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title: "Equity Overlay / Downside Risk Management"
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# Equity Overlay / Downside Risk Management

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/equity-overlay-downside-risk-management-ocds-h6vhtk-03928d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Wirral Borough Council: "Equity Overlay / Downside Risk Management". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £7,236,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Wirral Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/wirral-borough-council-ons-e08000015)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £7,236,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 January 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Financial and insurance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD74
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03928d`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/equity-overlay-downside-risk-management-ocds-h6vhtk-03928d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/equity-overlay-downside-risk-management-ocds-h6vhtk-03928d#participate

## Description
The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is a national scheme administered on a local
basis by Wirral Council as the administering authority for the Northern LGPS.
The Fund is governed by the Superannuation Act 1972 and the Public Services Pensions Act
2013. The Fund is administered in accordance with the following secondary legislation:
- the LGPS Regulations 2013 (as amended)
- the LGPS (Transitional Provisions, Savings and Amendment) regulations 2014 (as
amended)
- The Occupational and Personal Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations 2008
- the LGPS (Management and Investment of Funds) Regulations 2016
- the Public Services Pensions (Information about Benefits) Directions 2014.
Northern LGPS is a partnership between the Greater Manchester (GMPF), Merseyside
(MPF) and West Yorkshire (WYPF) Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds.
Formerly known as 'Northern Pool', it is one of Britain’s largest public investment funds, with combined assets under management of £46bn. Northern LGPS represents about a fifth of
total LGPS assets, has approximately 880,000 members and over 1,100 contributing
employers.
Northern LGPS’s purpose is to ensure the assets of its funds perform effectively so that
members receive a pension that enables them to enjoy their retirement in dignity.
3. Scope of the opportunity
Northern LGPS is seeking to control equity risk on a medium-term basis and possibly on a
longer-term strategic basis through the use of an equity overlay solution(s).
Northern LGPS is looking to renew its framework of approved equity overlay suppliers to
offer overlay management services as required during the framework duration. It is
anticipated that mandates will be awarded on an individual basis to suppliers within this
framework as required by the underlying plans.
Suppliers must be able to offer equity risk / drawdown control through a broad range of
overlay solutions ranging from basic put / put-spread protection through to more complex
strategies (as required by individual awards within the framework), and may also be required
to offer mechanisms for funding (e.g. synthetic equity replication or other funding routes).
The approved supplier framework will target a minimum of 3 manager appointments.
Northern LGPS are seeking proposals from asset managers. Bank or other non-fiduciary
solutions will be excluded.
Suppliers must be able to implement solutions using their own trading relationships.
Proposals requiring use of client ISDAs will be excluded.
Suppliers must be regulated to offer services to UK institutional investors.
It is estimated that the Northern LGPS will seek to deploy Equity Risk Overlay mandates on
up to GBP 3bn initially. This figure represents the client's total equity exposure that might be
referenced by overlay proposals.
Individual mandates within the framework are expected to vary in sizes ranging from GBP
100m to GBP 2bn, with the framework expected to deploy multiple overlay solutions over
time. There is also the p...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/equity-overlay-downside-risk-management-ocds-h6vhtk-03928d)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £7,236,000
- **Description:** The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is a national scheme administered on a local
basis by Wirral Council as the administering authority for the Northern LGPS.
The Fund is governed by the Superannuation Act 1972 and the Public Services Pensions...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (5)
- **Award:** 034571-2023-DN645549-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Allianz Global Investors**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-99032`
  - Value: £7,236,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 034571-2023-DN645549-2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **AXA Investment Manager**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-99033`
  - Value: £7,236,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 034571-2023-DN645549-3 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Insight Investment Management**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-99034`
  - Value: £7,236,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 034571-2023-DN645549-4 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Morgan Stanley Investment Management**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-99035`
  - Value: £7,236,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 034571-2023-DN645549-5 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Schroder Investment Management Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-99036`
  - Value: £7,236,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (5)
- **Contract:** 034571-2023-DN645549-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £7,236,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2023

- **Contract:** 034571-2023-DN645549-2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £7,236,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2023

- **Contract:** 034571-2023-DN645549-3 (active)
  - Signed Value: £7,236,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2023

- **Contract:** 034571-2023-DN645549-4 (active)
  - Signed Value: £7,236,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2023

- **Contract:** 034571-2023-DN645549-5 (active)
  - Signed Value: £7,236,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F034571-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-11-22T14:59:20.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T11:47:32.776Z
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