Investment Authority Clause Examples
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Investment Authority. With respect to any transaction authorized pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Advisor may take any and all action necessary or desirable to effect such transaction, including but not limited to (A) placing an order with a broker selected in accordance with Subsection 4(h) for the execution of the transaction and (B) issuing to the Trustee such instructions as may be appropriate in connection with the settlement of such transaction.
Investment Authority. The Sub-Advisor’s investment authority shall include, to the extent permitted under Section 2 hereof, the authority to purchase, sell, and cover open positions, and generally to deal in securities, swaps (including but not limited to interest rate swaps and credit default swaps), financial futures contracts and options thereon, currency transactions, and other derivatives and investment instruments and techniques as may be permitted for use by the Fund and consistent with the Registration Statement. The Sub-Advisor may: (i) open and maintain brokerage accounts for financial futures and options and securities (such accounts hereinafter referred to as “Brokerage Accounts”) on behalf of and in the name of the Fund; and (ii) execute for and on behalf of the Brokerage Accounts, standard customer agreements with a broker or brokers. The Sub-Advisor may, using such of the securities and other property in the Brokerage Accounts as the Sub-Advisor deems necessary or desirable, direct the custodian to deposit on behalf of the Fund, original and maintenance brokerage deposits and otherwise direct payments of cash, cash equivalents and securities and other property into such brokerage accounts and to such brokers as the Sub-Advisor deems desirable or appropriate.
Investment Authority. (a) The Trustee shall not be liable in discharging its duties hereunder, including without limitation its duty to invest and reinvest the Fund, if it acts for the exclusive benefit of the Participants and their beneficiaries, in good faith and as a prudent person would act in accomplishing a similar task and in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement and any applicable federal or state laws, rules or regulations.
(b) Subject to the Company's power to direct the investment of the Fund prior to a CNF Change in Control pursuant to Section 6(c), the Trustee shall have the power in investing and reinvesting the Fund in its sole discretion:
(1) To invest and reinvest in any readily marketable common and preferred stocks, bonds, notes, debentures (including convertible stocks and securities but not including any stock or security of the Trustee other than a de minimis amount held in a collective or mutual fund), certificates of deposit or demand or time deposits (including any such deposits with the Trustee) and shares of investment companies and mutual funds, without being limited to the classes or property in which the Trustees are authorized to invest by any law or any rule of court of any state and without regard to the proportion any such property may bear to the entire amount of the Fund;
(2) To invest and reinvest all or any portion of the Fund collectively through the medium of any proprietary mutual fund that may be established and maintained by the Trustee;
(3) To commingle for investment purposes all or any portion of the Fund with assets of any other similar trust or trusts established by the Company with the Trustee for the purpose of safeguarding deferred compensation or retirement income benefits of its employees and/or directors;
(4) To retain any property at any time received by the Trustee;
(5) To sell or exchange any property held by it at public or private sale, for cash or on credit, to grant and exercise options for the purchase or exchange thereof, to exercise all conversion or subscription rights pertaining to any such property and to enter into any covenant or agreement to purchase any property in the future;
(6) To participate in any plan of reorganization, consolidation, merger, combination, liquidation or other similar plan relating to property held by it and to consent to or oppose any such plan or any action thereunder or any contract, lease, mortgage, purchase, sale or other action by any person;
(7) To deposit any propert...
Investment Authority. The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on the Trustee by applicable law, unless expressly provided otherwise herein, and all rights associated with assets of the Trust shall be exercised by the Trustee and shall in no event be exercisable by or rest with Participants. The Trustee shall have full power and authority, upon written instruction, to invest and reinvest the Trust Fund in any investment permitted by law, subject to any investment guidelines provided in Exhibit B hereto and any amendment to such Exhibit, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power:
(a) To invest and reinvest the Trust Fund, together with the income therefrom, in common stock, preferred stock, mutual funds, bonds, mortgages, notes, time certificates of deposit, commercial paper and other evidences of indebtedness (including those issued by the Trustee or any of its affiliates), other securities, policies of life insurance, annuity contracts, options to buy or sell securities or other assets, and other property of any kind (personal, real or mixed, and tangible or intangible);
(b) To deposit or invest all or any part of the assets of the Trust Fund in savings accounts or certificates of deposit or other deposits which bear a reasonable interest rate in a bank, including the commercial department of the Trustee, if such bank is supervised by the United States or any state;
(c) To hold, manage, improve and control all property, real or personal, forming part of the Trust Fund and to sell, convey, transfer, exchange, partition, lease for any term, even extending beyond the duration of this Trust, and otherwise dispose of the same from time to time in such manner for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the Trustee shall determine;
(d) To have, respecting securities, all the rights, powers and privileges of an owner, including the power to give proxies, pay assessments and other sums deemed by the Trustee to be necessary for the protection of the Trust Fund, to vote any corporate stock either in person or by proxy, with or without power of substitution for any purpose; to participate in voting trusts, pooling agreements, foreclosures, reorganizations, consolidations, mergers and liquidations and, in connection therewith, to deposit securities with and transfer title to any protective or other committee under such terms as the Trustee may deem advisable; to exercise or sell stock subscriptions or conversion rights; a...
