Agenda

Greater Manchester Pension Fund - Management/Advisory Panel - Friday, 18th September, 2020 10.00 am

Venue: Zoom Meeting

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

Media

Items
No. Item

GENERAL BUSINESS

1.

Chair's Introductory Remarks 10.00am

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 391 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Advisory Panel held on 17 July 2020.

4b

Minutes of the Pension Fund Management Panel pdf icon PDF 255 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Management Panel held on 17 July 2020.

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, 20, 21, 22, 23 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31

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

6a

Local Pensions Board pdf icon PDF 293 KB

To note the Minutes of the meeting of the Local Pensions Board held on 30 July 2020.

6b

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group pdf icon PDF 137 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting of the Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group held on 31 July 2020.

6c

Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group pdf icon PDF 299 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting of the Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group held on 31 July 2020.

6d

Policy and Development Working Group pdf icon PDF 249 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 3 September 2020.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/DECISION

7.

Responsible Investment Update Q3 2020 10.20am pdf icon PDF 404 KB

To consider the attached report of the Assistant Director of Pensions Investments.

8.

Approach to Climate Risk - Presentation by Trucost 10.30am

Representative(s) of Trucost to present before the Panel.

9.

Carbon Footprinting 11.00am

To consider the attached report of the Assistant Director of Pensions Investments.

10.

Pooling Update 11.10am

To consider the attached report of the Assistant Director of Pensions, Funding and Business Development.

11.

Exit Payment Cap 11.20am

To consider the attached report of the Assistant Director, Funding and Business Development.

12.

Covid 19 - Risk Management and Business Planning 11.30am

To consider the attached report of the Director of Pensions.

13.

Investment Management Arrangements 11.40am

To consider the attached report of the Assistant Director of Pensions Investments.

14.

Performance Dashboard 11.50am

Report of the Assistant Director of Pensions Investments, attached.

15.

IPD Property Fund Indices - What it all means - (Training Presentation) 12 Noon

To consider a report of the Assistant Director of Pensions, Local Investments and Property and to receive a presentation of representatives of MSCI.

16.

GMPF Statement of Accounts and Annual Report 2019-2020 pdf icon PDF 113 KB

To consider the attached report of the Assistant Director, Local Investments and Property.

17.

Advisor Comments and Questions 12.25pm

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

18.

Future Development Opportunities

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

 

PLSA Annual Conference, ACC Liverpool

14-16 October 2020

Schroders Trustee Training,

Leeds

20 November 2020

LAPFF Annual Conference, Bournemouth

2-4 December 2020

 

19.

Dates of Future Meetings

To note the dates of future meetings to be held on:-

 

Management/Advisory Panel

11 Dec 2020

19 Mar 2021

16 July 2021

17 Sept 2021

10 Dec 2021

18 Mar 2022

Local Pensions Board

1 Oct 2020

14 Jan 2021

8 April 2021

29 July 2021

30 Sept 2021

13 Jan 2022

7 April 2022

Policy and Development Working Group

26 Nov 2020

4 Mar 2021

24 June 2021

2 Sept 2021

25 Nov 2021

3 Mar 2022

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group

2 Oct 2020

22 Jan 2021

16 April 2021

30 July 2021

1 Oct 2021

21 Jan 2022

8 April 2022

Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group

2 Oct 2020

22 Jan 2021

16 April 2021

30 July 2021

1 Oct 2021

1 Jan 2022

8 April 2022

 

 

WORKING PAPERS - APPENDICES

20.

APPENDIX 7A - GMPF's Responsible Investment Partners and Collaborations pdf icon PDF 204 KB

21.

APPENDIX 7B - Press Release

22.

APPENDIX 7C - Investor Collaboration Proposal - Marine Microplastic Pollution

23.

APPENDIX 7D - Northern LGPS Stewardship Report

24.

APPENDIX 7E - LAPFF Quarterly Engagement Report pdf icon PDF 3 MB

25.

APPENDIX 10A - LGPS Pool Update September 2020

26.

APPENDIX 10B - Report of the Chair

27.

APPENDIX 10C - NLGPS Joint Committee Minutes - 6 February 2020

28.

APPENDIX 12A - Business Plan

29.

APPENDIX 12B - Risk Log

30.

APPENDIX 12C - Risk Register

31.

APPENDIX 14A - MSCI Executive Summary