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Indian River County, Florida Notes To Financial Statements Year Ended September 30, 2013 NOTE 4 - CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - Continued C. Investments - Continued Credit Risk Florida Statutes Section 218.415 and the County's investment policy limit investments to the following: 1. Direct obligations of the United States Treasury; 2. Florida PRIME (formerly known as Fund A) and Fund B Surplus Funds Trust Fund (Fund B); 3. Florida Local Government Investment Trust Funds; 4. Interest-bearing time deposits or savings in qualified public depositories as defined in Section 280.02 Florida Statutes; 5. Federal agencies and instrumentalities; 6. Securities of, or other interests in, any open-end or closed-end management -type investment company or investment trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, 15 U.S.C. ss. 80a-1 et seq., as amended from time to time, provided that the portfolio of such investment company or investment trust is limited to obligations of the United States Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof and to repurchase agreements fully collateralized by such United States Government obligations, and provided that such investment company or investment trust takes delivery of such collateral either directly or through an authorized custodian; 7. Securities and Exchange Commission registered money market funds with the highest credit quality rating from a nationally recognized rating agency; 8. Repurchase agreements with a term of one year or less collateralized by direct obligations of the United States Government which have maturities of three (3) years or less and a market value 103% or more of the repurchase amount. Currently, Fund B participants are permitted to withdraw scheduled amounts as assets become liquid. Full realization of the principal value of Fund B assets is uncertain and dependent upon the collateralized securities underlying each holding and is contingent upon future market conditions. Concentration Risk The Indian River County Board of County Commissioners, the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, and the Tax Collector follow their own investment policies. The policies have established asset allocation and issuer limits to reduce concentration of credit risk. Their investments are stated at fair value. The Board's investment policy does not allow for more than 20% of the entire portfolio to be invested in any one issuer, with the exception of United States Treasury Obligations and state authorized pools. No more than 10% of the portfolio may be placed in certificates of deposit (CD) and no more than $3 million of the portfolio may be placed in certificates of deposit with any one financial institution. No more than 10% of the portfolio may be placed in any one money market fund, mutual fund, or intergovernmental investment pool. 65