In addition to all other powers granted corporations authorized to accept and execute trusts in Illinois, such a corporation, when acting as a fiduciary or co-fiduciary, may, unless otherwise provided by the agreement, will, deed, court order or other instrument:
     (a) Cause securities to be registered in the name of a nominee without mention of its fiduciary capacity in any instrument or record constituting or evidencing title thereto, and may cause certificates representing securities, including those held in bearer form, of the same class of the same issuer and from time to time constituting assets of particular fiduciary accounts, to be held in bulk with certificates of the same class of the same issuer and from time to time constituting assets of other fiduciary accounts, without certification as to ownership attached, including the merging of certificates from time to time constituting assets of various fiduciary accounts into one or more certificates; or

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 760 ILCS 75/2

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.

     (b) Deposit or arrange for the deposit of securities with a clearing corporation, a Federal Reserve Bank or another fiduciary. When such securities are so deposited, certificates representing securities, including those held in bearer form, of the same class of the same issuer and from time to time constituting assets of particular fiduciary accounts may be registered in the name of the nominee of the clearing corporation, Federal Reserve Bank or other fiduciary without mention of the fiduciary capacity in any instrument or record constituting or evidencing title thereto, and may be held in bulk in the name of said nominee with certificates of the same class of the same issuer and with any other securities authorized to be deposited in such clearing corporation, Federal Reserve Bank or other fiduciary by any authorized person regardless of the ownership of any such securities, including the merging of certificates from time to time constituting assets of various fiduciary accounts into one or more certificates.