1.Authorization. An association, corporation or financial institution authorized to exercise trust powers in this State while acting as a fiduciary is authorized to purchase for the fiduciary estate, directly from underwriters or distributors or in the secondary market, bonds or other securities underwritten or distributed by that association, corporation or financial institution or an affiliate or by a syndicate that includes that association, corporation or financial institution and securities of an investment company registered under the federal Investment Company Act of 1940, 15 United States Code, Section 80a-1 et seq., as amended, for which that association, corporation or financial institution or an affiliate acts as advisor, distributor, transfer agent, registrar, sponsor, manager, shareholder servicing agent or custodian. A person acting as a cofiduciary with an association, corporation or financial institution or an affiliate is authorized to consent to the investment in such interests. [2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2(NEW); 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14(AFF).]