University Investment Portfolio Statistics

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To whom it may concern,

This is a request for information through the Freedom of Information Act.

1. What was the total market value of the university’s investment portfolio(s) on the 31st July 2021? If you are going to provide this information through your Annual Accounts/Financial Statements, please provide the specific page number, section and row that the value can be found on. For example, page 28, section 5 “Investments”, line “overall investment value”.

2. On the 31st July 2021, were the institution's investment portfolio(s) managed directly by the institution, indirectly by [an] external fund manager(s), or a combination of both?

3. If the university uses external fund manager(s) to manage investment portfolios, please provide the name of each fund manager used, along with the percentage of the total investment funds that they were managing on the 31st July 2021.

Please present this information in this format:
Fund manager name -- Percentage of total investment funds managed
Schroders -- 47%
CCLA -- 49%
University -- 4%

4. If the institution invests directly, please provide the details of companies invested in (by way of all investment portfolios), including the full names of each company invested in, and the market value invested in each company on the 31st July 2021. Please provide this information in a spreadsheet format.

5. If the university holds investments through [an] external fund manager(s), please provide the investment portfolio for that manager on the 31st July 2021, including the market value for each company that forms part of your investment portfolio(s) with them. Please provide this information at a company level in a spreadsheet and/or the format that this information is provided to you by your fund manager(s). For example, see here: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/1...

6. Does the institution have an ethical investment policy, or similar? If so, please state if it is publicly-available, and provide a web link.
If applicable, in response to any of the above information requested, please confirm that the University does not hold this information.

Please confirm receipt of this request and we look forward to hearing back from you within the next 20 working days.

Yours sincerely,

Laura Clayson

Paul Osborne, University of Wales Trinity St David

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Dear Laura,

 

Thank you for your freedom of information request received by this office
on 1^st October 2021. Please be aware that all freedom of information
requests place some degree of demand on the University's resources in
terms of costs and staff time and that currently UWTSD may need to
prioritise resources to other areas, or adapt its usual approach to
information governance work, in order to meet the unprecedented challenges
we are all facing during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

 

Therefore, we need to advise you that you may experience a delay in
receiving a response to information rights requests during the Coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic.

 

Thank you for your understanding.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Paul Osborne   BSocSc(Hons) LLM,
Solicitor                                                                                                            

Swyddog Diogelu Data   /  Data Protection Officer

Campws Busnes Abertawe SA1 1NE Cymru DU/ Swansea Business Campus, SA1 1NE,
Wales, UK

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Paul Osborne, University of Wales Trinity St David

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Dear Laura,

 

Thank you for your freedom of information request received by this office
on 1^st October 2021 and please accept my apologies for the delay in this
response. Please be aware that all freedom of information requests place
some degree of demand on the University's resources in terms of costs and
staff time and that currently UWTSD may need to prioritise resources to
other areas, or adapt its usual approach to information governance work,
in order to meet the unprecedented challenges we are all facing during the
Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

 

Therefore, we need to advise you that you may experience a delay in
receiving a response to information rights requests during the Coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic.

 

Thank you for your understanding.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Paul Osborne   BSocSc(Hons) LLM,
Solicitor                                                                                                            

Swyddog Diogelu Data   /  Data Protection Officer

Campws Busnes Abertawe SA1 1NE Cymru DU/ Swansea Business Campus, SA1 1NE,
Wales, UK

Llinell Uniongyrchol / Direct Line: 01792
481180                                               

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Dear Paul Osborne,

Could you please advise when a response is likely to be received to my Freedom of Information request about 'University Investment Portfolio Statistics'?

Under the Act a response should generally be received within 20 working days of receiving the request (29th October). Of course, we fully understand and empathise with the challenging circumstances universities continue to face at the moment and have given additional time from that date before reaching out to you again.

We would be most grateful to receive a response or a time-frame within which one will be received.

Kind Regards and looking forward to hearing from you,

Laura Clayson

Paul Osborne, University of Wales Trinity St David

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Dear University of Wales Trinity St David,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of the University's handling of my FOI request 'University Investment Portfolio Statistics'.

The request was sent on the 1st October and the 20 day response window has now been exceeded.

Please may I remind you that guidance published by the Information Commissioner's Office states internal reviews should ideally take no longer than 20 working days.

Kind Regards,
Laura Clayson

Paul Osborne, University of Wales Trinity St David

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Dear Laura,

 

Thank you for your freedom of information request received by this office
on 1^st October 2021 and please accept my apologies for the delay in this
response as beneath in red narrative.

 

1. What was the total market value of the university’s investment
portfolio(s) on the 31st July 2021? If you are going to provide this
information through your Annual Accounts/Financial Statements, please
provide the specific page number, section and row that the value can be
found on. For example, page 28, section 5 “Investments”, line “overall
investment value”. Please see latest accounts p.49 note 19

 

 

2. On the 31st July 2021, were the institution's investment portfolio(s)
managed directly by the institution, indirectly by [an] external fund
manager(s), or a combination of both? By external Fund managers

 

 

3. If the university uses external fund manager(s) to manage investment
portfolios, please provide the name of each fund manager used, along with
the percentage of the total investment funds that they were managing on
the 31st July 2021.

 

Please present this information in this format:

 

Fund manager name -- Percentage of total investment funds managed

 

Close Brothers  100%

 

4. If the institution invests directly, please provide the details of
companies invested in (by way of all investment portfolios), including the
full names of each company invested in, and the market value invested in
each company on the 31st July 2021. Please provide this information in a
spreadsheet format.  N/A

 

 

5. If the university holds investments through [an] external fund
manager(s), please provide the investment portfolio for that manager on
the 31st July 2021, including the market value for each company that forms
part of your investment portfolio(s) with them. Please provide this
information at a company level in a spreadsheet and/or the format that
this information is provided to you by your fund manager(s). For example,
see here:
[1]https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlo......

 

See exemption letter

 

6. Does the institution have an ethical investment policy, or similar? If
so, please state if it is publicly-available, and provide a web link. Yes
on website
[2]https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/sustainability/s...

 

If applicable, in response to any of the above information requested,
please confirm that the University does not hold this information.

 

You may request a review of the information contained within this freedom
of information response from my colleague Lee Bartlett
[3][email address]  If you remain dissatisfied following the
review you may appeal to the Information Commissioner at ico.org.uk.
Alternatively, you may write to the ICO at:

 

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 if you prefer to use a
national rate number

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Paul Osborne   BSocSc(Hons) LLM,
Solicitor                                                                                                            

Swyddog Diogelu Data   /  Data Protection Officer

Campws Busnes Abertawe SA1 1NE Cymru DU/ Swansea Business Campus, SA1 1NE,
Wales, UK

Llinell Uniongyrchol / Direct Line: 01792
481180                                               

e-bost / e-mail: [4][email address]

 

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