A collective investment fund (CIF) is a bank-administered trust that holds commingled assets that meet specific criteria established by 12 CFR 9.18. The bank acts as a fiduciary for the CIF and holds legal title to the fund’s assets. CIFs allow banks to avoid costly purchases of small lot investments for their smaller fiduciary accounts.

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Collective Investment Funds (Comptroller’s Handbook, October 2005)
Provides an overview of collective investment fund risks and a framework for managing them.

References

Annual Admissions and Withdrawals under 12 CFR 9.18 (IL 920, December 2001)
Covers requests for an exemption to permit annual admissions to and withdrawals from a collective investment fund

Application of Securities Laws to Common Trust Funds (BC 247, September 1990)
Covers the requirement to register common trust funds or funds where the underlying accounts are set up for investment in the common fund or lack a bona fide fiduciary purpose

CIF Distribution Delay due to Illiquid Assets (IL 1121, August 2009)

Common Trust Funds - Method of Distribution (IL 841, November 1998)

Index & Model-driven CIF - Fees (IL 1120, August 2009)

Index & Model-drive CIF - Benchmarks (IL 1119, August 2009)

IRAs in Registered Common Trust Funds Part 1 and Part II (IL 734, July 1996)
Covers amending the trust of a registered collective investment fund to permit investment of tax-exempt employee retirement or pension plans

Nondiscretionary Custodian for Collective Investment Funds (IL 884, January 2000)
Covers investing employee benefit plan account assets held by a national bank as directed agent or nondiscretionary custodian

Pooling of Fiduciary Accounts and Self Deposit in Collective Fund (IL 969, April 2003)
Covers pooling funds of individual fiduciary accounts and self-depositing them collectively in a short-term investment fund