CITY OF SIMI VALLEY
MEMORANDUM
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pril 22, 2024
TO: City Council
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ROM: Department of Administrative Services
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UBJECT: APPROVAL OF THE MONTHLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDED March 31, 2024
The City has contracted with an investment advisory firm, Insight Investment LLC (“Insight”). As part of the City’s agreement with Insight, they p repare the Monthly Investment Report. Data provided by Insight is attached. Information contained in that report is summarized below:
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ercentage of the portfolio represented by each investment category o Cash and Cash Equivalents: 48%
o U.S. Treasury: 16%
o U.S. Agencies: 20%
o Corporate Bonds: 16%
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listing of individual securities held at the end of the reporting period by authorized investment category. Includes the type of investment, name of the issuer, security or certificate number. Coupon, discount, or earnings rate; (shown under “Coupon” for each investment listed).
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eighted Average Maturity of Advisor Managed Investments: 2.46 years • W
eighted Average Yield on Advisor Managed portfolio: 3.93% The fair market value of a portfolio invested in debt securities changes from month to month and typically moves in the opposite direction of the change in interest rates demanded by the marketplace for the period in question. For example, per the U.S. Department of The Treasury’s website, annualized Treasury Yield Curve Rates for three-year treasury notes decreased from 4.43% on February 29, 2024 to 4.40% on March 28, 2024.
A Fixed Income Market Review through March 31, 2024 is included to provide the current economic conditions.
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he fair market value of all investments as of March 31, 202 4 held by the City (excluding investments held by bond trustee): $268,880,988.
The portfolio is in compliance with the City’s Statement of Investment Policy . The City has sufficient liquidity to meet expenditure requirements for at least the next six months.
C arolyn Johnson, Deputy City Treasurer
Administrative Services Director
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repared by: Eric Sanchez, Staff Accountant
AGENDA ITEM NO.
Consent (1)
City Managed Assets % Return
CAMP 5,584,259$ 2% 5.48%
LAIF 123,780,364$ 46% 4.23%
Total Internally Managed 129,364,623$ 48%
Weighted Average Yield 4.28%
Days
Effective Average Duration - Internal 1
Weighted Average Maturity - Internal 1
Advisor Managed Assets % Return
Cash 79,929.25 0% 5.00%
Treasury Securities 43,207,182$ 16% 3.63%
Instrumentality Securities 53,956,211$ 20% 4.09% Corporate 42,273,043$ 16% 4.02%
Total Externally Managed 139,516,365$ 52%
Weighted Average Yield 3.93%
Years
Effective Average Duration - External 2.28
Weighted Average Maturity - External 2.46
Total Portfolio Assets % Return
Cash 79,929$ 0% 5.00%
CAMP 5,584,259$ 2% 5.48%
LAIF 123,780,364$ 46% 4.23%
Treasury Securities 43,207,182$ 16% 3.63%
Instrumentality Securities 53,956,211$ 20% 4.09% Corporate 42,273,043$ 16% 4.02%
Total Portfolio Assets 268,880,988$
Weighted Average Yield 4.10%
Years
Effective Average Duration - Total 1.18
Weighted Average Maturity - Total 1.28
Portfolio Change
Beginning Balance
Ending Balance
* Note: All data for external assets was provided by the client and is believed to be accurate.
Insight Investment does not manage the external assets and this report is provided for the client's use.
Market values are presented.
268,880,988$
268,601,078$
Monthly Consolidated Portfolio Report
March 31, 2024
City of Simi Valley
CAMP, 2%
LAIF, 46%
Cash, 0%
Treasury
Securities, 16%
Instrumentality
Securities, 20%
Corporate,
16%
Cash
0%
CAMP
2%
LAIF
46%
Treasury
Securities
16%
Instrumentality
Securities
20%
Corporate
16%
2 FIXED INCOME MARKET REVIEW
As of March 31, 2024
CITY OF SIMI VALLEY
Chart 1: The Fed’s “dot plot” remained largely unchanged Source: Federal Reserve, Bloomberg Insight, March 31, 2024 Chart 2: Q4 GDP was revised up again
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, FRED, Insight, March 31, 2024 Economic Indicators and Monetary Policy
The Federal Reserve left the Fed Funds Rate and its quantitative tightening operations unchanged at the March meeting. The “dot plot” continued to project three rate hikes in 2024, albeit reflecting one less cut over 2025 and 2026, and its economic forecasts were largely unchanged. (Chart 1.) Some members raised their estimate of the
neutral
or longer run
equilibrium rate, although this only nudged the median estimate up slightly from 2.5% to 2.6%.
Chair Powell signaled an announcement that