(1) An investment fund must not purchase an option or a debt-like security or enter into a swap or a forward contract unless, at the time of the transaction, any of the following apply:
(a) in the case of an option, the option is a clearing corporation option;
(b) the option, debt-like security, swap or forward contract, has a designated rating;
(c) the equivalent debt of the counterparty, or of a person or company that has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the obligations of the counterparty in respect of the option, debt-like security, swap or forward contract, has a designated rating.
(d) the option, debt-like security, swap or forward contract is a cleared specified derivative.
(2) If the credit rating of an option, debt-like security, swap or forward contract, or the credit rating of the equivalent debt of the writer or guarantor of the option, debt-like security, swap or forward contract, falls below the level of designated rating while the option, debt-like security, swap or forward contract is held by an investment fund, the investment fund must take the steps that are reasonably required to close out its position in the option, debt-like security, swap or forward contract in an orderly and timely fashion, unless either of the following applies:
(a) the option is a clearing corporation option;
(b) the option, debt-like security, swap or forward contract is a cleared specified derivative.
(3) Despite any other provisions contained in this Part, an investment fund may enter into a trade to close out all or part of a position in a specified derivative, in which case the cash cover held to cover the underlying market exposure of the part of the position that is closed out may be released.
(4) The mark-to-market value of the exposure of an investment fund under its specified derivatives positions with any one counterparty, calculated in accordance with subsection (5), must not exceed, for a period of 30 days or more, 10% of the net asset value of the investment fund unless either of the following applies:
(a) the specified derivative is a cleared specified derivative;
(b) the equivalent debt of the counterparty, or of a person or company that has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the obligations of the counterparty in respect of the specified derivative, has a designated rating.
(5) The mark-to-market value of specified derivatives positions of an investment fund, with any one counterparty must be, for the purposes of subsection (4),
(a) if the investment fund has an agreement with the counterparty that provides for netting or the right of set-off, the net mark-to-market value of the specified derivatives positions of the investment fund; and
(b) in all other cases, the aggregated mark-to-market value of the specified derivative positions of the investment fund.
(6) Subsections (1), (2) and (3) do not apply to an alternative mutual fund or a non-redeemable investment fund.