(A) The trustee of the endowment fund shall invest and reinvest the assets of the endowment funds as provided for in this chapter and as authorized in Article 7, Chapter 9 of Title 11. The State Treasurer shall serve as the agent of the board with respect to all such investments. Investments allowed by law in equities may be made by the board in the manner it shall determine, consistent with this chapter and consistent with its fiduciary duties with respect to the endowment funds. The agent may employ or retain administrators, agents, consultants, or other advisors it considers necessary with respect to making equity investments.

(B) After receiving the proposed plan of the panel, the trustee shall adopt an annual investment plan, which must be implemented by the State Treasurer. The board shall review regularly the plan implementation and make amendments as it considers appropriate.

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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 59-153-340

  • Agent: means the State Treasurer. See South Carolina Code 59-153-10
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Assets: means all funds, investments, and similar property owned by the respective state institutions of higher learning and in the custody of the Agent. See South Carolina Code 59-153-10
  • Board: means the Board of Trustees of the respective institution of higher learning acting as trustee of the endowment system. See South Carolina Code 59-153-10
  • Endowment funds: means those funds donated to the respective individual state-supported institutions of higher learning of the State of South Carolina, which are held and invested by the State Treasurer on behalf of the institutions. See South Carolina Code 59-153-10
  • Panel: means the State Retirement Systems Investment Panel established pursuant to § 9-16-310. See South Carolina Code 59-153-10
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Trustee: means the board of trustees of the respective institutions of higher learning. See South Carolina Code 59-153-10

(C) The adopted plan must provide that:

(1) the minimum and maximum portions of fund assets allocated to equity investments on an ongoing basis may be determined by the trustees;

(2) preference may be given to brokerage firms domiciled in this State for conducting nondiscretionary brokerage transactions if these brokerage firms are able to meet the test of equal service and best execution in the purchase and sale of authorized investments.

(D) The provisions of this section are cumulative to, and not instead of, any other provisions of law applicable to the panel and its members in the performance of official duties including, but not limited to, Chapter 13 of Title 8.

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