Agenda

Greater Manchester Pension Fund - Management/Advisory Panel - Friday, 17th November, 2017 9.30 am

Venue: Guardsman Tony Downes House, Manchester Road, Droylsden, M43 6SF. View directions

Contact: Carolyn Eaton, Senior Democratic Services Officer  0161 342 3050 or Email: carolyn.eaton@tameside.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

GENERAL BUSINESS

1.

Chair's Opening Remarks

2.

Apologies for Absence

3.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of interest from Members of the Panel.

4.

Minutes

4a

Minutes of the Pension Fund Advisory Panel pdf icon PDF 135 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Advisory Panel held on 22 September 2017.

4b

Minutes of the Pension Fund Management Panel pdf icon PDF 74 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Management Panel held on 22 September 2017.

4c

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting pdf icon PDF 75 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 22 September 2017.

 

5.

Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985

5a

Urgent Items

To consider any items which the Chair is of the opinion shall be considered as a matter of urgency.

5b

Exempt Items

The Proper Officer is of the opinion that during the consideration of the items set out below, the meeting is not likely to be open to the press and public and therefore the reports are excluded in accordance with the provisions of the Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

 

Items

Paragraphs

Justification

8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,  

3&10, 3&10, 3&10, 3&10, 3&10, 3&10, 3&10, 3&10, 3&10

Disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of the Fund and/or its agents which could in turn affect the interests of the beneficiaries and/or tax payers.

 

6.

Pension Fund Working Groups Minutes

6a

Policy and Development Working Group pdf icon PDF 89 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 5 October 2017.

6b

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group pdf icon PDF 69 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 13 October 2017.

6c

Pensions Administration Working Group pdf icon PDF 85 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 13 October 2017.

 

6d

Alternative Investments Working Group pdf icon PDF 60 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 20 October 2017.

6e

Employer Funding Viability Working Group pdf icon PDF 83 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 27 October 2017.

6f

Property Working Group pdf icon PDF 65 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 27 October 2017.

7.

Management Summary pdf icon PDF 105 KB

Report of the Director of Pensions attached.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/DECISION

8.

Pooling Update

Report of the Assistant Director of Pensions, Funding and Business Development, attached.

9.

FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS FOR GUARDSMAN TONY DOWNES HOUSE

Report of the Assistant Director of Pensions, Local Investments and Property, attached.

10.

Review of Investment Management Arrangements

10a

Feedback on Stage II report

To receive a presentation of the Assistant Director of Pensions, Investments.

10b

Stage III Report

To receive a presentation from Hymans Robertson.

11.

Training Item - LGPS Performance Update

Presentation of David Cullinan, PIRC

12.

Performance Dashboard

Report of the Assistant Director of Pensions, Investments, attached.

13.

Update on Investment Management Costs Benchmarking

Report of the Assistant Director of Pensions, Investments, attached.

14.

Reports of the Managers

Report of the Assistant Director of Pensions, Investments, attached.

 

To review the performance of Investec Asset Management.

15.

Advisor Comments and Questions

16.

Update on GMPF Approach to Responsible Investment

To receive a report of the Assistant Director of Pensions, Investments, and a presentation of Alan MacDougall of PIRC.

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

17.

Pensions Administration Update pdf icon PDF 79 KB

Report of the Pensions Policy Manager attached.

Additional documents:

18.

Future Training Dates

Trustee training opportunities are available as follows.  Further information/details can be obtained by contacting Loretta Stowers on 0161 301 7151.

 

Training Day

Location to be confirmed

4 December 2017

Fundamentals Training Day 3

Park Plaza Hotel, Leeds

5 December 2017

LAPFF Annual Conference

Highcliffe Marriott, Bournemouth

6-8 December 2017

CIPFA Barnett Waddingham Seminars for Local Board Members

26 February 2018 - London

28 February 2018 – Wolverhampton

2 March 2018 - Leeds

PLSA Investment Conference

EICC Edinburgh

7–9 March 2018

PLSA Local Authority Conference

Cotswold Water Park Hotel, Gloucestershire

21–23 May 2018

CIPFA Barnett Waddingham Annual Event for Local Board Members

London

27 June 2018

PLSA Annual Conference

Liverpool

17–19 October 2018

 

19.

Dates of Future Meetings

 

Management/Advisory Panel

23 March 2018

Local Pensions Board

14 December 2017

29 March 2018

Pensions Administration Working Group

19 January 2018

6 April 2018

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group

19 January 2018

6 April 2018

Alternative Investments Working Group

26 January 2018

13 April 2018

Property Working Group

2 February 2018

20 April 2018

Policy and Development Working Group

1 February 2018

22 March 2018

Employer Funding Viability Working Group

2 February 2018

20 April 2018