Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

Notes to financial statements December 31, 2021

NOTE 3 – DETAIL NOTES ON ALL FUNDS (Continued)

The Fund’s investment policy also prescribes to the “prudent person” rule, which states, “investments shall be made with judgment and care, under circumstances then prevailing, which persons of prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not for speculation, but for investment, considering the primary objective of safety as well as the secondary objective of the attainment of market rates of return.”

Custodial Credit Risk. At December 31, 2021, all of the bank balance of the deposits was covered by federal depository or equivalent insurance. The Fund’s investment policy does not require pledging of collateral for all bank balances in excess of federal depository insurance, since flow-through FDIC insurance is available for the Fund’s deposits with financial institutions. Money market mutual funds and equity mutual funds are not subject to custodial credit risk. The Pension Fund’s investment policy limits its exposure to custodial credit risk by utilizing an independent third party institution, selected by the Pension Fund, to act as custodian for its securities and collateral.

Concentration Risk. The Fund’s investment policy requires “diversifying the investment portfolio so that the impact of the potential losses from any one type of security or from any one individual issuer will be minimized.” In addition to the securities and fair values listed previously, the Fund also has $18,394,087 invested in Mutual Funds. At December 31, 2021, the Fund does not have 5% or more of net plan position available for benefits in any investments of one organization. Investments issued or explicitly guaranteed by the U.S. government and investments in mutual funds, external investment pools, and other pooled investments are excluded from this requirement. Agency investments represent a large portion of the portfolio; however, the investments are diversified by maturity date and are backed by the issuing organization. Although unlike Treasuries, agency securities do not have the “full faith and credit” backing of the U.S. Government, they are considered to have a moral obligations of implicit backing and are supported by Treasury lines of credit and increasingly stringent federal regulation.