Agenda

Greater Manchester Pension Fund - Management/Advisory Panel - Friday, 10th December, 2021 10.00 am

Venue: Zoom

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

Media

Items
No. Item

GENERAL BUSINESS

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1.

Chair's Introductory Remarks 10.00am

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2.

Declarations of Interest

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

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3.

Minutes

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3a

Minutes of the Pension Fund Advisory Panel pdf icon PDF 373 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Advisory Panel held on 17 September 2021.

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3b

Minutes of the Pension Fund Management Panel pdf icon PDF 308 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Management Panel held on 17 September 2021.

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4.

Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985

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4a

Urgent Items

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

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4b

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.

 

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Justification

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

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.

 

 

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5.

Pension Fund Working Groups/Local Board/Northern LGPS Joint Oversight Committee Minutes

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5a

Local Pensions Board pdf icon PDF 246 KB

To consider the Minutes of the proceedings of the Local Pensions Board held on 30 September 2021.

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5b

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group pdf icon PDF 362 KB

To consider the Minutes of the proceedings of the Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group held on 1 October 2021.

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5c

Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group pdf icon PDF 231 KB

To consider the Minutes of the proceedings of the Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group held on 1 October 2021.

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5d

Policy and Development Working Group pdf icon PDF 239 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 25 November 2021.

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5e

Northern LGPS Joint Oversight Committee pdf icon PDF 250 KB

To note the Minutes of the proceedings of the Northern LGPS Joint Oversight Committee held on 8 July 2021.

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ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/DECISION

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6.

Responsible Investment Update Q3 2021 10.25am pdf icon PDF 419 KB

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

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7.

CEM Cost Benchmarking 10.35am

To receive a report of the Assistant Director, Pensions Investments/Assistant Director of Pensions Administration and a presentation from John Simmonds, CEM Benchmarking.

8.

Review of Investment Management Arrangements 11.10am

To receive a presentation from Hymans Robertson.

9.

Performance Dashboard 11.40am

Report of the Assistant Director of Pensions Investments, attached.

10.

2022 ACTUARIAL VALUATION PROCESS 11.50am

To receive a presentation from representatives of Hymans Robertson, Fund Actuary.

11.

Business Planning, Budget and Risk Management 12.20pm

To consider the attached report of the Director of Pensions.

12.

Advisor Comments and Questions

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

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Administration Update

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

14.

LGPS Update

To consider the attached report of the Director of Pensions.

15.

Future Development Opportunities

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

 

LGE Annual Governance Conference – Bournemouth

 

20 – 21 January 2022

PLSA ESG Conference – virtual

 

9 - 10 March 2022

PLSA Investment Conference - Edinburgh

 

25 - 26 May 2022

PLSA Local Authority Conference - Gloucestershire

 

13 - 15 June 2022

 

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Dates of Future Meetings

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

 

Management/Advisory Panel

18 Mar 2022

Local Pensions Board

13 Jan 2022

7 April 2022

Policy and Development Working Group

3 Mar 2022

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group

21 Jan 2022

8 April 2022

Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group

1 Jan 2022

8 April 2022

 

 

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WORKING PAPERS - APPENDICES

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APPENDIX 6A - RI Partners and Collaborative Bodies pdf icon PDF 206 KB

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APPENDIX 7A - INVESTMENT BENCHMARKING RESULTS

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APPENDIX 7B - ADMINISTRATION BENCHMARKING RESULTS

20.

APPENDIX 8A - Hymans Robertson Report

21.

APPENDIX 8B - Hymans Robertson presentation slides

22.

APPENDIX 10A - 2022 ACTUARIAL VALUATION PRESENTATION

23.

APPENDIX 11A - RISK REGISTER

24.

APPENDIX 13A - ADMINISTRATION PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD