C.R.S. Section 15-1-1103
Standard of conduct in managing and investing institutional fund


(a)

Subject to the intent of a donor expressed in a gift instrument, an institution, in managing and investing an institutional fund, shall consider the charitable purposes of the institution and the purposes of the institutional fund.

(b)

In addition to complying with the duty of loyalty imposed by law other than this part 11, each person responsible for managing and investing an institutional fund shall manage and invest the institutional fund in good faith and with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances.

(c)

In managing and investing an institutional fund, an institution:

(1)

May incur only costs that are appropriate and reasonable in relation to the assets, the purposes of the institution, and the skills available to the institution; and

(2)

Shall make a reasonable effort to verify facts relevant to the management and investment of the institutional fund.

(d)

An institution may pool two or more institutional funds for purposes of management and investment.

(e)

Except as otherwise provided by a gift instrument, the following rules apply:

(1)

In managing and investing an institutional fund, the following factors, if relevant, must be considered:

(A)

General economic conditions;

(B)

The possible effect of inflation or deflation;

(C)

The expected tax consequences, if any, of investment decisions or strategies;

(D)

The role that each investment or course of action plays within the overall investment portfolio of the institutional fund;

(E)

The expected total return from income and the appreciation of investments;

(F)

Other resources of the institution;

(G)

The needs of the institution and the institutional fund to make distributions and to preserve capital; and

(H)

An asset’s special relationship or special value, if any, to the charitable purposes of the institution.

(2)

Management and investment decisions about an individual asset must be made not in isolation but rather in the context of the institutional fund’s portfolio of investments as a whole and as a part of an overall investment strategy having risk and return objectives reasonably suited to the institutional fund and to the institution.

(3)

Except as otherwise provided by law other than this part 11, an institution may invest in any kind of property or type of investment consistent with this section.

(4)

An institution shall diversify the investments of an institutional fund unless the institution reasonably determines that, because of special circumstances, the purposes of the institutional fund are better served without diversification.

(5)

Within a reasonable time after receiving property, an institution shall make and carry out decisions concerning the retention or disposition of the property or to rebalance a portfolio, in order to bring the institutional fund into compliance with the purposes, terms, and distribution requirements of the institution as necessary to meet other circumstances of the institution and the requirements of this part 11.

(6)

A person that has special skills or expertise, or is selected in reliance upon the person’s representation that the person has special skills or expertise, has a duty to use those skills or that expertise in managing and investing institutional funds.

Source: Section 15-1-1103 — Standard of conduct in managing and investing institutional fund, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-15.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

15‑1‑101
Short title
15‑1‑102
Legislative declaration
15‑1‑103
Definitions
15‑1‑104
Prior transactions
15‑1‑105
Application of payments to fiduciary
15‑1‑106
Transfer of negotiable instruments by fiduciary
15‑1‑107
Check drawn by fiduciary payable to third person, effect
15‑1‑108
Check drawn by and payable to fiduciary, effect
15‑1‑109
Deposit in name of fiduciary
15‑1‑110
Check drawn upon account of principal by fiduciary
15‑1‑111
Deposits in personal account of fiduciary
15‑1‑112
Deposits in name of two or more trustees
15‑1‑112.5
Liability of a fiduciary for acts of predecessor fiduciary
15‑1‑113
Cases not provided for in law
15‑1‑201
When part 2 applicable
15‑1‑201.5
Definitions
15‑1‑202
Trustee not liable, when
15‑1‑203
No liability if distribution under instrument
15‑1‑204
Rights of appointees
15‑1‑205
Rights of persons entitled
15‑1‑206
Rights of bona fide purchasers
15‑1‑301
Fiduciary defined
15‑1‑302
Application
15‑1‑303
Construction of part 3
15‑1‑304
Standard for investments
15‑1‑304.1
Standard for investments on and after July 1, 1995 - “Colorado Uniform Prudent Investor Act”
15‑1‑305
Terms of instrument govern
15‑1‑306
Court not restricted
15‑1‑308
Investments in United States government obligations
15‑1‑501
Fiduciary property kept separate
15‑1‑502
Nominees
15‑1‑503
Fiduciary property deposits
15‑1‑504
Holding of securities by fiduciary or depository of fiduciary property
15‑1‑505
Records
15‑1‑506
Liability of issuer
15‑1‑507
Custodian as fiduciary
15‑1‑508
Individual and corporate fiduciaries
15‑1‑509
Fiduciary duty
15‑1‑510
Application
15‑1‑701
Power to become partner
15‑1‑702
Family business interests - maintenance of entity - formation of successor entity
15‑1‑801
Short title
15‑1‑802
Definitions
15‑1‑803
Powers conferred on fiduciaries
15‑1‑804
Powers available
15‑1‑805
Powers of fiduciary conferred by court
15‑1‑806
Third persons protected in dealing with fiduciary
15‑1‑807
Applicability
15‑1‑1001
Legislative declaration
15‑1‑1002
Prohibition of certain acts - amendment of governing instrument
15‑1‑1003
Requirement for distribution of certain amounts
15‑1‑1004
Applicability of sections 15-1-1002 and 15-1-1003
15‑1‑1005
Rights and powers of courts and attorney general not impaired
15‑1‑1006
References to “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”
15‑1‑1007
Application of part 10
15‑1‑1101
Short title
15‑1‑1102
Definitions
15‑1‑1103
Standard of conduct in managing and investing institutional fund
15‑1‑1104
Appropriation for expenditure of accumulation of endowment fund - rules of construction
15‑1‑1105
Delegation of management and investment functions
15‑1‑1106
Release or modification of restrictions on management, investment, or purpose
15‑1‑1107
Reviewing compliance
15‑1‑1108
Application to existing institutional funds
15‑1‑1109
Relation to “Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act”
15‑1‑1110
Uniformity of application and construction
15‑1‑1201
Life estate in property - rights of surviving spouse
15‑1‑1202
Applicability of part
15‑1‑1401
Restrictions on exercise of certain fiduciary powers
15‑1‑1501
Short title
15‑1‑1502
Definitions
15‑1‑1503
Applicability
15‑1‑1504
User direction for disclosure of digital assets
15‑1‑1505
Terms-of-service agreement
15‑1‑1506
Procedure for disclosing digital assets
15‑1‑1507
Disclosure of content of electronic communications of deceased user
15‑1‑1508
Disclosure of other digital assets of deceased user
15‑1‑1509
Disclosure of content of electronic communications of principal
15‑1‑1510
Disclosure of other digital assets of principal
15‑1‑1511
Disclosure of digital assets held in trust when trustee is original user
15‑1‑1512
Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in trust when trustee not original user
15‑1‑1513
Disclosure of other digital assets held in trust when trustee not original user
15‑1‑1514
Disclosure of digital assets to conservator of protected person
15‑1‑1515
Fiduciary duty and authority
15‑1‑1516
Custodian compliance and immunity
15‑1‑1517
Uniformity of application and construction
15‑1‑1518
Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 15-1-1103’s source at colorado​.gov