Annually, the
Finance Committee of the Foundation (the “Committee”)
will review the target asset allocation percentages. This review
will be completed in order to determine if a strategic change should
be made in the allocations. Advisors may be employed to assist in
this determination. It is not anticipated that the strategic target
allocations will necessarily be revised on an annual basis.
On a periodic basis, at least annually, the Foundation will rebalance
the funds among the target classes as capital market movements cause
the actual value weighting to diverge significantly from the target
weightings as follows:
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Funds
held in the bank deposit account will be kept to a minimum in
order to maximize investment return.
Monthly, funds that exceed
$500,000 will be deposited with the investment managers based
upon
their
target normal asset allocation percentages.
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Quarterly,
the market value of assets under management by asset class
will be reviewed.
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New
funds shall be allocated according to the above guidelines.
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Allocations
exceed the maximum targets established by the Committee.
RESTRICTIONS
The
following restrictions shall apply to the fund's purchased
portfolio of investments, with the exception of Alternative Investment
Strategies (Section H): A. Investments
will be adequately diversified to reduce risk and comply with current
law. The following additional parameters will apply to
both "the Fund" and investment managers:
- Total
fixed and equity holdings of one issuer (except U.S. government
securities) may not exceed 5% of the market value of the portion
of the portfolio under management.
- No
single industry shall represent more than 20% of the equity portfolio.
- No
more than 5% of the total outstanding shares of any one corporation
may be purchased.
B. No private placement or lettered stock shall be purchased. C. There shall be no short sales or margin transactions and there
shall be no sales or purchases of puts, calls, and straddles. There
shall be no option type investments or sales of any kind. D. There shall be no trading in commodities. E. There shall be no direct investment in real estate. F. No more than
10% of the bond portfolio at cost value can consist of bonds below
the quality level of Baa/BBB as designated by Moody¹s
or Standard and Poor¹s. G. The maximum average maturity of debt securities shall not exceed
10 years. H. Alternative Investment Strategies
- Definition
and Introduction: "Alternative Investment Strategies" ("AIS")
will refer to any investment or investment strategy that at its core
is not a long-only portfolio of traditional, publicly traded equity
or fixed income instruments. The Foundation recognizes that AIS covers
an enormous variety of non-traditional investments and investment strategies,
spanning various levels of risk, return, and liquidity. The Foundation
will seek AIS which are generally on the conservative end of the AIS
risk spectrum, and which offer significant diversification benefits
to the Foundation¹s investment program.
- Diversification: The aggregate portfolio of AIS will cover a broad array of alternative,
non-traditional investment strategies with multiple
managers. No individual AIS investment manager will comprise more than
15% of the aggregate AIS portfolio, and no single strategy will comprise
more than 33% of the total AIS portfolio.
- Leverage: The AIS fund of funds managers will not employ leverage overlays
on the
underlying managers.
The Foundation recognizes that
the diversity of AIS investments and investment strategies precludes
the Foundation from placing individual leverage restrictions on AIS
investment managers. In aggregate, however, the Foundation¹s AIS
portfolio may not result in leverage in excess of 1.5 times of its
aggregate equity. None of the underlying managers in the fund of funds
structure, aside from the hedge fund of funds¹ relative value
managers, will use higher than 7.5 times leverage. The individual relative
value managers that do not use fixed income exposure will not exceed
15 times leverage. Those that do use fixed income will not exceed 30
times leverage.
- Liquidity: In order that the Foundation may control the risk profile of its
aggregate
portfolio by changing its investment exposures, all
hedge fund-oriented AIS investments must have at least yearly liquidity the
ability to make withdrawals from a diversified AIS program at least
once per year. Preference will be given to investment vehicles offering
quarterly liquidity.
PERFORMANCE GOALS
A. Overall for "the Fund",
the total return performance goals (including dividends, interest,
and appreciation) over a market
cycle (typically 3-5 years) are:
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Exceed the inflation rate as measured by the C.P.I. by 5%.
- Exceed
the performance of an index composed of 30% of the S&P 500
(Large Capitalization Equities), 20% of the Russell 2000 (Small
Capitalization Equities), 20% of the EAFE Index (International
Equities Europe, Australasia, Far East), 20% of the LBA Index
(Fixed Income - Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond), 10% of 3-month
T-bills + 7% (Hedge-Fund-of-Funds).
B. Each investment
manager¹s performance goals, over a market
cycle, are subordinate to the overall goals and are tailored to the
asset class:
- Large
capitalization domestic equities - to equal or exceed the total
return of the S&P
500 Index and/or to achieve results in the top 40th percentile when
compared with other funds with like investment
styles in both up and, particularly, in down markets.
- Small
capitalization domestic equities to equal or exceed
the total return of the Russell 2000 Index and/or to achieve results
in the top 40th percentile when compared with other funds with like
investment styles in both up and, particularly, in down markets.
- International
equities to equal or exceed the total return
of the EAFE Index and/or to achieve results in the top 40th percentile
when compared with other funds with like investment styles in both
up and, particularly, in down markets.
- Fixed
income securities to equal or exceed the total return
of the LBA Bond Index and/or to achieve results in the top 40th percentile
when compared with other funds with like investment styles in both
up and, particularly, in down markets.
- Absolute
Return Strategies to equal or exceed a benchmark
of 3-month Treasury Bills + 7% and/or to achieve results in the top
40th percentile when compared with other funds with like investment
styles in both up and, particularly, in down markets.
MANAGER SELECTION AND REVIEW
CRITERIA
The "Committee" recognizes the inherent benefits of working
with local financial institutions and intermediaries in the investment
and oversight of the funds of "the Fund". However, the specification
required to meet investment criteria for certain asset classes may
not be locally available. In addition, the investment performance of
the local managers must meet the manager targets included in this policy. On
a periodic basis, the Committee will review the investment
performance and restriction compliance of each manager. Certain performance-related,
organizational, or portfolio characteristic circumstances or events
(e.g. professional staff turnover or changes in process) will trigger
automatic formal reviews and where appropriate, reconsideration by
the Committee of the appropriateness of continuing to use the affected
manager in the investment structure. Performance, over a market cycle,
which is significantly below the performance of other comparable fund
managers for the target class would indicate that the manager should
be considered for termination. New
managers will be selected by the Fund, based on recommendation
by the Committee, to replace or augment existing managers
for specific asset classes. The selection process will include review
of the manager¹s past performance in comparison to comparable
fund managers' performance, meetings and interviews with the prospective
manager, and anticipated compliance with this policy.
The
Committee recognizes
that, when possible, multiple managers should be considered for each
asset class in order to diversify
investment style and lower portfolio risk.
Approved
November 17, 2004 by the Finance Committee
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