Learn about blind trusts, their benefits, and when they are used to prevent conflicts in investments. Explore how they function with real-world examples today.

A blind trust is a special type of trust that helps individuals with significant assets keep their assets separate from their decisions. When someone sets up a blind trust, they give their assets to ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) has moved $2.5 million in stock and other liquid assets into a blind trust, including a large stake in a medical marijuana company set to expand as the state legalizes ...

Finding a middle ground between blind trust and micromanagement is a challenge faced by countless executives and entrepreneurs. On one end of the spectrum, some leaders adopt a hands-off approach, ...

In Sen. Joe Manchin III’s hilly West Virginia home county, his family’s business has made millions by taking waste coal from long-abandoned mines and selling it to a power plant that emits air ...

Gov. Wes Moore has finalized the creation of a blind trust that will prevent him from managing or knowing about his personal financial holdings — including a $2.5 million portfolio made up of ongoing ...

Shares of a cannabis company make up nearly half of a $2.5 million blind trust portfolio established for Maryland Gov. Wes Moore. (AP File Photo/Brian Witte) Shares in a cannabis company comprise ...

Trusts can be used to hold assets for a beneficiary, and you may hear about them when carrying out estate planning or evaluating strategies to pass investments to heirs. One type of trust, called a ...