CITY OF SIMI VALLEY
MEMORANDUM
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eptember 23, 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 AUGUST 31, 2024
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he 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: 17%
o U.S. Agencies: 19%
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: 2.42 years • W
eighted Average Yield on Advisor Managed portfolio: 4.07% T
he 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 4.10% on July 31, 2024, to
3.79% on August 30, 2024.
A Fixed Income Market Review through August 31, 2024, is included to provide the current economic conditions.
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he fair market value of all investments as of August 31 , 202 4, held by the City (excluding investments held by bond trustee): $276,770,591.
The portfolio is in compliance with the City’s Statement of Investment Policy . The City has sufficient liquidity to meet expenditure requirements for at least the next six months.
C arolyn Johnson, Deputy City Treasurer
Administrative Services Director
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repared by: Eric Sanchez, Staff Accountant
AGENDA ITEM NO.
Consent (2)
City Managed Assets % Return
CAMP 5,712,190$ 2% 5.41%
LAIF 128,846,724$ 46% 4.58%
Total Internally Managed 134,558,914$ 48%
Weighted Average Yield 4.62%
Days
Effective Average Duration - Internal 1
Weighted Average Maturity - Internal 1
Advisor Managed Assets % Return
Treasury Securities 46,118,317$ 17% 3.56%
Instrumentality Securities 51,839,843$ 19% 4.28% Corporate 44,253,518$ 16% 4.34%
Total Externally Managed 142,211,677$ 52%
Weighted Average Yield 4.07%
Years
Effective Average Duration - External 2.18
Weighted Average Maturity - External 2.42
Total Portfolio Assets % Return
CAMP 5,712,190$ 2% 5.41%
LAIF 128,846,724$ 46% 4.58%
Treasury Securities 46,118,317$ 17% 3.56%
Instrumentality Securities 51,839,843$ 19% 4.28% Corporate 44,253,518$ 16% 4.34%
Total Portfolio Assets 276,770,591$
Weighted Average Yield 4.33%
Years
Effective Average Duration - Total 1.14
Weighted Average Maturity - Total 1.27
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.
276,770,591$
281,804,380$
Monthly Consolidated Portfolio Report
August 31, 2024
City of Simi Valley
CAMP, 2%
LAIF, 46%
Treasury
Securities,
17%
Instrumentality
Securities, 19%
Corporate,
16%
CAMP
2% LAIF
46%
Treasury
Securities
17%
Instrumentality
Securities
19%
Corporate
16%
2 FOR PROFESSIONAL CLIENTS ONLY
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL
PLEASE REFER TO ALL RISK DISCLOSURES AT THE BACK OF THIS DOCUMENT
SIMI VALLEY
Aug
ust 2024
3 Contents
Fixed income market review 3
Activity and performance summary 4
Recap of securities held 6
Maturity distribution of securities held 7
Securities held 8
GASB 40 - Deposit and investment risk disclosure 16
Securities purchased 23
Securities sold and matured 24
Detail of return and interest received 25
Transaction report 31
Additional information 32
4 FIXED INCOME MARKET REVIEW
As of August 31, 2024
SIMI VALLEY
Chart 1: The unemployment rate triggered the “Sahm rule” Source: Macrobond, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, August 31, 2024 Chart 2: Volatility briefly spikes in August
Source: Bloomberg, August 31, 2024
Economic Indicators and Monetary Policy
Headline CPI fell from 3% to 2.9% and core CPI fell from 3.3% to 3.2%. Notably, the report continued to show disinflation across the “sticky” services sectors, indicating a potentially sustainable path toward the Fed
s 2% target. Headline PCE remained at 2.5% and core PCE remained at 2.6%.
Payroll job growth slowed to 114,000 in July from 179,000. The unemployment rate rose to
4.3%, the highest since October 2021. This triggered the “Sahm rule” (measured as the 3-month average unemployment rate less its minimum value from the previous 12 months) which breached the historic threshold of 0.5% that has previously coincided with recession (see Chart 1).
Markets suffered a temporary bout of volatility following the unemployment report. It was also partly driven by other factors, such as a surprise rate hike in Japan which caused a significant unwind of Japanese Yen-funded international carry trades. The S&P 500 fell 6.1% early in the month, but subsequently recovered to end the month 2.3% higher. The VIX Index temporarily spiked to its highest levels since 2020 (see chart 2). The Move Index (which measures Treasury market volatility) temporary reached its highest levels since April this year.
At the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, Fed Chair Powell said that
The time has
come for policy to adjust.
He also acknowledged that