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Uniform Prudent Investor Act — (UPIA), which was adopted in 1992 by the American Law Institute s Third Restatement of the Law of Trusts ( Restatement of Trust 3d ), reflects a modern portfolio theory and total return approach to the exercise of fiduciary investment discretion … Wikipedia
Uniform Prudent Investor Act - UPIA — An updated trust investment law that reflects the changes that have occurred in investment practice since the late 1960s, specifically with regard to modern portfolio theory. The Uniform Prudent Investor Act (UPIA) made five fundamental changes… … Investment dictionary
List of Uniform Acts (United States) — In the United States, a Uniform Act or Uniform Law is a proposed state law drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL). TOC Drafting of uniform acts In the United States, a Uniform Act or Uniform Law is a… … Wikipedia
Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act — Full title An Act to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end too big to fail , to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers… … Wikipedia
John H. Langbein — (born 1941) is the Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History at Yale Law School. He is an internationally known expert in the fields of trusts and estates, comparative law, and Anglo American legal history. Professor Langbein earned his A.B. in … Wikipedia
Austin Wakeman Scott — (1886 1981) wrote a ten volume treatise covering many topics of personal trusts such as the formation and termination of express trusts, resulting and constructive trusts, and the conflicts of interest encountered in the administration of trusts … Wikipedia
United States trust law — Introduction Most law regulating the creation and administration of trusts in the United States is now statutory at the state level. In August 2004, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws created the first attempt to… … Wikipedia
Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… … Universalium
Government procurement in the United States — is based on many of the same principles as commercial contracting, but is subject to special laws and regulation as described below. Persons entering into commercial contracts are pretty much free to do anything that they can agree on. Each… … Wikipedia
Venture capital — (also known as VC or Venture) is a type of private equity capital typically provided to immature, high potential, growth companies in the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event such as an IPO or trade sale of the… … Wikipedia
