CITY OF SIMI VALLEY
MEMORANDUM
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pril 21, 2025
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, 2025
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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: 53%
o U.S. Treasury: 16%
o U.S. Agencies: 16%
o Corporate Bonds: 15%
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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: 2.35 years • W
eighted Average Yield on Advisor Managed portfolio: 4.15% 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 decreased from 3. 99% on February 28, 2025, to
3.89% on March 31, 2025.
A Fixed Income Market Review through March 31, 2025, is included to provide the current economic conditions.
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he fair market value of all investments as of March 31, 2025, held by the City (excluding investments held by bond trustee): $304,414,524.
The portfolio is in compliance with the City’s Statement of Investment Policy . The City has sufficient liquidity to meet expenditure requirements for at least the next six months.
C arolyn Johnson, Deputy City Treasurer
Administrative Services Director
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repared by: Eric Sanchez, Staff Accountant
AGENDA ITEM NO.
Consent (1)
City Managed Assets % Yield
CAMP 5,872,395$ 2% 4.47%
LAIF 154,861,968$ 51% 4.31%
Total Internally Managed 160,734,363$ 53%
Weighted Average Yield 4.32%
Days
Effective Average Duration - Internal 1
Weighted Average Maturity - Internal 1
Advisor Managed Assets % Yield
Treasury Securities 48,849,373$ 16% 3.71%
Instrumentality Securities 50,216,408$ 16% 4.17% Corporate 44,614,380$ 15% 4.61%
Total Externally Managed 143,680,161$ 47%
Weighted Average Yield 4.15%
Years
Effective Average Duration - External 2.12
Weighted Average Maturity - External 2.35
Total Portfolio Assets % Yield
CAMP 5,872,395$ 2% 4.47%
LAIF 154,861,968$ 51% 4.31%
Treasury Securities 48,849,373$ 16% 3.71%
Instrumentality Securities 50,216,408$ 16% 4.17% Corporate 44,614,380$ 15% 4.61%
Total Portfolio Assets 304,414,524$
Weighted Average Yield 4.24%
Years
Effective Average Duration - Total 1.00
Weighted Average Maturity - Total 1.11
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.
304,414,524$
307,089,315$
Monthly Consolidated Portfolio Report
March 31, 2025
City of Simi Valley
CAMP, 2%
LAIF, 51%
Treasury
Securities,
16%
Instrumentality
Securities, 16%
Corporate,
15%
CAMP
2%
LAIF
51%
Treasury
Securities
16%
Instrumentality
Securities
16%
Corporate
15%
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
March 2025
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 30
Additional information 32
4 FIXED INCOME MARKET REVIEW
As of March 31, 2025
SIMI VALLEY
Chart 1: US trade policy uncertainty continued to drive risk market volatility Source: Matteo Iacoviello. Macrobond March 31, 2025
Chart 2: The FOMC nonetheless left its rate projections unchanged Source: Federal Reserve, Macrobond, March 19, 2025
Economic Indicators and Monetary Policy
Risk assets struggled given uncertainty around tariff policies. The White House ended its 30- day pause on 25% tariffs against Canada and Mexico, and subsequently amended them to exempt imports satisfying USMCA rules of origin requirements. US tariffs on steel and aluminum also went into effect, prompting retaliations from Canada and the EU. Meanwhile, China imposed tariffs on US farm exports. The White House announced 25% tariffs on autos, to take effect in April, and announced 25% tariffs on those buying oil from Venezuela, also to take effect in April.
The FOMC announced a slowdown in
quantitative tightening
(QT). From April it will allow a
limit of $5bn of Treasuries per month to