fiduciary
Definition
Person or a legal entity (firm, bank, credit union) holding assets (cash, property, securities) or information as an agent-in-trust for a principal (stockholder, customer, member). A fiduciary owes (among other obligations) the duty of loyalty, full disclosure, obedience, diligence, and of accounting for all monies handed over, to the principal. A fiduciary must not exploit his or her position of trust and confidence for personal gain at the expense of the principal. Law demands a fiduciary to exercise highest degree of care and utmost good faith in maintenance and preservation of the principal's assets and rights, and imposes compensatory as well as punitive damages on the erring fiduciary.
fiduciary is in the Banking, Commerce & Finance and Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subjects.
fiduciary appears in the definitions of the following terms:
investment grade,
speculative security,
junk bond,
surcharge,
speculative grade,
nominee company,
fiscal agent,
duties of trustee,
trusted third party,
constructive trust
and
fiduciary appears in these other terms: fiduciary relationship, corporate fiduciary, fiduciary obligation, fiduciary duty, fiduciary account
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