The California Asset Management Program (CAMP) is a public joint powers authority which provides California Public Agencies with investment management services for surplus funds and comprehensive investment management, accounting and arbitrage rebate calculation services for proceeds of tax-exempt financings. The CAMP currently offers the Cash Reserve Portfolio, a short-term investment portfolio, as a means for Public Agencies to invest these funds. Public Agencies that invest in the Pool (Participants) purchase shares of beneficial interest.
Participants may also establish individual, professionally managed investment accounts (Individual Portfolios) by separate agreement with the Investment Advisor.
Investments in the Pools and Individual Portfolios are made only in investments in which Public Agencies generally are permitted by California statute. The CAMP may reject any investment and may limit the size of a Participant's account. The Pool seeks to maintain, but does not guarantee, a constant net asset value of $1 per share. A Participant may withdraw funds from its Pool accounts at any time by check or wire transfers. Requests for same-day wire transfers must be made by 11:00 a.m. that day. Fair value of the Pool is determined by the fair value per share of the Pool's underlying portfolio.
The City is a voluntary participant in the Riverside County Treasurer's Pooled Investment Fund (Pooled Fund). The fair value of the City's investment in this pool is reported in the accompanying financial statements at amounts based upon the City's pro-rata share of the fair value that the Riverside County Treasurer's Office has provided for the entire Pooled Fund (in relation to the amortized cost of that portfolio). The balance available for withdrawal is based upon the accounting records that the Riverside County Treasurer's Office maintains, which are recorded on an amortized cost basis.
The City categorizes its fair value measurement within the fair value hierarchy established by generally accepted accounting principles. The hierarchy is based on the relative inputs used to measure the fair value of the investments. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described as follows:
Level 1: Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets in active markets that the City has the ability to access.
Level 2: Inputs to the valuation methodology include:
Quoted prices for similar assets in active markets;
Quoted prices for identical or similar assets in inactive markets;
Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset;
Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
Level 3: Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement. Unobservable inputs reflect the City's own assumptions about the inputs market participants would use in pricing the asset (including assumptions about risk). Unobservable inputs are developed based on the best information available in the circumstances and may include the City's own data.