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Recommendation to Accept the Investment Report for the Quarter Ending March 31, 2017. (Finance 2410)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Accept the Investment Report for the Quarter Ending March 31, 2017
BACKGROUND
Each quarter of the fiscal year, an Investment Report is provided to the City Council for review, per the Investment Policy. Attached is the Investment Report for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2017, which includes detailed information on the City's cash and investments. This report does not reflect the Council direction on February 21, 2017 to divest Wells Fargo investments. On April 18, 2017, the City Treasurer provided the Council an update that included actions that have been taken to implement Council's direction.
DISCUSSION
The investment report includes all cash and investments as summarized in the nine categories listed below as of March 31, 2017. The City utilizes U.S. Bank as its third-party custodian for safekeeping of all investments with the exception of investments held by Bond Trustees and several Certificates of Deposit purchased through Bank of Marin. The City also utilizes the Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF) as a money market fund administered by the State Treasurer. LAIF has many governmental agency participants and holds securities through its own administrator. Investments held by Bond Trustees are administered in accordance with individual bond indentures.
As of March 31, 2017, the investment portfolio average yield (before adjustments for changes in market value) was 1.14%, which is lower than the rate for two-year U.S. Treasury bills at 1.27 % but higher than the LAIF average monthly rate of 0.82%.
The investments in Certificates of Deposit, Federal/Agency Issues, Medium Term Notes/Commercial Paper, Asset Backed Securities and Supranationals are managed by PFM Asset Management (PFM) and Chandler Asset Management (Chand...
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