Blind trust
A blind trust is a
trust in which the
executors or those who have been given
power of attorney have full discretion over the assets, and the
trust beneficiaries have no knowledge of the holdings of the trust. Blind trusts are generally used when a
trustor wishes to keep the beneficiary unaware of the specific assets in the trust, such as to avoid
conflict of interest between the beneficiary and the investments.
Politicians often place their personal assets (including investment income) into blind trusts, to avoid public scrutiny and accusations of conflicts of interest when they direct government funds to the private sector.
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blind trust
Noun
1. a trust that enables a person to avoid possible conflict of interest by transferring assets to a fiduciary; the person establishing the trust gives up the right to information about the assets
(hypernym) trust
Blind trust
A
trust in which a fiduciary third party has total discretion to make
investments on behalf of a
beneficiary while the beneficiary is uninformed about the holdings of the
trust.
Blind Trust
A trust in which the trustees are enjoined from providing any information to the beneficiaries about the administration of assets of the trust.
Blind trust
A trust set up by a settlor who reserves the right to terminate the trust but other than that, agrees to assert no power over the trust, which is administered without account to the beneficiary/settlor or the retention of any other measure of control over the trust's administration. - (
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