Investment Objectives
LGIPs generally are formed to meet a specific investment objective. In most cases, LGIPs invest to protect the investors’ principal and provide them with cash liquidity. These pools invest in short-term securities to avoid market price risk. Like money market mutual funds, they try to maintain a constant NAV of $1.
Other LGIPs have the objective of maximizing returns. These funds invest in longer term securities for participants who do not need to draw on the pool’s funds in the near-term. In doing so, these variable NAV pools i