Agenda

Greater Manchester Pension Fund - Management/Advisory Panel - Friday, 24th March, 2023 10.00 am

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

Contact: Carolyn Eaton, Principal Democratic Services Officer  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 152 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Advisory Panel held on 2 December 2022.

4b

Minutes of the Pension Fund Management Panel pdf icon PDF 103 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Management Panel held on 2 December 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

10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 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

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 112 KB

To receive the Minutes of the proceedings of the Local Pensions Board held on 19 January 2023.

6b

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group pdf icon PDF 106 KB

 

To consider the Minutes of the proceedings of the Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group held on 20 January 2023.

6c

Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group pdf icon PDF 118 KB

To consider the Minutes of the proceedings of the Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group held on 20 January 2023.

6d

Policy and Development Working Group pdf icon PDF 88 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 2 March 2023.

6e

Northern LGPS Joint Oversight Committee pdf icon PDF 110 KB

To note the Minutes of the meeting of the Northern LGPS Joint Oversight Committee held on 6 October 2022.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/DECISION

7.

GMPF Budget 2023/24 and Medium Term Financial Planning - 10.20am pdf icon PDF 121 KB

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

8.

GMPF Statement of Accounts 2022/23 - GMPF Accounting Policies and Critical Judgements pdf icon PDF 112 KB

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

9.

Responsible Investment Update 10.30am pdf icon PDF 141 KB

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

10.

ACTUARIAL VALUATION 10.45am

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

 

11.

Local Investments Update 11.00am

To consider the attached report of the Assistant Director, Local Investments and Property and to receive a presentation from representatives of The Good Economy.

12.

Performance Dashboard 12pm

Report of the Assistant Director of Pensions Investments, attached.

13.

Business Planning, Budget and Risk Management 12.10pm

To consider the attached report of the Director of Pensions.

14.

Advisor Comments and Questions

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

15.

ADMINISTRATION UPDATE 12.20pm

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

16.

LGPS UPDATE

To consider the attached report of the Director of Pensions.

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 Webinar – Implementing TPRs new code of practice

28 March 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

 

18.

Dates of Future Meetings

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

 

Management/Advisory Panel

14 July 2023

15 Sept 2023

1 Dec 2023

8 March 2024

Local Pensions Board

13 April 2023

20 July 2023

28 Sept 2023

25 Jan 2024

11 April 2024

Policy and Development Working Group

22 June 2023

7 Sept 2023

23 Nov 2023

22 Feb 2024

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group

14 April 2023

21 July 2023

22 Sept 2023

26 Jan 2024

12 April 2024

Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group

14 April 2023

21 July 2023

22 Sept 2023

26 Jan 2024

12 April 2024

 

 

WORKING PAPERS - APPENDICES

19.

APPENDIX 9A - GMPF's Responsible Investment Partners and Collaborations pdf icon PDF 78 KB

20.

APPENDIX 11A - Local Investments Briefing

21.

APPENDIX 11B - The Good Economy Report

22.

APPENDIX 11C - GMPVF Report

23.

APPENDIX 13A - Whole Fund Risk Register

24.

APPENDIX 15A - Quarterly Admin Performance Dashboard