1. Subject to any specific limitation set forth in a gift instrument or in law other than NRS 164.640 to 164.680, inclusive, an institution may delegate to an external agent the management and investment of an institutional fund to the extent that an institution could prudently delegate under the circumstances. An institution shall act in good faith, with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, in:
(a) Selecting an agent;
(b) Establishing the scope and terms of the delegation, consistent with the purposes of the institution and the institutional fund; and
(c) Periodically reviewing the agent’s actions in order to monitor the agent’s performance and compliance with the scope and terms of the delegation.
2. In performing a delegated function, an agent owes a duty to the institution to exercise reasonable care to comply with the scope and terms of the delegation.
3. An institution that complies with subsection 1 is not liable for the decisions or actions of an agent to which the function was delegated.
4. By accepting delegation of a management or investment function from an institution that is subject to the laws of this State, an agent submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State in all proceedings arising from or related to the delegation or the performance of the delegated function.
5. An institution may delegate management and investment functions to its committees, officers or employees as authorized by law of this State other than NRS 164.640 to 164.680, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 115)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 164 - Administration of Trusts
NRS 164.030 - Petition for instructions: Notice; hearing; final order; appeal.
NRS 164.037 - Petitions: Notice and hearing.
NRS 164.043 - Expenses and compensation of trustees.
NRS 164.067 - Power to sell, convey or encumber.
NRS 164.080 - Establishment; investments; management.
NRS 164.100 - Uniformity of interpretation.
NRS 164.130 - Transfer by court to district court in this State or court outside Nevada.
NRS 164.400 - Presentation; effect; form.
NRS 164.430 - Reliance upon facts contained in certification; enforceability.
NRS 164.440 - Failure to demand certification not improper act; liability.
NRS 164.645 - "Charitable purpose" defined.
NRS 164.647 - "Endowment fund" defined.
NRS 164.650 - "Gift instrument" defined.
NRS 164.653 - "Institution" defined.
NRS 164.655 - "Institutional fund" defined.
NRS 164.657 - "Person" defined.
NRS 164.660 - "Program-related asset" defined.
NRS 164.663 - "Record" defined.
NRS 164.665 - Standard of conduct in managing and investing institutional fund.
NRS 164.670 - Delegation of management and investment functions.
NRS 164.673 - Release or modification of restrictions on management, investment or purpose.
NRS 164.675 - Reviewing compliance.
NRS 164.677 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
NRS 164.680 - Uniformity of application and construction.
NRS 164.715 - Acting in interest of beneficiaries.
NRS 164.720 - Trust having two or more beneficiaries; impartial administration of trust or estate.
NRS 164.750 - Diversification of investments.
NRS 164.760 - Incurring costs.
NRS 164.765 - Determination of compliance with prudent investor rule.
NRS 164.775 - Terms and language of trust which authorize certain investments or strategies.
NRS 164.797 - Administration of unitrust: Duties of trustee; valuation of assets of trust.
NRS 164.798 - Administration of unitrust: Powers of trustee; manner of distributions.
NRS 164.800 - Applicable rules after death of decedent or end of income interest in trust.
NRS 164.835 - Accounting separately for business or other activity.
NRS 164.840 - Allocation of assets, money, property and other receipts to principal.
NRS 164.870 - Allocation of receipts from liquidating assets to income and principal.
NRS 164.905 - Disbursements required to be made from principal.
NRS 164.915 - Transfer of amount from income to principal to make certain principal disbursements.
NRS 164.920 - Payment of taxes required to be paid by trustee.
NRS 164.960 - Applicability of NRS 111.781 to transfers of property made pursuant to trust.