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Hymans Robertson LLP is authorised and regulated
by the Financial Conduct Authority
Valuation Update
• Robert Bilton FFA
• 12 December 2018
Norfolk Pension Fund
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Agenda
1. What is a valuation?
2. Setting the funding strategy
3. Interaction with the investment strategy
4. Outlook for 2019
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What is an actuary?
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What is a valuation?
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How the Fund works
Investment returns
Member contributionsNorfolkPension
Fund
Benefits to members and dependants
Determined by investment strategy & manager performance Determined by LGPS Regulations Must meet balance of cost over longer term
Employer contributions
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Why we do a valuation
• Calculate employer contribution rates
• Compliance with legislation
• Analyse actual experience vs assumptions
• Review Funding Strategy Statement
• Part of continual ‘health check’ on fund solvency
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How we do the valuation
Data for c83,000 members
Financial assumptions
Demographic assumptions
Contribution calculations
Health check
Actuarial valuation
Benefit projections
Asset data
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Valuation begins at member level
Lump Sum
Dependant’s Pension
Member’s Pension
40 65 85
Recruitment
Contributions
Exp
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Retirement Death
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Valuing all members
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Pensioner members
Deferred Members
Active members
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Valuation ‘health check’
Benefits earned to
date Assets today
ManagersLiabilities Assets
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Approach to setting contributions
Benefits earned to
date Assets today
Future investment
outperformance
Future contributions
ManagersLiabilities Assets
Benefits earned in
future
Where to draw this line?
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Setting the funding strategy
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Each employer tends to its own patch
Contractor
College
Academy
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The make up of the Norfolk Pension Fund
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10%
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40%
50%
60%
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90%
Council Uni/College Housing Association AB Academy Scheduled
Split of membership/liabilities/deficit by employer type at 2016 valuation
Active membership Liabilities Deficit
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Funding strategy – 3 step approach
What is the funding target?
How long do we want to give the employer to get to the target?
How sure do we want to be that the employer hits the target?
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Understanding uncertainty
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Why do contribution rates differ?
Guarantor or security
term
Open or closed
Guarantor?
Funding position
covenant
Term
Planning to exit?
Maturity
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Interaction with the investment strategy
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Increasing employer diversity
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Diversity means different needs
Assets today
Future investment
outperformance
Future contributions
Managers
Employer A
Weak funding position,
needs more growth
Assets today
Future investment
outperformance
Future contributions
Managers
Employer B
Stronger funding
position, can de-risk Managers
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Different investmentstrategies for different employers
Employer 1 Employer 2
Employer 3
Employer 4
Historically: One investment strategy for all
Implemented in July 2017: Different investment strategies for different employers
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Current investment strategies
Alternative
Strategy A
62%
Growth
34%
enhanced
yield
4%
Protection
Core
Strategy
47.5%
enhanced
yield
5%
Protection
47.5%
Growth
Alternative
Strategy B
90%
Protection
10% enhanced
yield
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The end result
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Outlook for 2019
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Norfolk Pension Fund – returns since 2016
3.6%
4.7%3.8%
4.2%
1.7% 1.7%2.6%
-2.0%
4.2%
2.2%
-4.0%
10.0%
Quarterly Fund Returns
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2019
Source: Norfolk Pension Fund, Core Strategy. Note that information is subject to change
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Outlook for investment returns – March 2016
Future investment return vs risk
Source: Hymans Robertson ESS model, for indicative information purposes only
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Outlook for investment returns – Sept 2018
Future investment return vs risk
Bonds
Property
Equities
Cash
PE
Source: Hymans Robertson ESS model, for indicative information purposes only
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Are life expectancy increases slowing down?
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Or is it just a blip?
Source: ONS weekly deaths figures
Average deaths per week
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Observed life expectancies in Norfolk
High life expectancy
Mid life expectancy
Low life expectancy
Source: Club Vita research based on VitaBank as at November 2018
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2019 Valuation - summary
Factor Impact
Investment outperformance Helps contain employer costs
Funding levels up Helps contain employer costs
Longevity improvements Slowing down for some groups
Future investment returns Still low
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2019 valuation timeline
April 2019Data submitted by employers
October 2019Employer results reviewed and funding and investment strategy discussed November 2019
Funding Strategy Statement (FSS) draftedDecember 2019Employer ForumFSS consultation started
January - February 2020Consultation of FSS
March 2020Final valuation report signed off by 31 March
Q4 18 – Q1 19Pre-valuation work:- Planning- Data cleansing- Long term employer modelling
1 April 2020New contributions start to be paid.
June - July 2019Data cleansed and submitted to actuary August – September 2019
Actuarial calculations processedWhole Fund results issued
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Thank you
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