Ala. Code § 45-8A-22.104: Investment of the Trust for Revenue Purposes.

(a) The retirement board and any investment manager it appoints is authorized to invest and reinvest the funds of the trust in all classes and forms of bonds, mortgages, common and preferred stocks, shares of investment companies or mutual funds, or any other investment. The retirement board is further authorized to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer, and dispose of any investment in which the funds of the trust previously have been invested as well as the proceeds thereof.

(b) No participant or employee of the City of Anniston shall have any direct interest in the gains or profits of any investment made by the retirement board nor shall any participant or employee of the City of Anniston become an endorser or surety or act in any manner as an obligor for monies loaned to or borrowed from the retirement board.