The State Board of Investment shall determine the investments to be made available to plan participants in plans defined in sections 352.965, 352.98, and 383B.46 and chapters 352D and 353D and to volunteer firefighters relief associations under chapter 424A. Investments made available to plan participants and relief associations must include at least one or more of the following:

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 356.645

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(1) shares in the Minnesota supplemental investment fund established in section 11A.17;

(2) savings accounts in federally insured financial institutions;

(3) life insurance contracts, fixed annuity contracts, and variable annuity contracts from companies that are subject to regulation by the commissioner of commerce;

(4) investment options from open-end investment companies registered under the federal Investment Company Act of 1940, United States Code, title 15, §§ 80a-1 to 80a-64;

(5) investment options from a firm that is a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, United States Code, title 15, §§ 80b-1 to 80b-21; and

(6) investment options of a bank as defined in United States Code, title 15, § 80b-2, subsection (a), paragraph (2), or a bank holding company as defined in the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, United States Code, title 12, § 1841, subsection (a), paragraph (1).