1. A security fund may invest in the following:(1) demand deposits;
(2) day loans;
(3) demand loans guaranteed by securities having a credit rating at least equivalent to an R-1L or A rating according to the criteria of the Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited;
(4) deposit certificates whose term does not exceed five years;
(5) guaranteed investment certificates issued by a bank or institution registered with the Régie de l’assurance-dépôts du Québec, other than a credit union that is a member of the fund, or with the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation;
(6) negotiable and insubordinate debt securities issued by a bank listed in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 to the Bank Act (S.C. 1991, c. 46) and having a credit rating at least equivalent to an R-1L or A rating according to the criteria of the Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited;
(7) securities issued or guaranteed irrevocably and unconditionally by the Gouvernement du Québec or the Government of Canada;
(8) securities issued or guaranteed irrevocably and unconditionally by the Government or a hydroelectric corporation of a Canadian province other than Québec and having a credit rating at least equivalent to an R-1L or A rating according to the criteria of the Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited;
(9) securities issued or guaranteed irrevocably and unconditionally by the Government of the United States of America;
(10) securities issued by a legal person established in the public interest incorporated under the Statutes of Québec;
(11) negotiable and subordinate debt securities, issued by a bank listed in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 to the Bank Act and having a credit rating at least equivalent to an R-1L or A rating according to the criteria of the Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited;
(12) negotiable debt securities issued by a legal person established in the private interest and having a credit rating at least equivalent to an R-1L or A rating according to the criteria of the Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited;
(13) mutual funds of Canadian or American money markets;
(14) mutual funds of Canadian or American bond or mortgage markets;
(15) mutual funds of shares issued on the Canadian market or on the market of another country that is a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development;
(16) subordinate shares or debt securities issued by credit unions whose capital base does not reach the amount prescribed in the standards of the federation;
(17) derivatives;
(18) shares issued on the Canadian market or on the market of another country that is a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; and
(19) hedge funds.