Conn. Gen. Stat. § 36a-459a Investment Policy

• Library: Connecticut Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 36a-459a

(a) At least once a year, the governing board of each Connecticut credit union shall adopt a written investment policy governing investments made pursuant to this section and securities trading, if any. No Connecticut credit union shall make any investment pursuant to this section unless the purchase and holding of such investment is consistent with such policy. The policy shall establish standards for the making of prudent investments which shall include (1) the rating of individual investments by nationally recognized rating services, if any, and (2) standards for diversification of the credit union's investment portfolio among industry categories. The policy shall provide for the frequent and periodic review by the credit union of investments made pursuant to the policy and shall provide for the reasonable and expeditious divestiture of investments which the governing board, upon its review, no longer deems prudent or consistent with the credit union's investment policy. The investment policy and any investment made pursuant to the policy shall be subject to the supervision of the commissioner concerning safe and sound credit union practices.

(b) The investment officer or investment committee, if any, shall act for the governing board between meetings of the governing board in all matters involving investment of funds pursuant to this section. Such investment officer or committee shall report to the governing board at each of its regular meetings, during which the governing board shall review all investments made pursuant to this section, as well as details of any securities trading engaged in by such credit union. The minutes of the governing board meetings shall recite the results of each such review. The governing board shall cause the credit union to use reasonable efforts to divest as expeditiously as possible any investment which the governing board, upon its review, no longer deems prudent or consistent with the Connecticut credit union's investment policy.

(c) A Connecticut credit union may invest its funds, which are not committed to loans to members in:

(1) Securities, obligations, or other instruments of, or issued by, or fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or in any trusts established for investing directly or collectively in such instruments;

(2) general obligations and revenue obligations of any state or territory of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, provided such obligations are rated in the three highest rating categories by a rating service of such obligations recognized by the commissioner and no more than ten per cent of total assets may be invested in any one issuer;