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corporate trustee

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A quick definition of corporate trustee:

A corporate trustee is a group of people who work at a bank or investment firm and are hired to manage a trust. They are experts in trust matters and can help create a trust that reflects the creator's wishes. Unlike personal trustees, corporate trustees are impartial and have a legal duty to follow the creator's intentions. They are paid a percentage of the trust's assets, which encourages them to increase the trust's income. While family members or friends can also be trustees, they may have personal feelings or interests that could affect their decisions.

A more thorough explanation:

A corporate trustee is a department within a bank or investment firm that is hired to create and manage a trust. They are hired for their professional experience in trust matters, which family members or friends may not have. Corporate trustees can help build a trust that better reflects the creator's intentions, and they are mostly impartial actors bound by fiduciary duties to follow the creator's intentions.

Corporate trustees are usually paid between 0.5% - 2% annually of the trust's assets. While this may seem costly, paying trustees by percentage encourages them to increase the income of the trust and therefore their pay. Family members or friends may have personal feelings or interests guiding their actions as trustees, though they are often less expensive.

John wants to create a trust for his children's education. He hires a corporate trustee to manage the trust because they have the professional experience to ensure that the trust is managed properly and in accordance with his wishes. The corporate trustee is bound by fiduciary duties to follow John's intentions, ensuring that the trust is used for his children's education.

Another example is when a wealthy individual wants to create a trust to support a charitable cause. They may hire a corporate trustee to ensure that the trust is managed properly and that the funds are used for the intended purpose.

These examples illustrate how corporate trustees are hired for their professional experience and impartiality in managing trusts, ensuring that the creator's intentions are followed and the trust is used for its intended purpose.

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12:30
i think that went well
semenstocking
12:30
why tf would people go to law school for 3 years to have trouble finding employment that is wild to me
lilypadfrog
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UC interview?
lilypadfrog
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average info man W
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@oakenrays: bingo
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mine is tomorrow @info-man lowkey nervy but it'll be okay
I'm glad it went well for you
texaslawhopefully
12:31
@info-man: it's a pretty comfortable interview!
12:31
@Sassy-Scholar116: you're gonna do great
12:32
@texaslawhopefully: yeah i'd say so! my interviewer wasn't totally conversational at the beginning but i made a light joke halfway through and that helped the conversation open up
texaslawhopefully
12:32
That's fantastic! I'm glad it went well for you :)
12:35
big ups info man
LMU just asked for an LSAT addendum to explain my increase, i hope this means they like me
Trismegistus
12:45
for my UC interview i had 5 questions, 4 of which were "and"s and i talked the whole time, so when time was up, i was kinda flustered lol
Trismegistus
12:46
no idea waht to make of that but i guess we will find out soon
Trismegistus
12:47
@info-man: congrats!
texaslawhopefully
12:47
my uchicacgo interview took 40ish minutes
Trismegistus
12:47
HUH
Trismegistus
12:47
mine hard-stopped at 20 lol
Trismegistus
12:48
rip
texaslawhopefully
12:48
but 20 minutes of mine was me asking questions lmao
Trismegistus
12:48
i think there was someone after me bc i didnt get to ask mine
texaslawhopefully
12:48
I'm really into brian leiter's work and wanted to know about classes with him
Trismegistus
12:48
thats me for nussbaum
texaslawhopefully
12:49
Yes! The faculty has so many cool scholars
texaslawhopefully
12:49
If I remember correctly they're only behind YLS for most cited faculty
Dkk
12:53
@texaslawhopefully: Read your sam harris article last night. Taking that as an endorsement lol.
12:56
@HopefullyInLawSchool: they ask for that in the instructions for everyone but can't hurt that they asked you directly!
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