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needs. Return on investment is of secondary importance compared to the safety and <br />liquidity objectives described above. <br />5. Transparency — The City shall operate its portfolio in a transparent manner, making <br />its periodic reports both available for public inspection and designed in a manner which <br />communicates clearly and fully information about the portfolio, including market pricing, <br />adjusted book value, yields, and CUSIPs of various securities. <br />III. Performance Measurement <br />The City's investment portfolio shall be designated with the objective of exceeding specific <br />benchmarks after investment related expenses (as defined in Exhibit 1, herein), over <br />trailing three and five-year time periods. The indices are similar in composition to the <br />portfolio and therefore comprise a minimum standard for the portfolio's rate of return. The <br />portfolio will be monitored relative to a peer universe. The peer universes that will be <br />utilized will be provided by the investment consultant. Over a three and five-year time <br />period, the investment managers, and total fund, should be in the top 40% of their peer <br />group. The investment managers shall seek to achieve returns and peer rankings above <br />these thresholds, consistent with risk limitations identified herein and prudent investment <br />principles and practices. <br />IV. Standards of Care <br />1. Prudence - The standard of prudence to be used by investment officials shall be the <br />Prudent Person Rule and shall be applied in the context of managing an overall portfolio. <br />City personnel, acting in accordance with this investment policy and exercising due <br />diligence shall be relieved of personal responsibility for an individual security's credit risk <br />or market price changes, provided deviations from expectations are reported to the City <br />Manager in a timely fashion and the liquidity and the sale of securities are carried out in <br />accordance with the terms of this policy. The City Manager has the discretion to report any <br />material events to the City Commission. The Prudent Person Rule states that: <br />"Investments should be made with judgment and care, under circumstances then prevailing, <br />which persons of prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of their <br />own affairs, not for speculation, but for investment, considering the probable safety of their <br />capital as well as the probable income to be derived from the investment." <br />2. Ethics and Conflicts of Interest — The Finance Director and other authorized <br />personnel shall refrain from personal business activity that could conflict with the proper <br />execution and management of the investment program, or that could impair their ability to <br />make impartial decisions. These investment officials shall disclose to the City Manager <br />annually, in a written statement, any material interests in financial institutions with which <br />they conduct business with the City. Employees and officers shall subordinate their <br />personal investment transactions to those of the jurisdiction, particularly with regard to the <br />timing of purchases and sales. They shall refrain from undertaking personal investment <br />3 <br />