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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.
Almost all states have enacted statutes requiring that public ...