Pension fund assets under management

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Dear Highland Council,

1) Please provide in Microsoft excel format for the end of the 2018/19 financial year:

a. the sum total of pension fund assets under management;

b. full details of what the Local Government Pension Fund currently invests in, including the full name and amounts of each fund, bond, institution and investment held, by asset class or category, including specific equities;

c. full details of any investments in: renewable energy, green technologies, social housing or community wealth building or low carbon funds.

I would like to receive this information in an unlocked excel sheet without protected cells (.xls). If you have to password protect the excel sheet, please can you also provide the password to the excel sheet.

2) Please provide any Local Government Pension Fund or Council policy or strategy statements, meeting minutes, investment principles, or Investment Strategy Statements that commit to reducing investments in fossil fuel producers or to decarbonise the Fund

If one part of the request can be answered sooner than others, please send that information first followed by any subsequent data. If you need further clarification, please contact me by email.

Yours faithfully,

Ric Lander
[email address]
Friends of the Earth Scotland

Highland Council

Case Ref: HC0226-6550  
Dear Mr Lander, 
We acknowledge receipt of your request for information under the
FOI legislation received on 09/12/2019.
Subject: 
Pension fund assets under management
Request Detail:
1) Please provide in Microsoft excel format for the end of the 2018/19
financial year: a. the sum total of pension fund assets under management;
b. full details of what the Local Government Pension Fund currently
invests in, including the full name and amounts of each fund, bond,
institution and investment held, by asset class or category, including
specific equities; c. full details of any investments in: renewable
energy, green technologies, social housing or community wealth building or
low carbon funds. I would like to receive this information in an unlocked
excel sheet without protected cells (.xls). If you have to password
protect the excel sheet, please can you also provide the password to the
excel sheet. 2) Please provide any Local Government Pension Fund or
Council policy or strategy statements, meeting minutes, investment
principles, or Investment Strategy Statements that commit to reducing
investments in fossil fuel producers or to decarbonise the Fund
The Highland Council will endeavour to respond within the legislative time
scale of 20 working days from date of receipt unless further clarification
of your request is required.
Further information on response times can be found at:
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Yours Sincerely,
The Highland Council
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innse.

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Customer Services Corporate Resources, Highland Council

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Dear Mr Lander

 

Please see attached the response to your Freedom of Information Request
received on p December 2019.

 

The following links are included in our response:

 

[1]https://www.highlandpensionfund.org/high...

 

[2]https://www.highlandpensionfund.org/medi...

 

[3]https://www.highland.gov.uk/meetings/mee...

 

Yours sincerely

 

Morag Creighton

Customer Services Officer

Business Support Team

Corporate Resources Service

Tel: 01463 702036

Email:[email address]

           [4][email address]

         

 

 

Unless related to the business of The Highland Council, the views or
opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the sender and do not
necessarily reflect those of The Highland Council, or associated bodies,
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Mura h-eil na beachdan a tha air an cur an cèill sa phost-d seo a'
buntainn ri gnothachas Chomhairle na Gàidhealtachd, 's ann leis an neach
fhèin a chuir air falbh e a tha iad, is chan eil iad an-còmhnaidh a'
riochdachadh beachdan na Comhairle, no buidhnean buntainneach, agus chan
eil am post-d seo na phàirt de chunnradh sam bith mura h-eil sin air
innse.

Listening * Open * Valuing * Improving * Supporting * Partnering * Delivering
Èisteachd * Fosgailte * Luach * Leasachadh * Taic * Com-pàirteachas *
Lìbhrigeadh

References

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2. https://www.highlandpensionfund.org/medi...
3. https://www.highland.gov.uk/meetings/mee...
4. mailto:[email address]

Dear Customer Services Corporate Resources,

It's great that you provide this information on your website as a matter of course.

However we are seeking to compare inevstments between councils on a fixed date. This is why the request specifies wanting data for March 2019 (end of 2018-19 financal year). If you could provide this, perhaps from your website archive, this would be warmly appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Ric Lander

Highland Council

Case Ref: HC0226-6787  
Dear Mr Lander, 
We acknowledge receipt of your request for information under the
FOI legislation received on 03/02/2020.
Subject: 
Pension fund assets under management
Request Detail:
However we are seeking to compare inevstments between councils on a fixed
date. This is why the request specifies wanting data for March 2019 (end
of 2018-19 financal year). If you could provide this, perhaps from your
website archive, this would be warmly appreciated.
The Highland Council will endeavour to respond within the legislative time
scale of 20 working days from date of receipt unless further clarification
of your request is required.
Further information on response times can be found at:
[1]http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/YourR...
Yours Sincerely,
The Highland Council
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Mura h-eil na beachdan a tha air an cur an cèill sa phost-d seo a'
buntainn ri gnothachas Chomhairle na Gàidhealtachd, 's ann leis an neach
fhèin a chuir air falbh e a tha iad, is chan eil iad an-còmhnaidh a'
riochdachadh beachdan na Comhairle, no buidhnean buntainneach, agus chan
eil am post-d seo na phàirt de chunnradh sam bith mura h-eil sin air
innse.

Listening * Open * Valuing * Improving * Supporting * Partnering * Delivering
Èisteachd * Fosgailte * Luach * Leasachadh * Taic * Com-pàirteachas *
Lìbhrigeadh

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Dear Mr Lander

 

Please see attached the response to your further request of 31 January
2020.

 

Your sincerely

 

Carolynn Baker

Customer Services Officer

Corporate Resources

Tel:  01463 702036

Email [1][email address]

          [2][email address]

 

 

Unless related to the business of The Highland Council, the views or
opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the sender and do not
necessarily reflect those of The Highland Council, or associated bodies,
nor does this e-mail form part of any contract unless so stated.
Mura h-eil na beachdan a tha air an cur an cèill sa phost-d seo a'
buntainn ri gnothachas Chomhairle na Gàidhealtachd, 's ann leis an neach
fhèin a chuir air falbh e a tha iad, is chan eil iad an-còmhnaidh a'
riochdachadh beachdan na Comhairle, no buidhnean buntainneach, agus chan
eil am post-d seo na phàirt de chunnradh sam bith mura h-eil sin air
innse.

Listening * Open * Valuing * Improving * Supporting * Partnering * Delivering
Èisteachd * Fosgailte * Luach * Leasachadh * Taic * Com-pàirteachas *
Lìbhrigeadh

References

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