Investment Options
Investment Options
SNAP Fund Portfolio
Investment Objective
The SNAP Fund Portfolio is organized and operated in a manner and in accordance with investment objectives and policies intended to earn the highest income consistent with preserving principal and maintaining liquidity, to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value (NAV).
Principal Investment Strategies
The SNAP Fund Portfolio (the Portfolio) invests exclusively in investments authorized under Virginia law for counties, cities, towns, political subdivisions and public bodies of the Commonwealth of Virginia as those terms are used in Section 2.2-4500 through 2.2-4510 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as it may be amended from time to time. These authorized investments include the following high-quality, short-term money market instruments:
- U.S. Government and Federal agency obligations, and repurchase agreements involving these obligations
- Commercial paper
- Bankers’ acceptances
- Negotiable certificates of deposit
- Corporate obligations
- Obligations of U.S. municipalities
- Government money market mutual funds that invest exclusively in these types of obligations
The Portfolio is designed to maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity of no more than 60 days and a dollar-weighted average life (final maturity, adjusted for demand features but not interest rate adjustments) of no more than 120 days. In addition, it only buys investments that have either a final or effective maturity (or, for repurchase agreements, a remaining term) of 397 days or less.
The Investment Manager may adjust exposure to interest rate risk, typically seeking to protect against possible rises in interest rates and to preserve yield when interest rates appear likely to fall.
Purchase and Sale of Portfolio Shares
Minimum Initial Investment No minimum.
Minimum Account Balance No minimum.
Minimum Holding Period 1 day.
For more information about investing in the SNAP Fund Portfolio, please visit the How to Invest page.
The SNAP Fund Portfolio is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. Sec. 80a-1 et seq.) and, accordingly, is not subject to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder including rules relating to registered money market mutual funds.
Individual Portfolios1
The Program provides Investors with the option of investing all or a portion of their proceeds in one or more fixed rate investments including fixed income securities and structured investment products, held in Individual Portfolios outside of the SNAP Fund Portfolio. By using an Individual Portfolio a Participant may invest in longer-term investments in a manner that the Investment Manager will coordinate with the Issuer. Individual Portfolios will be managed by the Investment Manager in accordance with specific instructions from the Investor. Individual Portfolios established as structured investment products will be subject to separate agreements between the Participant and investment counterparty.
Individual Portfolios are designed to complement investment in the SNAP Fund Portfolio by providing specific investments for surplus funds or for a portion of the proceeds of a debt issue where liquidity is not needed or where specific expenditures are to be funded. For proceeds of debt issues, an Individual Portfolio may be appropriate for Participants with relatively lengthy project drawdown schedules, or for Participants that wish to match expected construction draws more closely with investment maturities to fix earnings on some or all of their funds. Individual Portfolios may also be appropriate for the investment of debt service reserve funds and certain funds subject to investment yield restrictions. The Investment Manager will assist each Investor in evaluating the possible use of an Individual Portfolio. For further information, call the Investment Manager at 800.570.SNAP (800.570.7627). In order to establish an Individual Portfolio, the Investor must first establish an account with the SNAP Program. The Custodian will hold assets in an Individual Portfolio in a separate account in the Investor’s name.
Individual Portfolios are not under the management or supervision of the Treasury Board.
Investment Policies for Individual Portfolios
Assets in an Individual Portfolio may be invested in those investments that are legal investments for the Investor under applicable Virginia law for counties, cities, towns, political subdivisions and public bodies of the Commonwealth of Virginia as those terms are used in Chapter 45, Title 2.2 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as it may be amended from time to time and the Investor’s investment policy or are permitted under the terms of related debt issue documents, if any. Individual Portfolios are not governed by the investment policy of the SNAP Program. An Investor should discuss the characteristics of specific investments in an Individual Portfolio with the Investment Manager.
Opening an Individual Portfolio
Before an Issuer’s funds are invested in an Individual Portfolio, the Issuer must first join the SNAP Program or become an Investor. An Investor may then open an Individual Portfolio. Investors interested in structured investment products should consult their bond counsel and the Investment Manager on the process appropriate for structuring the investment product and competitively selecting the counterparty. Investors should contact a Relationship Manager directly at 800.570.SNAP (800.570.7627) regarding investments in an Individual Portfolio.
1 Individual Portfolios are available under a separate agreement with the investment manager.
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