Local authority pension fund investment
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am seeking information about the value of the pension fund administered by your authority, as well as the value of specific holdings and dividend income from those holdings.
Please provide whatever answers you can to the following.
1. What is the most recent available value of the pension fund your organisation administers?
2. What is the latest available value of the fund’s directly-held investment in shares or bonds of the following companies: BAE Systems, Raytheon, Airbus, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Honeywell.
3. What was the value of these holdings a year before the most recent valuation given above, or at the most recent previous valuation?
4. What dividend income and/or bond yield did the fund receive from these investments in the last 12-month period for which records are available?
4. Does the fund have any other investments in these companies via pooled investments? What is the value and dividend income from these investments?
If you require clarification on any of the above questions, please get in touch on 0203 353 3616, or 07415154041 or email me at [email address].
Yours faithfully,
Rob Davies
Cyfarwyddwr Strategol: Rheoli Gwybodaeth/
Adnoddau
Information Compliance
Acting Director: Resources
Neuadd Y Sir / County Hall
Mark Evans
Spa Road East
Llandrindod Wells
Powys LD1 5LG
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Tel / Ffôn: 01597 82 7543
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Our ref / Ein cyf: F2018-1109
Date / Dyddiad: 17/10/18
Request Accepted
FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000
Reference No: F2018/1109
Dear Mr Davies
Thank you for your request for information, received at this office on
17/10/2018, in which you requested details of the following:
Pension Fund Investment
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Powys County Council.
Yours sincerely,
Elizabeth Cayetano
Information Compliance Officer
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Cyfarwyddwr Strategol: Rheoli Gwybodaeth/
Adnoddau
Information Compliance
Strategic Director: Resources
Neuadd Y Sir / County Hall
Mark Evans
Spa Road East
Llandrindod Wells
Powys LD1 5LG
If calling please ask for / Os yn galw
gofynnwch am
Tel / Ffôn: 01597 82 7543
Fax / Ffacs: 01597 82 6215
Email/Llythyru electronig:
[1][Powys County Council request email]
Our ref / Ein cyf: F2018-1109
Date / Dyddiad: 21/11/18
Reference No: F2018-1109
Dear Mr Davies,
Thank you for your request for information dated 21/06/2018 concerning
Pension Fund Investment
This is to inform you that your request has been considered and I can
provide the following response:
The Request:
I am seeking information about the value of the pension fund administered
by your authority, as well as the value of specific holdings and dividend
income from those holdings.
Please provide whatever answers you can to the following.
1. What is the most recent available value of the pension fund your
organisation administers?
2. What is the latest available value of the fund’s directly-held
investment in shares or bonds of the following companies: BAE Systems,
Raytheon, Airbus, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Honeywell.
3. What was the value of these holdings a year before the most recent
valuation given above, or at the most recent previous valuation?
4. What dividend income and/or bond yield did the fund receive from these
investments in the last 12-month period for which records are available?
4. Does the fund have any other investments in these companies via pooled
investments? What is the value and dividend income from these investments?
The Response:
Please see attached, answers are provided on a spreadsheet.
We regret the delay you have experienced with this request. We acknowledge
that Powys County Council has failed in its obligation under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000, to provide you with a response to your request
within the statutory timescale of 20 working days. Please accept our
apologies for this and for any inconvenience this may have caused.
We believe that this request is now complete and shall be closed
immediately. Should any further information be requested regarding this
topic, a separate request will need to be submitted.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Powys County Council.
Yours sincerely,
Information Compliance Team
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