September 15, 2021 10:00 a.m.
The Regular Retirement Board meetings have returned to in-person
meetings held in the SCERS Board Room. You can watch the meeting
live here.
Agenda
Minutes
Open Session
Item 1 – Call to Order – No Materials
Item 2 – Public Comment – No Materials
Open Session – Consent Matters
Item 3 – Minutes of the August 18, 2021 regular meeting
Item 4A – Conyers, Kevin; Staff recommendation dated September 15, 2021 (confidential)
Item 4B – Forster, Michael; Staff recommendation dated September 15, 2021 (confidential)
Item 4C – Shtadler, Anna; Staff recommendation dated September 15, 2021 (confidential)
Item 4D – Wrightsman, Leta; Staff recommendation dated September 15, 2021 (confidential)
Item 4E – Reference: General Law and Authorized Board Actions on Disability Retirement Proposed Decisions
Item 5 – Ratification of Service Retirement Application Approvals – August 2021
Item 6 – State Association of County Retirement Systems Legislative Update – September 2021
Item 7 – Trading Cost Analysis Report – Second Quarter 2021
Item 8 – Monthly Investment Manager Activity, Compliance, and Watch List Report – August 2021
Item 9 – Monthly Report of Investment Activity – August 2021
Executive Reports
Item 10 – Chief Executive Officer’s Report – No Materials
Item 11 – Chief Investment Officer’s Report – No Materials
Item 12 – Chief Benefit Officer’s Report – No Materials
Administrative Matters
Item 13 – Protection of Individual Records
Policy
Staff to recommend Board re-affirm Protection of Individual
Records Policy. Deliberation
and action.
Item 14 – Privacy and Confidentiality
Policy
Staff to recommend Board re-affirm Privacy and
Confidentiality Policy. Deliberation and
action.
Item 15 – Delegation of Authority to Board President
Policy
Staff to recommend the Board approve the Delegation of
Authority to Board President
Policy, which delegates certain powers to the President of the
Board of Retirement in
the event that SCERS’ Chief Executive Officer is recused from
certain personnel-related
activities and decisions. Deliberation and action.
Investment Matters
Item 16 – William Blair International Small Cap
- Account Conversion
Staff to recommend Board approve the conversion of the
William Blair International
Small Cap account from a separately managed account to a
commingled fund structure
and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute any
necessary agreements related
to the transaction. Deliberation and action.
Item 17 – Asset Class Restructuring: Private
Equity
Staff to discuss implementation path for revised strategic
asset allocation in private
equity. Receive and file.
Item 18 – Asset Class Restructuring: Private
Credit
Staff to discuss implementation path for revised strategic
asset allocation in private
credit. Receive and file.
Item 19 – Education: Private Equity Co-Investment
Structure
Staff and counsel to discuss implementation considerations
regarding a co-investment
structure in private equity. Receive and file.
Item 20 – Quarterly Investment Performance Report
- Alternative Assets
Cliffwater, LLC to present the performance report for the
periods ending June 30, 2021
for the Absolute Return portfolio, and the period ending March
31, 2021 for the Private
Equity, Private Credit, Real Assets, and Opportunities
portfolios. Receive and file.
Item 21 – Quarterly Investment Performance Report
- Real Estate
Townsend Group to present the performance report on real
estate investments for the
quarter ending June 30, 2021. Receive and file.