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Back to basics: making the case for investment policies.
Local governments sometimes look to investment earnings to compensate for declining revenues. Adhering to established investment policies can help ensure that they don't compromise the safety of public funds in the process.
The historically low interest rates caused by the Federal Reserve's aggressive efforts to minimize the effects of the most recent recession have created a serious dilemma for local governments. Already confronted by substantial budget gaps because of declining tax revenues, eroding interest earnings from investments have further exacerbated fiscal woes. Faced with the same problem in the early 1990s, some governments tried to compensate for ...
- New guidelines for writing or revising your pension plan's investment policy:...
- Magazine article from: Government Finance Review Overly, Keith October 1, 2005 700+ words
...practice, Investment Policies Governing...comprehensive investment policy could be...published the Investment Policy Checklist...compensation investment policies, how the...PRACTICE AND INVESTMENT POLICY CHECKLIST...
- Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund Inc. Announces Approval of Change to...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 19, 2007 700+ words
...fundamental investment policies, subject...fundamental investment policy at the Fund...fundamental investment policies effective...fundamental investment policy that requires...fundamental investment policies to provide...
- Policy primer: Setting up your investment policy.(Statistical Data Included)
- Magazine article from: The Non-profit Times Deane, L. Nicholas January 1, 2002 700+ words
...to invest had investment policies that kept their...investments. Investment policies An investment policy is generally...get by without investment policies. Nonprofits...to having an investment policy. In fact...
- California Gov. Deukmejian asks University of California regents to review its...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 19, 1986 700+ words
...the university's investment policies: June 18, 1986 President...university's South African investment policies, and adopted an investment policy which embraced the...the university's investment policies would be an appropriate...
- BlackRock Announces Investment Policy Changes for Certain Insured Municipal...
- Press release article from: Business Wire September 15, 2008 700+ words
...investment. The prior investment policies of 20 of the 22 Funds...that these changes in investment policy will allow the Funds...recent changes to their investment policies. Funds Affected by Investment Policy Changes < Closed...
- Pension investment policies: The state of the art: GFOA reviewed more than 40...
- Magazine article from: Government Finance Review Greifer, Nicholas February 1, 2002 700+ words
...do pension investment policies matter...without formal investment policies. The Illinois...adopted its investment policy in 1986...sections of the investment policy dealing with...measurement (many investment policies include performance...
- Derivatives slow GFOA panel's investment policy vote.(Government Finance...
- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer Carlson, Valerie C. June 13, 1995 700+ words
...derivatives in investment policies delayed the...of a model investment policy from the...importance written investment policies have gained...adopt written investment policies, stressing...on model investment policy/model state...
- PBGC Assets: Implementation of New Investment Policy Will Need Stronger Board...
- General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony August 1, 2008 700+ words
...began reviewing its investment policy biennially and recently...implementing its investment policies, and examined PBGC's most recent investment policy. To address these...board-approved investment policy for each of the recent...