(40 ILCS 5/1-113.2)
Sec. 1-113.2.
List of permitted investments for all Article 3 or 4 pension
funds. Any pension fund established under Article 3 or 4 may invest in the
following items:
(1) Interest bearing direct obligations of the United States of America.
(2) Interest bearing obligations to the extent that they are fully
guaranteed or insured as to payment of principal and interest by the United
States of America.
(3) Interest bearing bonds, notes, debentures, or other similar obligations
of agencies of the United States of America. For the purposes of this Section,
"agencies of the United States of America" includes: (i) the Federal National
Mortgage Association and the Student Loan Marketing Association; (ii) federal
land banks, federal intermediate credit banks,
federal farm credit banks, and any other entity authorized to
issue direct debt obligations of the United States of America under the Farm
Credit Act of 1971 or amendments to that Act; (iii) federal home loan banks and
the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; and (iv) any agency created
by Act of Congress that is authorized to issue direct debt obligations of the
United States of America.
(4) Interest bearing savings accounts or certificates of deposit, issued by
federally chartered banks or savings and loan associations, to the extent that
the deposits are insured by agencies or instrumentalities of the federal
government.
(5) Interest bearing savings accounts or certificates of deposit, issued by
State of Illinois chartered banks or savings and loan associations, to the
extent that the deposits are insured by agencies or instrumentalities of the
federal government.
(6) Investments in credit unions, to the extent that the investments are
insured by agencies or instrumentalities of the federal government.
(7) Interest bearing bonds of the State of Illinois.
(8) Pooled interest bearing accounts managed by the Illinois Public
Treasurer's Investment Pool in accordance with the Deposit of State Moneys Act,
interest bearing funds or pooled accounts of the Illinois Metropolitan Investment Funds, and interest bearing funds or pooled accounts managed, operated, and
administered by banks, subsidiaries of banks, or subsidiaries of bank holding
companies in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois.
(9) Interest bearing bonds or tax anticipation warrants of any county,
township, or municipal corporation of the State of Illinois.
(10) Direct obligations of the State of Israel, subject to the conditions
and limitations of item (5.1) of Section 1-113.
(11) Money market mutual funds managed by investment companies that are
registered under the federal Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Illinois
Securities Law of 1953 and are diversified, open-ended management investment
companies; provided that the portfolio of the money market mutual fund is
limited to the following:
(i) bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, |
| treasury bills, or other securities that are guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America as to principal and interest;
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(ii) bonds, notes, debentures, or other similar
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| obligations of the United States of America or its agencies; and
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(iii) short term obligations of corporations
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| organized in the United States with assets exceeding $400,000,000, provided that (A) the obligations mature no later than 180 days from the date of purchase, (B) at the time of purchase, the obligations are rated by at least 2 standard national rating services at one of their 3 highest classifications, and (C) the obligations held by the mutual fund do not exceed 10% of the corporation's outstanding obligations.
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(12) General accounts of life insurance companies authorized to transact
business in Illinois.
(13) Any combination of the following, not to exceed 10% of the pension
fund's net assets:
(i) separate accounts that are managed by life
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| insurance companies authorized to transact business in Illinois and are comprised of diversified portfolios consisting of common or preferred stocks, bonds, or money market instruments;
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(ii) separate accounts that are managed by insurance
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| companies authorized to transact business in Illinois, and are comprised of real estate or loans upon real estate secured by first or second mortgages; and
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(iii) mutual funds that meet the following
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(A) the mutual fund is managed by an investment
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| company as defined and registered under the federal Investment Company Act of 1940 and registered under the Illinois Securities Law of 1953;
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(B) the mutual fund has been in operation for at
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(C) the mutual fund has total net assets of $250
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(D) the mutual fund is comprised of diversified
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| portfolios of common or preferred stocks, bonds, or money market instruments.
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(14) Corporate bonds managed through an investment advisor must meet all of the following requirements:
(1) The bonds must be rated as investment grade by
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| one of the 2 largest rating services at the time of purchase.
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(2) If subsequently downgraded below investment
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| grade, the bonds must be liquidated from the portfolio within 90 days after being downgraded by the manager.
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(Source: P.A. 96-1495, eff. 1-1-11.)
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