practice has narrowed deliberately since. It is not the practice I started with — it is the practice I should have been building from the beginning.

Thirteen years in Singapore. One method: foundation first.

The work centres on questions of protection, estate architecture, and the structures that hold a family together across generations. The practice has grown almost entirely through referral and operates intentionally narrowly.

The framework of the practice draws on the methodologies of Dr. Sanjay Tolani, refined into Hiral's own approach — built on a single conviction: that wealth without structure is not yet wealth.

CEP
Certified Estate Planner
AWP
Associate Wealth Planner
Asset Structuring Club™
Certified
From Those Who Built The Foundation

In their words.

Hiral's deep knowledge in estate and financial planning opened my eyes to gaps I hadn't even considered. His professional and empathetic approach made the entire process smooth and stress-free.

Vishal Singhvi Director of Strategic Initiatives & Generative AI · Microsoft

Hiral's expertise truly stands out. His comprehensive analysis gave me a clear path forward with practical solutions aligned perfectly with my goals. His professionalism makes him an invaluable advisor.

Ashish Malik Managing Director · Anglo Ardmore Ship Management Ltd.

Hiral worked with me to understand the importance of integrating financial and estate planning. His guidance was insightful and personalized. His patience in explaining details made this a game-changer for my financial legacy.

Samarth Kasturia Head of Strategic Consulting and Workplace, Asia Pacific · Real Estate Sector
Writings

Selected writings from the practice.

Working papers and field notes from the conversations this practice has been invited into. Released selectively. Written for families and the advisors who serve them.

I.

The 100-Year Test

A one-page diagnostic for understanding whether your family's wealth will sustain across generations — or only across one.

Forthcoming
II.

The Cross-Border Asset Trap

What globally mobile families most often get wrong about US-listed holdings — and the estate tax exposure they have never modelled.

Forthcoming
III.

The Dispute-Free Inheritance Framework

Five structural decisions that determine whether wealth unites or divides the next generation. A field note from thirteen years of estate conversations.

Forthcoming
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The conversation continues, in your time.

hiral@hiralkakaiya.com