Agenda

Greater Manchester Pension Fund - Management/Advisory Panel - Friday, 1st December, 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 155 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Advisory Panel held on 15 September 2023.

4b

Minutes of the Pension Fund Management Panel pdf icon PDF 106 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Pension Fund Management Panel held on 15 September 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

9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 23, 24, 25

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 115 KB

To consider the Minutes of the proceedings of the Local Pensions Board held on 28 September 2023.

6b

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group pdf icon PDF 67 KB

 

To consider the Minutes of the proceedings of the Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group held on 22 September 2023.

6c

Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group pdf icon PDF 124 KB

To consider the Minutes of the proceedings of the Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group held on 22 September 2023.

6d

Policy and Development Working Group pdf icon PDF 72 KB

To consider the Minutes of the meeting held on 23 November 2023.

6e

Northern LGPS Joint Oversight Committee pdf icon PDF 89 KB

To note the Minutes of the meetings held on 6 July 2023.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/DECISION

7.

GMPF STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS AND ANNUAL REPORT 2022-2023 10.20am pdf icon PDF 101 KB

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

8.

Responsible Investment Update 10.30am pdf icon PDF 138 KB

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

9.

UPDATE ON GMPF'S APPROACH TO CLIMATE RISK - PART II 10.40am

To receive a presentation from representatives of UBS.

10.

CEM COST BENCHMARKING 11.25am

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

11.

Performance Dashboard 12.10pm

Report of the Assistant Director of Pensions Investments, attached.

12.

Business Planning, Budget and Risk Management 12.15pm

To consider the attached report of the Director of Pensions.

13.

GMPF EMPLOYER EXIT CREDIT DETERMINATIONS 12.20pm

To consider the attached report of the Director of Pensions.

14.

Advisor Comments and Questions

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

15.

ADMINISTRATION UPDATE pdf icon PDF 102 KB

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

16.

LGPS UPDATE pdf icon PDF 98 KB

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.

 

LGA Fundamentals – Day 3, Manchester Piccadilly Hotel

13 December 2023

LGA Fundamentals – Day 3 virtual (two half days)

11 December 2023

19 December 2023

 

18.

Dates of Future Meetings

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

 

Management/Advisory Panel

8 March 2024

Local Pensions Board

25 Jan 2024

11 April 2024

Policy and Development Working Group

22 Feb 2024

Investment Monitoring and ESG Working Group

19 Jan 2024

12 April 2024

Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group

19 Jan 2024

12 April 2024

 

 

WORKING PAPERS - APPENDICES

19.

APPENDIX 7A - GMPF Draft Audit Completion Report pdf icon PDF 442 KB

20.

APPENDIX 8A - GMPF's Responsible Investment Partners and Collaborations pdf icon PDF 78 KB

21.

APPENDIX 9A - UBS REPORT

22.

APPENDIX 9B - UBS PAMPHLET - INVESTING FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION pdf icon PDF 520 KB

23.

APPENDIX 10A - GMPF Investments Benchmarking Results

24.

APPENDIX 10B - GMPF Administration Benchmarking Results

25.

APPENDIX 12A - GMPF Whole Fund Risk Register

26.

APPENDIX 15A - Q2 Performance Dashboard pdf icon PDF 374 KB