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Investment and Funding Update

Meeting: 10/11/2021 - Clwyd Pension Fund Committee (Item 27)

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To provide Committee Members with an update of investment and funding matters for the Clwyd Pension Fund.

Additional documents:

Decision:

The Committee considered and noted the update.

Minutes:

Mrs Fielder noted the following key points on the investment and funding update:

 

-       The Fund had their first meeting with unitary authorities regarding the interim actuarial valuation review, which had positive feedback. The Fund will continue to have regular meetings with them as well as other employers throughout the 2022 actuarial valuation process.

-       There were no changes to the risk register but the Fund were expecting changes going forward as they work through the actuarial valuation.

-       Mrs Fielder was honoured to participate in a panel at COP26 on 3 November. The panel discussed “adopting a transitional mind-set for the future”. Mrs Fielder confirmed this was well received.

-       The Fund were shortlisted for two Pensions for Purpose Awards; the Impact Investing Adopter Award and the Impact Investing Social Award. Officers were extremely busy working on the private market asset allocation. Mercer had also made several recommendations for the Fund, including 11 possible investments totalling commitments worth c£140 million.

-       In October, the Fund transitioned some of their emerging markets asset allocations into the WPP. The Fund now have 32% of their assets pooled with the WPP.

 

The Committee congratulated Mrs Fielder for her participation at COP26.

 

RESOLVED:

 

The Committee considered and noted the update.