From the above description of the more important trusts it is evident that a fiduciary company can serve the individual during his entire period of life. In like manner, a corporation can be aided from inception to dissolution, and in fact many of the problems of corporate finance can be solved only with the aid of fiduciary institutions. A previous chapter has indicated the manner in which a new corporation is launched through the efforts of an underwriting syndicate. In this group, a trust company frequently participates as member when its banking department contributes funds, or as manager when the trust department directs the entire transaction.