Glossary
The language of trusts, in three languages
Cambodia's trust framework has precise terms of art — in Khmer, English and Chinese. This is the reference.
- Trustបរធនបាលកិច្ច信托
- A legal arrangement in which a trustee holds and administers assets for the benefit of designated beneficiaries, under the terms of a deed.
- Settlorបរធនបាលទាយក委托人
- The person who contributes assets into a trust and sets its terms.
- Trusteeបរធនបាល受托人
- The party that holds legal title to trust assets and administers them under fiduciary duty — in Cambodia's commercial framework, a licensed trust company.
- Beneficiaryអត្ថគាហក受益人
- The person or entity entitled to the benefit of trust assets — income, use, or eventual transfer — as the deed prescribes.
- Trust deedលិខិតបរធនបាលកិច្ច信托契约
- The governing document of a trust: who benefits, in what shares, what the trustee may do, and how the arrangement ends.
- Registered trustបរធនបាលកិច្ចដែលបានចុះបញ្ជី注册信托
- A trust recorded with Cambodia's Trust Regulator — the registration that gives the arrangement its standing under the 2019 framework.
- Trust Regulatorនិយ័តករបរធនបាលកិច្ច信托监管机构
- Cambodia's dedicated national authority supervising trusts and licensing trustees.
- Fiduciary dutyកាតព្វកិច្ចបរធនបាល信义义务
- The trustee's legal obligation to act solely in the beneficiaries' interest — the standard above ordinary commercial care.
- Escrowអែសក្រូ资金托管
- Neutral holding of funds or titles by a third party until the agreed conditions of a transaction are fulfilled.
- Succession planningការរៀបចំមរតក传承规划
- Arranging, in advance and in writing, how assets pass to the next generation — and under whose stewardship in the meantime.
- Asset protectionការការពារទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិ资产保护
- Structuring holdings so that personal contingencies — disputes, incapacity, death — do not strand or dissipate what has been built.
- Custodianអ្នកថែរក្សាទ្រព្យ托管人
- An institution that safekeeps assets and their documents of title on a client's behalf.
- KYC (Know Your Client)ការស្គាល់អតិថិជន (KYC)客户尽职调查 (KYC)
- The identity, source-of-funds and source-of-wealth verification a licensed trustee performs before and during every engagement.
- AML / CFTការប្រឆាំងការលាងលុយកខ្វក់ / ហិរញ្ញប្បទានភេរវកម្ម反洗钱 / 反恐怖融资
- The legal controls preventing financial institutions from being used to launder money or finance terrorism — screening, record-keeping and reporting.