Pooled Investment Trust Fund

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Pooled Investment Trust Fund

• Objectives
• Allow FFA State Foundations and other Team Ag Ed
  members to experience higher returns on
  investments
• Maintain lower management fees
• Maintain ownership of assets

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Background

• NFFAF/ABG study
• Over 24 state foundations have
• endowments
• 74 lt 500,000
• Probable that investment strategies are
  rudimentary
• Response to local/state requests for better
  returns

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Advantages

• Qualified Trustees
• Experienced investment advisors
• Annual audit
• Past ROI at or above market
• Reduced volatility or risk
• Improved stewardship
• Increased donor confidence

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PITF vs FFA Endowment

• PITF FFA Endowment
• Revocable ?Non Revocable
• 25,000 initial ?10,000 initial
  investment investment
• Disbursements by ?Annual 5
  request disbursements

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Management

• Trust is an Indiana LLC
• Fund Manager NFFAF
• Fund Oversight PITF Board of Trustees
• Fund Advisor Oxford Financial Group
• Fund Administrator Alliance Benefit Group
• Annual expense ratio ? 2 of fund net assets

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Details

• Minimum 1st investment/balance - 25,000
• Must remain in Trust for gt 6 months
• Subsequent deposits gt 10,000
• 3 business days notice for deposit/ withdrawal
  quarterly
• Quarterly statements
• All transactions by EFT

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Board of Trustees
A. Charles Fischer Marion Fletcher Paul
Mulhollem William Ransom L. William York
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Pooled Investment Trust Fund

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