Agenda

Wiltshire Pension Fund Committee - Thursday 19 June 2025 10.00 am

Venue: Kennet Room - County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, BA14 8JN. View directions

Contact: Ben Fielding - Senior Democratic Services Officer  Email: benjamin.fielding@wiltshire.gov.uk

Items
Note No. Item

Part I

Items to be considered when the meeting is open to the public

10.00am

1.

Membership & Apologies

To receive any apologies or substitutions for the meeting.

 

To note any changes to the membership of the Committee.

2.

Minutes of Previous Meetings

To approve and sign as a true and correct record the Part I (public) minutes of the previous meeting held on 20th March 2025.

Supporting documents:

3.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

4.

Chairman's Announcements

To receive any announcements through the Chairman.

5.

Review of Actions arising from previous meeting(s)

To review progress on any actions requested by the Committee in previous meetings.

6.

Review of the Minutes of the Local Pension Board

To receive the minutes of the Part I meeting of the Local Pension Board held on 22 May 2025. To review the summary of the recommendations made by the Board.

Supporting documents:

7.

Public Participation

The Council welcomes contributions from members of the public.

 

Statements

If you would like to make a statement at this meeting on any item on this agenda, please register to do so at least 10 minutes prior to the meeting. Up to 3 speakers are permitted to speak for up to 3 minutes each on any agenda item. Please contact the officer named on the front of the agenda for any further clarification.

 

Questions

To receive any questions from members of the public or members of the Council received in accordance with the constitution.

 

Those wishing to ask questions are required to give notice of any such questions in writing to the officer named on the front of this agenda no later than 5pm on Thursday 12 June 2025 in order to be guaranteed of a written response. In order to receive a verbal response, questions must be submitted no later than 5pm onMonday 16 June 2025. Please contact the officer named on the front of this agenda for further advice. Questions may be asked without notice if the Chairman decides that the matter is urgent.

 

Details of any questions received will be circulated to Committee members prior to the meeting and made available at the meeting and on the Council’s website.

Supporting documents:

10.05am

8.

Responsible Investment Update

The Investment and Accounting Team Lead to present a report on the Fund’s quarterly responsible investment performance.

Supporting documents:

9.

Date of Next Meeting

To determine the date of the next Committee meeting dates:

·       Investment focused meeting 24 July 2025

·       Administration focused meeting 18 September 2025

10.

Urgent Items

Any other items of business which, in the opinion of the Chairman, should be considered as a matter of urgency. Urgent items of a confidential nature may be considered under Part II of this agenda.

11.

Exclusion of the Public

To consider passing the following resolution:

 

To agree that in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the public from the meeting for the business specified in Item Numbers 12 – 16  because it is likely that if members of the public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 & 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act and the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information to the public.

Part II

Item(s) during consideration of which it is recommended that the public should be excluded because of the likelihood that exempt information would be disclosed

 

10.20am

12.

Minutes

To approve and sign as a true and correct record the Part II (private) minutes of the previous meeting held on 20 March 2025.

13.

Local Pension Board minutes (Part II)

To consider the Part II (private) minutes, and recommendations arising, from the last meeting of the Local Pension Board held on 22 May 2025.

14.

Quarterly Investment update

The Investment and Accounting Team Lead to present a report on the Fund quarterly investment performance.

10.40am

15.

Investment Manager fee and costs

The Investment and Accounting Team Lead to provide an update on Investment Manager fee costs.

10.50am

16.

Investment Pooling Update Report

An update by the Head of Wiltshire Pension Fund concerning changes to the LPGS.