KRS 95.915: Qualified investment managers -- Appointment -- Duties.

The board shall employ one (1) or more qualified investment managers, who shall invest

and reinvest the assets of the fund. The qualified investment managers may make any

investments which are allowed, at the time of making the investment, to fiduciaries in this

state, except that the board may at its discretion authorize the qualified investment

managers to purchase common stocks in corporations that do not have a record of paying

dividends to their stockholders. Qualified investment managers operating p ursuant to the

provisions of KRS 95.895 to 95.945 shall not be required to seek District Court approval

of investments authorized by KRS 386.020(h) and (i). The board may grant the qualified

investment managers authority to make timely investments. In in vesting and reinvesting

moneys and in acquiring, managing and disposing of investments, the qualified

investment managers shall discharge their duties with respect to the fund solely in the

interest of the participants and their beneficiaries and:

(1) For the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants and their

beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the fund;

(2) With the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then

prevailing that a prudent man ac ting in a like capacity and familiar with such

matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like

aims;

(3) By diversifying the investments of the fund so as to minimize the risk of large

losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so; and

(4) In accordance with the documents and instruments governing the fund as found in

KRS 95.895 to 95.945 or policies adopted by the board.