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  2. Corporate trust - Wikipedia

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    In the most basic sense of the term, a corporate trust is a trust created by a corporation. [1]The term in the United States is most often used to describe the business activities of many financial services companies and banks that act in a fiduciary capacity for investors in a particular security (i.e. stock investors or bond investors).

  3. Trust (business) - Wikipedia

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    The Rockefeller-Morgan Family Tree (1904), which depicts how the largest trusts at the turn of the 20th century were in turn connected to each other. A trust or corporate trust is a large grouping of business interests with significant market power, which may be embodied as a corporation or as a group of corporations that cooperate with one another in various ways.

  4. Theory of the firm - Wikipedia

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    The theory of the firm consists of a number of economic theories that explain and predict the nature of the firm, company, or corporation, including its existence, behaviour, structure, and relationship to the market. [1] Firms are key drivers in economics, providing goods and services in return for monetary payments and rewards.

  5. Prudent man rule - Wikipedia

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    The prudent man rule is based on common law stemming from the 1830 Massachusetts court formulation Harvard College v. Amory. [1] The prudent man rule, written by Massachusetts Justice Samuel Putnam (1768–1853), directs trustees "to observe how men of prudence, discretion and intelligence manage their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the permanent disposition of ...

  6. Securitization - Wikipedia

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    Securitization is the financial practice of pooling various types of contractual debt such as residential mortgages, commercial mortgages, auto loans, or credit card debt obligations (or other non-debt assets which generate receivables) and selling their related cash flows to third party investors as securities, which may be described as bonds, pass-through securities, or collateralized debt ...

  7. Collateralized debt obligation - Wikipedia

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    Sanne Trust; State Street Corporation; US Bank (note: US Bank acquired the corporate trust unit of Wachovia in 2008 and Bank of America in September 2011, which had previously acquired LaSalle Bank in 2010, and is the current market share leader) Wells Fargo; Wilmington Trust: Wilmington shut down their business in early 2009.

  8. Reverse Morris Trust - Wikipedia

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    The original Morris Trust structure was the result of a favorable ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 1966 in the case of Commissioner v. Mary Archer W. Morris Trust. [2] The original Morris Trust structure is similar to the above Reverse Morris Trust structure.

  9. For Dummies - Wikipedia

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    For Dummies is an extensive series of instructional reference books which are intended to present non-intimidating guides for readers new to the various topics covered. The series has been a worldwide success with editions in numerous languages.