AIB - Trust Basics

 

AIB - TRUST BASICS

Course Description: 
This course provides you with an overview of the trust department in a commercial bank, including how it fits into the bank's overall operations, the services it provides, and generally how those services are delivered.  Particular emphasis is placed on the importance of accumulating, preserving, and disposing of an estate.

Audience:  This course is designed for non-trust bank personnel and those who have recently come into the trust department in support positions, entry-level personnel, employee benefits, and corporate trust officers.

Learning Objectives:  After successfully completing this program, participants will be able to:

·         Explain the role of the trust department in a bank

·         Describe the trust services that corporate and consumer customers receive

·         Identify assets and ownership related to trust services

·         Explain the Prudent Investor Rule and how it relates to investment risk, policy, and responsibility

·         Define what a personal trust is, reasons for having one, and the characteristics of a good trustee

Topics:  The topics to be covered are as follows:

·         Types of Assets and How They are Owned

·         Investment Vehicles

·         Agencies

·         Investment Risk and the Prudent Investor

·         Wills and the Probate Process

·         Guardianships and Advance Directives

·         Personal Trusts: The Groundwork

·         The Personal trust Document

·         Land Trust

·         Employee Benefit Trust and Agency Services

·         Corporate Trust and Agency Services

·         Selling, Marketing and Competing

Textbook:  Newly revised - Trust Basics: An Introduction to the Products and Services of the Trust Industry, 2nd edition, 2006, ABA.

Credits:  AIB:   3.0

Delivery Methods:  This course is available in the following formats:

·         AIB Online Instructor-led course
Length:
16 weeks;  Price: $405 members; $505 non-members
Course Start Dates
Enroll Online ; Print Registration Form
 

·         AIB Self-Study
$295 members; $375 non-members (
text must be purchased separately)
 

·          Resources for in-bank training

For further information, call NYBA Education at (212) 297-1679.

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