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Recommendation to receive and file the Investment Report for Quarter Ending September 30, 2019. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The City Treasurer's Office in the Department of Financial Management invests the City of Long Beach’s (City) funds in compliance with the California Government Code, Section 53600 et. seq., and the City’s Investment Policy. As of September 30, 2019, these funds had a book value of approximately $1.656 billion.
Statutory Compliance
All investment transactions have been executed in conformance with the City's Investment Policy and the California Government Code. The Investment Advisory Committee, composed of the Assistant City Auditor, Deputy City Attorney, City Treasurer, City Controller, Budget Management Bureau staff, and designated representatives from the Harbor and Water Departments, meets quarterly, or as needed, to review investment policies, strategies and performance. All portfolio transactions as of September 30, 2019 can be found in the Investment Trading Activity (Attachment A).
Investment Strategies
The Investment Policy divides the City's investment portfolio into short-maturity, intermediate-maturity, and long-maturity portfolios. Their respective benchmarks are the Three-Month Treasury Bill Index, the One-Year Constant Maturity Treasury (CMT), and the ICE BOA Merrill Lynch One-to-Five Year Treasury/Agency.
The short-maturity portfolio maintains a weighted average maturity of three to six months and provides sufficient liquidity to satisfy the City’s short-term cash needs. The intermediate-maturity portfolio maintains a weighted average maturity of approximately one year and provides for the cash needs with maturities greater than six months. The long-maturity portfolio maintains a weighted average maturity of one to five years to satisfy the City’s longer-term cash needs.
The City's cash management goals are to maintain and preserve the safety of funds in custody and provide adequate liquidity for anticipated ex...
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