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Security without collateralization: how a banking innovation is simplifying the process of safeguarding public deposits.

Government Finance Review

| October 01, 2004 | Jacobsen, Mark | COPYRIGHT 2004 Government Finance Officers Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Government finance officers tasked with managing millions of dollars in cash reserves must constantly balance the necessity of preserving principal with the desirability of attaining the best possible investment returns. One common investment instrument for state and local governments is bank certificates of deposit, which generally pay interest above that of U.S. Treasury securities. In practice, however, investing in CDs generally requires collateralization-a costly, difficult, and time-consuming process. More than $55 billion in CDs is now held and collateralized by banks for public funds depositors.

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