4123.445 Contract with investment manager convicted of financial crime prohibited.
4123.445 Contract with investment manager convicted of financial crime prohibited.
(A) The administrator of workers’ compensation shall not enter into a contract with an investment manager for the investment of assets of the bureau of workers’ compensation funds if any employee of that investment manager who will be investing assets of bureau of workers’ compensation funds has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a financial or investment crime.
(B) An investment manager who has entered into a contract with the bureau of workers’ compensation for the investment of assets of bureau of workers’ compensation funds shall not contract with a business entity for the investment of those assets if any employee of that business manager who will be investing assets of bureau of workers’ compensation funds has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a financial or investment crime.
(C) The administrator shall not enter into a contract with an investment manager who refuses to submit the list of the investment manager’s employees required under division (B) of section 4123.444 of the Revised Code. An investment manager shall not enter into a contract with a business entity who refuses to submit the list of the business entity’s employees required under division (B) of section 4123.444 of the Revised Code.
(D) If, after a contract has been awarded to an investment manager or business entity for the investment of assets of bureau of workers’ compensation funds, the investment manager or business entity discovers that an employee who is handling the investment of those assets has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a financial or investment crime, the investment manager or business entity immediately shall notify the administrator.
Effective Date: 09-29-2005