Prudent Investor Rule: Key Principles for Trustees

Prudent Investor Rule: Adherence to Key Principles

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According to the Prudent Investor Rule, the trustee must:

- adhere to loyalty, impartiality and ________

- maintain overall portfolio risk at a reasonable level

- provide for reasonable diversification of trust investments

- act with prudence in deciding whether and how to delegate authority to experts and in selecting and supervising agents

- be cost conscious when investing

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Modern Portfolio Theory dictates that trustees consider a portfolio in its entirety and not just on an investment-by-investment basis. As a fiduciary, therefore, the trustee must:

- adhere to fundamental fiduciary duties of loyalty, impartiality and prudence.

- maintain overall portfolio risk at a reasonable level

- the trade-off between risk and return is the fiduciary's central concern.

- provide for reasonable diversification of trust investments.

- act with prudence in deciding whether and how to delegate authority to experts and in selecting and supervising agents.

- be cost conscious when investing.