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113Investment of funds
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(1)The Board may invest for the purposes of the prudent management of its financial affairs.
(2)When exercising the power conferred by subsection (1) in relation to the Pension Protection Fund, the Board must have regard to—
(a)the interests of persons who are or may become entitled to compensation under the pension compensation provisions (see section 162) or any corresponding provisions in force in Northern Ireland, and
(b)the effect of the exercise of the power on the rate of any levy which may be imposed under section 174 or 175 or any corresponding provision in force in Northern Ireland and the interests which persons have in the rate of any such levy.
(3)When exercising the power conferred by subsection (1) in relation to the Fraud Compensation Fund, the Board must have regard to—
(a)the interests of members of occupational pension schemes in relation to which section 189(1), or any corresponding provision in force in Northern Ireland, applies, and
(b)the effect of the exercise of the power on the level of any levy which may be imposed under section 189 or any corresponding provision in force in Northern Ireland and the interests which persons have in the rate of any such levy.
(4)For the purposes of subsection (1) there must be at least two fund managers.
(5)For this purpose “fund manager” means an individual who or firm which is appointed by the Board to manage the fund maintained under section 173 (the Pension Protection Fund).
(6)The Board must not appoint an individual or firm as a fund manager unless it is satisfied—
(a)in the case of an individual, that the individual has the appropriate knowledge and experience for managing the investments of the Pension Protection Fund, or
(b)in the case of a firm, that arrangements are in place to secure that any individual who will exercise functions which the firm has as fund manager will, at the time he exercises those functions, have the appropriate knowledge and experience for managing the investments of that Fund.
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