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

LGS Information Legislation, Teesside University

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LGS Information Legislation, Teesside University

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Dear requestor
Please find the University's response to your request attached.
Kind regards
The Information Governance Team

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Dear Teeside University,

Thank you for your response to my Freedom of Information request.

May I please request clarity on one question: your response to question 5 contained only the top level information of the 'investment income' for the University's portfolios, as opposed to the requested information of a company-level break-down of what companies are held within those portfolios.

Can you please share the investment portfolios at the company level of those funds/portfolios you outline or confirm that the University does not hold this information?

In terms of what I mean by this, please see the below portfolio, which outlines the market value held in each company. E.g. BHP Billiton PLC, £6,370 in the UK equities section of Cazenove Capital Management.

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/1...

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).

Kind Regards,
Laura Clayson

Dear Teesside University,

I'm emailing to ask whether you'd made any progress in response to my previous mail sent on the 12th November and could advise on when we are likely to receive a response? I have pasted it again below.

Looking forward to hearing from you,
Laura Clayson
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Dear Teesside University,

Thank you for your response to my Freedom of Information request.

May I please request clarity on one question: your response to question 5 contained only the top level information of the 'investment income' for the University's portfolios, as opposed to the requested information of a company-level break-down of what companies are held within those portfolios.

Can you please share the investment portfolios at the company level of those funds/portfolios you outline or confirm that the University does not hold this information?

In terms of what I mean by this, please see the below portfolio, which outlines the market value held in each company. E.g. BHP Billiton PLC, £6,370 in the UK equities section of Cazenove Capital Management.

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/1...

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).

Kind Regards,
Laura Clayson

LGS Information Legislation, Teesside University

Dear Laura
Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to you. We've experienced some staff absence over recent weeks which has significantly impacted our ability to process requests.
I'm following your query up with finance department and will come back to you as soon as possible once I have more information.

Kind regards
Catherine

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