Agenda

Greater Manchester Pension Fund - Management/Advisory Panel - Friday, 2nd December, 2022 10.00 am

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

Contact: Louis Garrick, Senior Democratic Services Officer  0161 342 3049 or Email: louis.garrick@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 137 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Advisory Panel held on 16 September 2022.

4b

Minutes of the Pension Fund Management Panel pdf icon PDF 76 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Management Panel held on 16 September 2022.

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, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

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 114 KB

To receive the Minutes of the proceedings of the Local Pensions Board held on 6 October 2022.

6b

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group pdf icon PDF 90 KB

 

To consider the Minutes of the proceedings of the Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group held on 7 October 2022.

6c

Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group pdf icon PDF 127 KB

To consider the Minutes of the proceedings of the Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group held on 7 October 2022.

6d

Policy and Development Working Group pdf icon PDF 89 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 24 November 2022.

6e

Northern LGPS Joint Oversight Committee pdf icon PDF 99 KB

To note the Minutes of the meeting of the Northern LGPS Joint Oversight Committee held on 7 July 2022.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/DECISION

7.

Responsible Investment Update 10.20am pdf icon PDF 142 KB

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

8.

CEM BENCHMARKING 10.30am

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

9.

ACTUARIAL VALUATION 11.30am

To consider the attached report of the Assistant Director, Pensions Administration and to receive a presentation from Hymans Robertson, Actuary to the Fund.

 

10.

REVIEW OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS 12.00pm

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

11.

Performance Dashboard 12.10pm

Report of the Assistant Director of Pensions Investments, attached.

12.

Business Planning, Budget and Risk Management 12.20pm

To consider the attached report of the Director of Pensions.

13.

Advisor Comments and Questions

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

14.

ADMINISTRATION UPDATE

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

15.

LGPS UPDATE

To consider the attached report of the Director of Pensions.

16.

Future Development Opportunities

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

 

LAPFF Annual Conference - Bournemouth

7-9 December 2022

LGA Fundamentals Day 3 – Virtual

20 December 2022

LGPS Governance Conference - Bournemouth

20-21 January 2023

PLSA Investment Conference, Edinburgh

6-8 June 2023

PLSA Local Authority Conference, Gloucestershire

26-28 June 2023

PLSA Annual Conference, Manchester

17-19 October 2023

 

17.

Dates of Future Meetings

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

 

Management/Advisory Panel

2 Dec 2022

24 March 2023

14 July 2023

15 Sept 2023

1 Dec 2023

8 March 2024

Local Pensions Board

19 Jan 2023

13 April 2023

27 July 2023

28 Sept 2023

25 Jan 2024

11 April 2024

Policy and Development Working Group

24 Nov 2022

2 March 2023

22 June 2023

7 Sept 2023

23 Nov 2023

22 Feb 2024

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group

20 Jan 2023

14 April 2023

28 July 2023

29 Sept 2023

26 Jan 2024

12 April 2024

Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group

20 Jan 2023

14 April 2023

28 July 2023

29 Sept 2023

26 Jan 2024

12 April 2024

 

 

WORKING PAPERS - APPENDICES

18.

APPENDIX 7A - GMPF's Responsible Investment Partners and Collaborations pdf icon PDF 78 KB

19.

APPENDIX 8A - Investment Benchmarking Results

20.

APPENDIX 8B - Pensions Administration Benchmarking Results

21.

APPENDIX 9A - 2022 Actuarial Valuation Draft FSS

22.

APPENDIX 12A - GMPF Whole Fund Risk Register

23.

APPENDIX 14A - Quarterly Administration Performance Dashboard