Investment Authority. The parties intend that Custodian shall not be considered a fiduciary of the Account.
Investment Authority. In no event may the Trustee invest in securities (including stock or rights to acquire stock) or obligations issued by the Corporation, other than a de minimis amount held in common investment vehicles in which the Trustee invests. All rights associated with assets of the Trust shall be exercised, solely in accordance with the directions of the Corporation, by the Trustee or the person designated by the Trustee, and shall in no event be exercisable by or rest with the Executive.
Investment Authority. Except as provided in Section 5.14 (relating to individual direction of investments by Participants), the Employer, not the Trustee (or Custodian, if applicable), shall have exclusive management and control over the investment of the Fund into any permitted investment. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a Trustee may make an agreement with the Employer whereby the Trustee will manage the investment of all or a portion of the Fund. Any such agreement shall be in writing and set forth such matters as the Trustee deems necessary or desirable.
Investment Authority. The Adviser’s investment authority shall include the authority to purchase and sell securities, options, swaps (including but not limited to interest rate swaps, inflation swaps, swaptions and credit default swaps), financial futures contracts and options thereon, currency transactions, and other derivatives and investment instruments and techniques as may be permitted for use by the Fund and consistent with the Registration Statement. The Adviser may: (i) open and maintain brokerage accounts for financial futures and options and securities (such accounts hereinafter referred to as “Brokerage Accounts”) on behalf of and in the name of the Fund; and (ii) execute for and on behalf of the Brokerage Accounts, standard customer agreements with a broker or brokers. The Adviser may, using such of the securities and other property in the Brokerage Accounts as the Adviser deems necessary or desirable, direct the custodian to deposit on behalf of the Fund, original and maintenance brokerage deposits and otherwise direct payments of cash, cash equivalents and securities and other property into such brokerage accounts and to such brokers as the Adviser deems desirable or appropriate. The Fund hereby authorizes any entity or person associated with the Adviser or any sub-adviser or futures trading advisor retained by the Adviser pursuant to Section 8 of this Agreement to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Fund which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Fund hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv).
Investment Authority. (a) The Trustee shall invest and reinvest the principal and income of the Trust as directed by Company or its properly designated agent which directions may be changed from time to time. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Trustee shall have no duty or responsibility (i) to advise with respect to, or inquire as to the propriety of, any such investment direction or (ii) for any investment decisions made with respect to the Trust by the Company. In the absence of investment direction, the Trustee shall have no obligation to invest Trust assets, but may invest Trust assets in any manner permitted under Section 5(d).
(b) The Trustee may invest in securities (including stock or rights to acquire stock) or obligations issued by the Company. All rights associated with assets of the Trust shall be exercised by the Trustee and shall in no event be exercised by or rest with Plan participants, except that voting rights with respect to Trust assets will be exercised by the Company, unless an investment adviser has been appointed pursuant to Section 5(a) and voting authority has been delegated to such investment adviser.
(c) The Company shall have the right at any time, and from time to time in its sole discretion, to substitute assets of equal fair market value, for any asset held by the Trust. This right is exercisable by the Company in a non-fiduciary capacity without the approval or consent of any person in a fiduciary capacity.
(d) In administering the Trust and carrying out the instructions of the Company in accordance with Section 5(a) above, the Trustee shall be specifically authorized to:
(1) To invest and reinvest the Trust assets, together with the income therefrom, in common stock, preferred stock, convertible preferred stock, bonds, debentures, convertible debentures and bonds, mortgages, notes, commercial paper and other evidences of indebtedness (including those issued by the Trustee), shares of mutual funds, guaranteed investment contracts, bank investment contracts, other securities, policies of life insurance, other insurance contracts, annuity contracts, options, options to buy or sell securities or other assets, and all other property of any type (personal, real or mixed, and tangible or intangible);
(2) To deposit or invest all or any part of the assets of the Trust in savings accounts or certificates of deposit or other deposits in a bank or savings and loan association or other depository institution, provided such deposits bear a reasona...
Investment Authority. The Sub-Adviser’s investment authority shall include, to the extent permitted under Section 2 hereof, the authority to purchase and sell securities, and cover open positions, and generally to deal in securities, swaps (including but not limited to interest rate swaps and credit default swaps), financial and commodity futures contracts and options thereon, currency transactions, and other derivatives and investment instruments and techniques as may be permitted for use by the Fund and consistent with the Registration Statement. With notice to the Trust and Adviser the Sub-Adviser may: (i) open and maintain brokerage accounts for financial futures and options and securities (such accounts hereinafter referred to as “Brokerage Accounts”) on behalf of and in the name of the Fund; and (ii) execute for and on behalf of the Brokerage Accounts, standard customer agreements with a broker or brokers. The Sub-Adviser may, using such of the securities and other property in the Brokerage Accounts as the Sub-Adviser deems necessary or desirable, direct the custodian to deposit on behalf of the Fund, original and maintenance brokerage deposits and otherwise direct payments of cash, cash equivalents and securities and other property into such brokerage accounts and to such brokers as the Sub-Adviser deems desirable or appropriate.