Agenda

Greater Manchester Pension Fund - Management/Advisory Panel - Friday, 7th March, 2025 10.00 am

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

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

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 166 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Advisory Panel held on 13 December 2024.

4b

Minutes of the Pension Fund Management Panel pdf icon PDF 78 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Management Panel held on 13 December 2024.

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

10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

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/Local Board Minutes

6a

Local Pensions Board pdf icon PDF 110 KB

To consider the Minutes of the proceedings of the Local Pensions Board held on 10 February 2025.

6b

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group pdf icon PDF 79 KB

 

To consider the Minutes of the proceedings of the Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group held on 24 January 2025.

6c

Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group pdf icon PDF 120 KB

To consider the Minutes of the proceedings of the Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group held on 24 January 2025.

6d

Policy and Development Working Group pdf icon PDF 81 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 20 February 2025.

6e

Northern LGPS Joint Oversight Committee pdf icon PDF 111 KB

To note the Minutes of the meeting held on 19 December 2024.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/DECISION

7.

GMPF BUDGET 2025/2026 AND MEDIUM-TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING (10.20am) pdf icon PDF 101 KB

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

8.

GMPF STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 2024-25 GMPF ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND CRITICAL JUDGEMENTS pdf icon PDF 105 KB

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

9.

Responsible Investment Update (10.30am) pdf icon PDF 145 KB

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

10.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PENSION SCHEME (ENGLAND AND WALES): FIT FOR THE FUTURE CONSULTATION - PUBLISHED 14 NOVEMBER 2024 (10.45am)

To consider the attached report of the Chief Executive of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund.

11.

Actuarial Valuation Update (11.30am)

To receive a presentation from the Actuary to the Fund.

12.

Performance Dashboard (11.50am)

Report of the Assistant Director of Pensions Investments, attached.

13.

Business Planning and Risk Management (12.00pm)

To consider the attached report of the Chief Executive, Greater Manchester Pension Fund.

14.

Advisor Comments and Questions

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

15.

LGPS UPDATE (12.15pm) pdf icon PDF 125 KB

To consider the attached report of the Chief Executive, Greater Manchester Pension Fund.

16.

Administration Update pdf icon PDF 119 KB

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

17.

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 Investment Conference

11 – 13 March 2025 – Edinburgh

PLSA Local Authority Conference

16 – 18 June 2025 – Wyboston Lakes, Bedfordshire

PLSA Annual Conference

15 – 17 October 2025 - Liverpool

 

 

 

 

 

 

18.

Dates of Future Meetings

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

 

Management/Advisory Panel

11 July 2025

12 Sept 2025

12 Dec 2025

6 March 2026

Local Pensions Board

10 April 2025

24 July 2025

25 Sept 2025

22 Jan 2026

9 April 2026

Policy and Development Working Group

26 June 2025

4 Sept 2025

27 Nov 2025

19 Feb 2026

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group/ Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group

11 April 2025

18 July 2025

19 Sept 2025

23 Jan 2026

10 April 2026

 

 

 

WORKING PAPERS - APPENDICES

19.

APPENDIX 9A - GMPF's Responsible Investment Partners and Collaborations pdf icon PDF 81 KB

20.

APPENDIX 10C - MfP MfLG letter with Pool guidance note

21.

APPENDIX 10D - NLGPS Pooling Proposal

22.

APPENDIX 10E - Northern Pool Cost Estimate

23.

APPENDIX 10F - Northern Pool - Tax Cost of Transition to ACS Fund

24.

APPENDIX 10G - Northern Pool - Summary Draft Regulatory Report

25.

APPENDIX 10H - Northern Pool Future State Executive Summary

26.

APPENDIX 10I - Consultation Response GMPF

27.

APPENDIX 10J - GMCA Response to MHCLG Consultation on LGPS Reform

28.

APPENDIX 10K - Northern Pension Pool Advice

29.

APPENDIX 11A - GMPF Actuary Panel Paper

30.

APPENDIX 13A - GMPF Whole Fund Risk Register

31.

APPENDIX 16A - Performance Dashboard Q3 pdf icon PDF 4 MB