(a) The boards of trustees of the State Police Retirement System, the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System, the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, the Arkansas State Highway Employees' Retirement System, and the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System shall have full power to invest and reinvest the moneys of the respective systems and to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer, or dispose of any of the investments so made as well as the proceeds of the investments and moneys.
(b) However, the investments and reinvestments shall only be made in accordance with the prudent investor rule set forth in §§ 24-2-610 — 24-2-619.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions
Chapter 2 - Public Employee Retirement Plans Generally
Subchapter 6 - State Retirement Systems Investments
§ 24-2-601. Investment authority and limitations generally
§ 24-2-602. Investment authority and limitations — Permissible investments
§ 24-2-603. Investment authority and limitations — Default setoff
§ 24-2-604. Investment authority and limitations — Conflict of interest
§ 24-2-605. Investment authority and limitations — Fidelity bonds
§ 24-2-606. Investment authority and limitations — Custodianship of assets
§ 24-2-607. Investment authority and limitations — Trust account
§ 24-2-608. Investment authority and limitations — Arkansas-related investments
§ 24-2-609. Registration of securities in name of nominee — Powers and duties of nominee
§ 24-2-610. Prudent investor rule
§ 24-2-611. Standard of care — Portfolio strategy — Risk and return objectives
§ 24-2-613. Duties at inception of trusteeship
§ 24-2-616. Investment costs — Limitations on investment authority
§ 24-2-617. Reviewing compliance
§ 24-2-618. Delegation of investment and management functions