Agenda

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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

4.a

Minutes of the Pension Fund Advisory Panel pdf icon PDF 161 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Advisory Panel held on 20 July 2018.

4.b

Minutes of the Pension Fund Management Panel pdf icon PDF 80 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Management Panel held on 20 July 2018.

5.

Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985

5.a

Urgent Items

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

5.b

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

6(g), 6(h), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12,13

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/Local Board Minutes

6.a

Local Pensions Board pdf icon PDF 86 KB

To note the Minutes of the meeting held on 9 August 2018.

6.b

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group pdf icon PDF 64 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 13 July 2018.

6.c

Pensions Administration Working Group pdf icon PDF 81 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 6 July 2018.

 

6.d

Alternative Investments Working Group pdf icon PDF 74 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 6 July 2018.

6.e

Employer Funding Viability Working Group pdf icon PDF 65 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 12 July 2018.

6.f

Property Working Group pdf icon PDF 83 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 13 July 2018.

6.g

Investments Committee

To note the Minutes of the meeting held on 17 September 2018.

6.h

Northern Pool GP (No 1) Limited Board

To note the Minutes of the meeting held on 17 September 2018.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION / DECISION

7.

Review of Investment Management Arrangements

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

 

Presentation of Eric Shirbini, Scientific Beta.

 

Presentation of William Marshall, Hymans Robertson.

8.

Performance Dashboard

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

9.

Manager Monitoring Regime Including Monitoring Escalation

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

10.

Update on Investment Management Cost Benchmarking

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

11.

Northern Pool Update

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

12.

Advisor Comments and Questions

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

13.

LGPS Update

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

14.

Pensions Administration Update pdf icon PDF 60 KB

Report of the Pensions Policy Manager attached.

Additional documents:

15.

Future Training Dates

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

 

LGE Fundamentals Training

Leeds

Day 2

Day 3

 

 

6 November 2018

5 December 2018

Investec Trustee Training

Doubletree Hilton Hotel, Manchester

14 November 2018

CIPFA Pensions Network Annual Conference

The Leadenhall Building, London

22 November 2018

LAPFF Annual Conference

Bournemouth

5 – 7 December 2018

 

UBS Trustee Training

Doubletree Hilton Hotel, Manchester

13 December 2018

LGE Governance Conference

Bristol

17 – 18 January 2019

 

 

 

16.

Dates of Future Meetings

 

Management/Advisory Panel

18 January 2019

12 April 2019

19 July 2019

18 October 2019 (AGM)

17 January 2020

17 April 2020

Local Pensions Board

15 November 2018

14 February 2019

13 June 2019

 8 August 2019

11 October 2019

12 December 2019

26 March 2020

Policy and Development Working Group

20 December 2018

 8 March 2019

13 June 2019

19 September 2019

19 December 2019

 6 March 2020

Property Working Group

20 December 2018

 8 March 2019

13 June 2019

19 September 2019

19 December 2019

 6 March 2020

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group

21 December 2018

22 March 2019

12 July 2019

27 September 2019

20 December 2019

20 March 2020

Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group

21 December 2018

22 March 2019

12 July 2019

27 September 2019

20 December 2019

20 March 2020