Agenda

Greater Manchester Pension Fund - Management/Advisory Panel - Friday, 15th September, 2023 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 226 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Advisory Panel held on 14 July 2023.

4b

Minutes of the Pension Fund Management Panel pdf icon PDF 113 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Management Panel held on 14 July 2023.

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

 

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/NLGPS Joint Oversight Committee

6a

Local Pensions Board pdf icon PDF 118 KB

To consider the Minutes of the proceedings of the Local Pensions Board held on 20 July 2023.

6b

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group pdf icon PDF 75 KB

 

To consider the Minutes of the proceedings of the Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group held on 21 July 2023.

6c

Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group pdf icon PDF 106 KB

To consider the Minutes of the proceedings of the Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group held on 21 July 2023.

6d

Policy and Development Working Group pdf icon PDF 94 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 7 September 2023.

6e

Northern LGPS Joint Oversight Committee pdf icon PDF 112 KB

To note the Minutes of the meetings held on 13 April 2023.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/DECISION

7.

Responsible Investment Update 10.20am pdf icon PDF 184 KB

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

8.

Pensions Administration and Benefits Review 10.30am pdf icon PDF 99 KB

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

9.

LGPS Pooling Update 10.40am

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

10.

The Good Economy 10.50am

To receive a presentation from representatives of The Good Economy.

11.

UPDATE ON GMPF'S APPROACH TO CLIMATE RISK 11.30am

To consider the attached report of the Assistant Director of Pensions Investments and to receive a presentation from representatives of Trucost.

 

12.

Performance Dashboard 12.10pm

Report of the Assistant Director of Pensions Investments, attached.

13.

Business Planning, Budget and Risk Management 12.20pm

To consider the attached report of the Director of Pensions.

14.

Advisor Comments and Questions

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

15.

LGPS UPDATE pdf icon PDF 114 KB

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.

 

LGA Fundamentals – Day 1, Manchester Piccadilly Hotel

5 October 2023

PLSA Annual Conference, Manchester

17-19 October 2023

LGA Fundamentals – Day 1 virtual (two half days)

19 October 2023

26 October 2023

UBS Training Day, Lowry Hotel, Manchester

30 October 2023

LGA Fundamentals – Day 2, Manchester Piccadilly Hotel

8 November 2023

LGA Fundamentals – Day 2 virtual (two half days)

16 November 2023

23 November 2023

LGA Fundamentals – Day 3, Manchester Piccadilly Hotel

13 December 2023

LGA Fundamentals – Day 3 virtual (two half days)

11 December 2023

19 December 2023

 

17.

Dates of Future Meetings

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

 

Management/Advisory Panel

1 Dec 2023

8 March 2024

Local Pensions Board

28 Sept 2023

25 Jan 2024

11 April 2024

Policy and Development Working Group

23 Nov 2023

22 Feb 2024

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group

22 Sept 2023

26 Jan 2024

12 April 2024

Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group

22 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 - ADMINISTRATION KEY STATISTICS pdf icon PDF 780 KB

20.

APPENDIX 8B - Q1 ADMINISTRATION PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD pdf icon PDF 355 KB

21.

APPENDIX 10A - The Good Economy - Independent Assessment of the Place-Based Impact of GMPF Local Investment Portfolios pdf icon PDF 4 MB

22.

APPENDIX 11A - Climate Related Portfolio Assessment

23.

APPENDIX 13A - BUSINESS PLAN

24.

APPENDIX 13B - SCHEDULE OF ROUTINE REPORTS

25.

APPENDIX 13C - WHOLE FUND RISK REGISTER

26.

PRESENTATION FOR ITEM 7 - RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT UPDATE

27.

PRESENTATION FOR ITEM 8 - ADMINISTRATION REVIEW

28.

PRESENTATION FOR ITEM 9 - LGPS POOLING UPDATE

29.

PRESENTATION FOR ITEM 10 - THE GOOD ECONOMY - AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF PLACE -BASED IMPACT OF GMPF'S LOCAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS

30.

PRESENTATION FOR ITEM 11 - GMPF APPROACH TO CLIMATE RISK

31.

PRESENTATION FOR ITEM 12 - PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD