HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-10-22-RB-min Minutes of the October 22, 2020 Retirement Board meeting:
Present: Robert Cunha,Joseph Foley,Alan Fields, Fred Weiss, Carolyn Kosnoff, Marguerite Oliva and
James Condon
Absent: None
NEW MEMBERS: (10) Meghan McNamara, Dept. Assistant; Joseph Sullivan, Patrolman; Christine
Jones, Erika Sanderson, Student Support Instructors; Sarah Peterson, Jonathon Weintraub, Kazuhiro
Ebihara, Katerina Ioakimidis, Mithlesh Bhargava, Jean-Marie Gard, Instructional Assistants;
RETIREMENTS:
DEATHS: (1) Kenneth Kelley, Fireman, 09/22/2020
The Lexington Retirement Board met remotely through Zoom tele-conferencing during the Covid-19
Pandemic. The Town Clerks Office posted the meeting,which included the information for any
interested party to join the call. All Board members were present for this meeting. Chairman Robert
Cunha called the meeting to order at 8:30 am.
The Board accepted the 103020 Warrant and the October 2020 payroll. The September minutes and
August financials were reviewed and approved.
Bob Cunha reviewed the October agenda will all Board members and staff in attendance.
It was reported that retired firefighter, Leonard Muller, passed away the morning of October 22. Mr.
Muller spent over 26 years as a dedicated firefighter for the Town of Lexington. He was 88 years old.
It was noted the Vanguard balance as of 09/30/2020 was$19,362,481.00
A motion was made to approve the buyback request for Margaret Donnellan,which was seconded by
Joe Foley, and unanimously approved by Fred Weiss and Carolyn Kosnoff. Ms. Donnellan requested to
purchase three (3)years and six(6) months of service prior to becoming a benefitted employee with the
Lexington School Department.
There was a discussion to dissolve the PRIT RE fund. The fund has performed flat, and is currently down
2.7%YTD. The Board members feel it might be best to roll the PRIT balance into Cash. We have to
option to return to the fund based on future performance. Robert Cunha made a motion to dissolve the
PRIT RE fund and transfer it to our Cash account. The motion was seconded by Alan Fields, and
unanimously approved by Fred Weiss, Carolyn Kosnoff, and Joseph Foley to dissolve. The balance was
around $8.7m at the time of this motion.
Henry Jaung and Stephen MacLellan presented the Meketa portfolio update at 8:45 am. The overall
balance of the portfolio as of September 30, 2020 was $186,794,111.00, down $4.2m from the prior
month. YTD performance is up 3% and QTD is 6.3%. The portfolio performance remains strong will all
current asset classes in place. Contrafund and KAR are doing excellent. The same can be said for
Driehaus and Matthews. We are still overweight in public equity. The US equity market has been
extremely positive the past few months. Real Estate has been reduced down to 5%. It was around 9%
previously. Private equity has been sluggish for a while now. The Board discussed making a move out of
the Private equity sector. After discussion, Bob Cunha made the motion to dissolve the PRIT Core RE
fund and move it to BNY Mellon Cash Reserve. The motion was seconded by Alan Fields, and
unanimously approved by Fred Weiss, Carolyn Kosnoff, and Joseph Foley.
Michele Joyeux and Rich Jacobson presented the Golub fund at 9:10 am. The firm currently holds over
$30B in capitol under management.The direct lending accounts for over$2613, while$513 is allocated for
syndicated loans. The performance of Golub loans relies heavily on the borrowers paying in a timely
manner to avoid credit risks. They currently have 550 companies in the portfolio. Through the Covid-19
pandemic,they reported on one direct loan default. It was in the restaurant sector of the portfolio. It
was noted Golub only holds 15 restaurants total. Moving forward into 2021, Golub will be seeking more
buy and hold corporate opportunities. There should be a borrower friendly environment with wider
pricing options heading 2021. Golub remains well positioned to deploy plenty of capitol. Rich Jacobson
wrapped up his presentation at 9:45 am.
Bob Cunha motioned to adjourn the meeting at 9:55 am,which was seconded by Alan Fields, and
unanimously approved by Fred Weiss,Joe Foley, and Carolyn Kosnoff.
The next Retirement Board meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 8:30 am. The
meeting will be held remotely via Zoom.
Michael Trotsky from PRIT will present the update at 9:00 am.
Robert Cunha, Chairman Alan Fields, Appointed Member
Carolyn Kosnoff, Ex Officio Member Joseph Foley, Elected Member
Frederick Weiss, Appointed Member