信托,即信任委托,是建立在信任基础上的一种财产管理制度,它是社会经济发展到一定阶段的产物。信托起源于英国,那时英国的信托以民事信托为主。19世纪信托传到美国以后,便以营业信托为主,出现了办理商事的信托公司。这些信托公司把筹措来的资金投放到亟需发展的工业公司和矿山公司的股票和债 Trust, entrusted trust, is a kind of property management system based on trust. It is a product of the social and economic development to a certain stage. The trust originated in the United Kingdom, when the British trust was dominated by a civil trust. After the trust was transferred to the United States in the 19th century, it was dominated by business trusts and there appeared trust companies for doing business. These trust companies put the money they raise to the stocks and bonds of industrial companies and mining companies in desperate need of development