fiduciary

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"Being a fiduciary is about building trust," said Kevin Keller, CEO of the CFP Board.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another: a fiduciary heir; a fiduciary contract.
  2. adjective Of or being a trustee or trusteeship.
  3. adjective Held in trust.

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  • The jury could reasonably have viewed the decedent's conduct as "an unconscionable abuse of a quasi-fiduciary, confidential relationship by at least a grossly negligent failure to perfect the gift of the locus to the detriment of the plaintiff, who relied upon it by moving to the locus." —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • "Clearly, [SEC Chairman Mary] Schapiro and Ketchum think that bargaining away the fiduciary issue may result in Finra becoming the adviser [self-regulatory organization]," said Mercer Bullard, president and founder of Fund Democracy Inc., a non-profit mutual fund shareholder advocacy organization based in Oxford, Miss. —  InvestmentNews.com Latest Headlines
  • A fiduciary is a person that exercises discretion over the management of plan assets or exercises discretionary control over the administration of the plan. —  Lawyers and Settlements :: Latest Cases & Settlements
  • "Being a fiduciary is about building trust," said Kevin Keller, CEO of the CFP Board. —  SmartMoney.com
  • Angel investments are always going to be smaller, but the due diligence process is also going to be less rigorous, because angels are not acting as a fiduciary to another investors. —  GigaOM Daily
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin fīdūciārius, from fīdūcia, trust; see fiducial.

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  1. = French fiduciaire = Portuguese Italian fiduciario, from Latin fiduciarius, of or relating to a thing held in trust (Middle Latin also as a noun), from fiducia, trust, a thing held in trust: see fiducial.
 

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/fɪˈdjuʃɪəri/
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