COBI 2015 - Treasury and Investment

Overview
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Performance
Financials

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FY 2016 Appropriation

This program adheres to the Money Management Act and Rules of the Money Management Council, and uses appropriate investment research tools to maximize the safety of state and local government funds invested and to earn competitive yields. The Treasurer also maintains the Public Treasurers' Investment Fund (PTIF) so that other governmental entities can pool their idle money together for professional management, a high degree of liquidity and optimal return on funds.

All available funds are invested each day at competitive interest rates. The primary investment instruments used are bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper, short-term corporate notes, and obligations of the U. S. Treasury and government agencies.

The Treasurer is a member of the State Bonding Commission and the State Building Ownership Authority, which issues debt for the state. He oversees the team of professionals who work together to issue debt including the financial advisor, bond counsel, disclosure counsel and underwriters. He coordinates all relations with bond rating agencies including formal presentations at least once a year.

The Treasurer also manages the investments of the State School and Institutional Trust Funds. The dividend and interest earnings from the State School Fund provide income for the Permanent School Fund, which allocates funding directly to individual schools statewide.

Funding History

Related Publications

Bond Refunding: Saving Money on Debt Service

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $1,407,500 from all sources for Treasury and Investment. This is a 5.1 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $861,500 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 3.1 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Appropriation Adjustments

In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time Executive Compensation$39,500 ($39,500)

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$25,700$0General Fund

$0 ($25,700)General Fund, One-time

$13,800 ($13,800)Dedicated Credits Revenue

H.B. 368 - Executive Office Compensation (Rep. Wilson) Increases Governor salary from $109,900 to $150,000 beginning Jan. 2017. Also adjusts salary for Lt. Governor, Attorney General, State Treasurer, and State Auditor (as a percentage of the Governor's salary). Fiscal note is $184,900 ongoing GF and $32,400 from dedicated credits, but due to the delayed implementation, 100% would be backed out one-time for FY 2016 and 50% would be backed out one-time for FY 2017.

Printing and Mailing ($16,500)$0

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

($16,500)$0General Fund

Through the development and enhancement of electronic processing, particularly through the conversion to paperless Public Treasurers' Investment Fund (PTIF) statements, the State Treasurer's Office has realized a savings of over $10,000 per year in printing and mailing expenses.

Treasurer Processing Automation$18,500$0

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$18,500$0General Fund

This is a reallocation from base budget reductions. The Treasurer's budget was reduced by the same amount, related to savings from printing and mailing following modernized and automated processing efforts. The cut amount was returned to the office to continue these efforts.

Historical Interest Rates for the PTIF

The chart shows historical interest rates earned by the Public Treasurer's Investment Fund (PTIF). Rates have been less than one percent since June of 2009. A review of records back to 1981 shows this is the first time interest rates have fallen below one percent in that time frame.

The PTIF invests only in securities authorized by the Money Management Act and while yield is important, the primary objective of the PTIF is safety of principal. Returns are directly correlated to the relative level of short-term interest rates. Considering that State and local government budgets are constrained, interest earned on PTIF investments is of critical importance. In FY 2014 the rate fluctuated between a low of .4733 percent (June 2014) and a high of .5080 percent (November 2013).

Spread Between PTIF Interest Rate and Benchmark Rate

The next measure provides a comparison between PTIF performance and that of a fund with similar characteristics, the Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund.

Permanent School Fund Interest and Dividend Earnings

The dividend and interest earnings from the State School Fund provide funding directly to schools statewide. The State School and Institutional Trust Fund portfolios hold a broadly diversified mix of investments, including domestic equities, domestic fixed income, international equities and real estate.

Given the substantial breadth of underlying investments held within the portfolio, the factors which impact the investments are numerous, but investments are impacted primarily by global economic conditions and the financial performance of the underlying diversified investments (stocks and bonds, mostly) that are maintained within the portfolio. The graph depicts historical dividend and interest income to the Permanent School Fund by fiscal year and provides a measure of its investment performance over time.

Interest and dividend earnings increased from FY 2013 to FY 2014 for two primary reasons:

1. Investments in higher-yielding real estate assets have increased steadily over the past five fiscal years.

2. Fixed income distributions increased slightly from the record low yields seen in FY 2013.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 9

Under section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided to the State Treasurer in Item 21, Chapter 14, Laws of Utah 2014 not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015.

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Sources of Finance	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
General Fund	853,800	784,900	801,000	817,300	833,000	0	833,000	49,500	882,500
General Fund, One-time	0	0	0	1,300	2,800	0	2,800	(23,800)	(21,000)
Dedicated Credits Revenue	445,900	440,600	462,800	479,700	496,400	0	496,400	42,500	538,900
Unclaimed Property Trust	0	0	0	7,100	7,100	0	7,100	0	7,100
Beginning Nonlapsing	50,000	50,000	100,000	50,000	0	50,000	50,000	0	50,000
Closing Nonlapsing	(50,000)	(100,000)	(50,000)	(50,000)	0	(50,000)	(50,000)	0	(50,000)
Lapsing Balance	(172,700)	(300)	(91,500)	(27,500)	0	0	0	0	0
Total	$1,127,000	$1,175,200	$1,222,300	$1,277,900	$1,339,300	$0	$1,339,300	$68,200	$1,407,500

Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Personnel Services	911,500	934,600	978,800	1,052,700	1,079,700	9,800	1,089,500	40,300	1,129,800
In-state Travel	600	500	500	800	2,200	0	2,200	0	2,200
Out-of-state Travel	8,800	6,400	7,100	7,200	8,700	0	8,700	0	8,700
Current Expense	188,600	199,000	203,800	204,700	226,700	(1,800)	224,900	27,200	252,100
DP Current Expense	17,500	15,100	22,700	12,500	22,000	(8,000)	14,000	700	14,700
DP Capital Outlay	0	19,600	9,400	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	$1,127,000	$1,175,200	$1,222,300	$1,277,900	$1,339,300	$0	$1,339,300	$68,200	$1,407,500

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Other Indicators	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Revised	FY16 Approp
Budgeted FTE	8.80	9.30	9.08	9.30	9.28	9.28	9.28
Actual FTE	7.30	7.70	7.80	8.10	0	0	0
Vehicles	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.