Agenda and minutes

Pension Fund Appointments Sub-Committee - Tuesday, 30th September, 2014 2.00 pm

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Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chair

Members are asked to appoint a Chair for the duration of this Sub-Committee.

Minutes:

Resolved:  That County Councillor T Burns be appointed as Chair of the Sub-Committee for the purpose of appointing a new Independent Investment Adviser.

2.

Urgent Business

An item of urgent business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the Minutes, the Chair of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.  Wherever possible, the Chief Executive should be given advance warning of any Member’s intention to raise a matter under this heading.

Minutes:

None.

3.

Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Sub-Committee will be held on Friday 24 October 2014 at 9.30am at County Hall, Preston.

Minutes:

It was noted that the next meeting of the Sub-Committee would be held on Friday 24 October 2014 at 9.30am at County Hall, Preston.

4.

Exclusion of Press and Public

The Committee is asked to consider whether, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, it considers that the public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972, as indicated against the heading to the item.

Minutes:

Resolved:  That the press and members of the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the paragraph of Part 1 of schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972, indicated against the heading to the item.  It was considered that in all the circumstances the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

5.

Appointment of Independent Investment Adviser
Recommendations of the officer shortlisting meeting

Not for Publication – Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972.  It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interests in disclosing the information).

Minutes:

(Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972.  It was considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information)

 

The Sub-Committee considered applications submitted for the position of Independent Investment Adviser to the Lancashire County Pension Fund. 

 

The Sub-Committee received the views of officers on the candidates' suitability for interview having regard to the agreed job role and specification.

 

Having carefully considered the applications and following discussion, the Sub-Committee agreed the candidates to be shortlisted for interview. 

 

The Sub-Committee also considered the composition of the interviewing panel, and the proposed interview questions and timetable.

 

Resolved:

 

1.  That the candidates identified by the Sub-Committee be shortlisted for interview on 24 October 2014.

 

2.  That the composition of the interviewing panel and the interview arrangements, as set out in the report, be approved.

 

3.  That the interview questions and scoring, and the interview timetable be agreed.