Commercial Trusts in European Private Law

This book examines how fifteen legal systems of the European Union regulate relationships of trust, focusing in particular on asset management. Following the Common Core approach, legal systems are examined primarily through the discussion, by national reporters, of a series of hypothetical cases. The cases raise issues such as what happens to the client when the asset manager becomes bankrupt. There is a special focus on commercial applications such as collective investment,...
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This book examines how fifteen legal systems of the European Union regulate relationships of trust, focusing in particular on asset management. Following the Common Core approach, legal systems are examined primarily through the discussion, by national reporters, of a series of hypothetical cases. The cases raise issues such as what happens to the client when the asset manager becomes bankrupt. There is a special focus on commercial applications such as collective investment, collective secured lending, pension funds, and securitisation.