“Unit Investment Trust”主要有两层含义:(1)单位投资信托。信托的一种,据此而集中资金并将之投资于证券市场。信托的股份单位(units)向投资者出售,后者根据其投资比例而保留对该信托的利益。 (2)单位投资信托公司。从事前述信托业务的公司,该种公司可以根据信托契据(trust indenture)、保管合同、代理合同或其他法律文件而组成,但最为常见的是第一种方式。其不存在董事会,而且仅发行可回赎的股份,股份持有人通过该种投资方式而对受托人或保管人所持有的特定的证券组合而享有不可分割的利益。
其英文释义如下,供参考:
A unit investment trust (UIT) is a U.S. financial company that buys or holds a group of securities, such as stocks or bonds, and makes them available to investors as redeemable units. UITS are similar to both open-ended and closed-end mutual funds in that they all consist of collective investments in which many investors combine their funds to be managed by a portfolio manager. (From Investopedia)
单位投资信托中,很少是积极管理型的,因为基金一旦建立,其证券组合结构也就固定下来了。所以这些信托又被称为“无管理的信托”。信托基金一般投资于相对单一的资产类型;例如,某一信托基金投资于市政债券,另一基金投资于公司债务。这种证券类型的单一性是与缺乏积极的管理息息相关的。信托基金为投资者提供了这样一种工具,通过这种工具,投资者可以购买某种特定类型的资产组合。同时,证券组合缺乏积极的管理也意味着它的管理费用要低于那些有管理的基金。
以下为相关双语示例:
“Investor Associate” means members of an Investor Group and any company or fund (including any unit trust or investment trust) or partnership (including a limited partnership) which is advised, or the assets of which are managed, (whether solely or jointly with others) from time to time by any Investor or any member of its Investor Group or the Lead Investor or by any person who advises or manages the assets (or some material part thereof) of that Investor or any member of its Investor Group.
“投资者联系人”是指投资者集团成员和以下的任何公司或基金管理机构(包括任何单位信托公司或投资信托公司)或合伙企业(包括有限合伙企业):任何投资者或投资者集团的任何成员或主要投资者、或担任该投资者或投资者集团的任何成员的顾问或(重要)资产管理者的任何人,不时(单独或与他人联合)担任上述实体的顾问或资产管理者。