In the first ten years, it had grown to over 6,000 members owning between them assets of £3.6 million.

He owns assets worth £1M and that is his estate.

The investors will eventually own assets and profits and be able to exercise control over management.

More to the point, they own valuable assets: their homes.

In return, members do not have a personal financial interest in the property or assets (if any) owned by the society.

Gazprom also owns major assets in other industries, particularly the media.

Families would own fewer assets whose values had greatly appreciated.

Anyone owning assets worth preserving should have a will of some sort, the experts warn.

And if you own any property or assets, those will be sold to pay your creditors.

The company now owns all intellectual property rights to and manufacturing assets for the product line.