Investment Contract

Any of a variety of stable value contracts including bank investment contracts, traditional GICs, separate account GICs, and synthetic GICs. Within a stable value investment option, such contracts are benefit-responsive, meaning they permit, subject to their terms and the plan’s rules, participant initiated transactions at book value. Investment contracts may have a fixed or floating interest rate, which may not be less than 0%. Investment contracts may have a stated final maturity (such as a traditional GIC) or may have no stated final maturity (such as a separate account GIC or synthetic GIC). (See also guaranteed investment contract and wrap contract.)