Nick Vickers

Pensions Committee Officer

Pensions Committee - Tuesday, 30 June 2026 7:00 pm

Pensions Committee Officer

Pensions Committee - Thursday, 26 March 2026 - 7:00 pm

The Pensions Committee of Barking and Dagenham Council met on Thursday 26 March 2026 to discuss the council's investment strategy, actuarial valuation, and pension fund accounts. Key decisions included the approval of a new strategic asset allocation for the pension fund, which will see an increase in UK Gilts and a reduction in global equities, and the approval of the Pension Fund Annual Report for 2024/25.

Audit and Risk Committee Officer

Audit and Risk Committee - Wednesday, 18 February 2026 7:00 pm

The Audit and Risk Committee meeting on 18 February 2026 focused on the external audits of the Council's and Pension Fund's accounts for the 2024/25 and 2023/24 financial years. Grant Thornton, the external auditor, presented their findings, highlighting a disclaimer of opinion for both the Council and the Pension Fund for the 2023/24 financial year due to significant limitations in obtaining sufficient audit evidence, particularly concerning opening balances and historic issues. For the 2024/25 accounts, while audit fieldwork was substantially completed, a disclaimer of opinion is still anticipated for the Council due to outstanding procedures and historic issues, but a more positive outlook is noted for the Pension Fund, with the possibility of moving away from a disclaimer opinion in the next financial year.

Pensions Committee Officer

Pensions Committee - Wednesday, 17 December 2025 7:00 pm

The Pensions Committee is scheduled to meet to discuss the fund's actuarial valuation, responsible investment policy, and investment strategy. They will also discuss fund governance and risk, and review the fund's performance.

Pensions Committee Officer

Pensions Committee - Tuesday, 30 September 2025 7:00 pm

The Barking and Dagenham Pensions Committee met to discuss the draft pension fund accounts for 2024/25, receive an update from Grant Thornton, review the quarterly monitoring report, and consider a responsible investment policy. The committee approved the Responsible Investment Policy and deferred a decision on which London CIV Infrastructure fund to invest in, pending the outcome of the Strategic Asset Review expected in January 2026, and agreed to delegate to the Strategic Director Resources in consultation with the Chair and Deputy Chair the London CIV preferred way forward on replacing Newton and Pyrford Diversified Growth Funds, and agreed the adoption of Investment Management Agreements between the LCIV and the investment manager for the mandates the Fund currently has with Kempen, UBS, Blackrock, Hermes and Patria.