Arkansas Code Title 23. Public Utilities and Regulated Industries § 23-37-402. Action of savings and loan association as trustee--Compensation

(a) A savings and loan association created pursuant to the laws of the United States or the State of Arkansas may act as trustee, and may receive reasonable compensation for so acting, of any trust created or organized in the United States and forming part of a stock bonus, pension, or profit-sharing plan which qualifies or qualified for specific tax treatment under § 401(d) or § 408(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 if the funds of the trust are invested only in savings accounts or deposits in the association or in obligations or securities issued by the association. However, no association may invest any trust funds in its own common or preferred stock.

(b) All funds held in a fiduciary capacity by any association may be commingled for appropriate purposes of investment, but individual records shall be kept by the fiduciary for each participant and shall show in proper detail all transactions engaged in under the authority of this section.

(c) A savings and loan association within this state acting pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to be acting as an investment adviser within the meaning of the Arkansas Securities Act, § 23-42-101 et seq.