From: Linda P. Le, Retirement Plan Manager ~ V

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1 --~ Date: August 19, 2015 To: Retirement Board Members CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER INTERDEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCE From: Linda P. Le, Retirement Plan Manager ~ V Subject: Board Agenda Item No. 8: Report on Policy Benchmark Update (August 26, 2015, Regular Retirement Board Meeting) At the regular Board of Administration (Retirement Board) of the Water and Power Employees' Retirement (Plan) meeting held on December 10, 2014, the Retirement Board approved a new benchmark for the Plan's fixed income mandate (Resolution No ). The aggregate fixed income benchmark is a blend of benchmarks for the newly structured fixed income segment and replaces the existing Barclays U.S. Universal index benchmark upon completion of transition to the new fixed income structure. The new structure divided the fixed income portfolio into three segments: Principal Protection, Extended Global Credit, and U.S. Bank Loans. Wells Capital Management and J.P. Morgan, who previously managed the Plan's Core Fixed Income portfolios, were retained to manage the Principal Protection portfolios. Delaware Investments and Neuberger Berman were hired by the Retirement Board to manage the Extended Global Credit portfolios, and Pacific Asset Management was hired for the U.S. Bank Loans portfolio in the second half of All five managers' performance will be measured based on their respective benchmarks beginning September The changes to the policy benchmark are reflect~d in the following table: Asset Class Current Benchmark Current New Benchmark New Benchmark Benchmark Allocation Allocation 'flan Tot+tl J'lan Index 100% Plan Index 100% I pomesticequity _ gyss_ell 30QO... ;tntemational Equity. MS AC WldxUS _IM! Nt Fixed-Income Real Return ~e~l ~state Barclays US Universal CPI+ 3% NG~IF±50_!>p~ Private Equity Russell % ~overed Calls cj3_qf: S&P 500BuyWrite Cash ML 3-Month Treasury Bill ~.J 33% Russell % 21% MS AC WldxUS IMI Nt 21% 24% ~ ~~- Barclays U.S. Intermediate Aggregate ex. Credit Barclays Global Credit (hedged) Barclays Global High Yield (hedged) 12% 7.2% 3.6% (:!edit u:l S.l! _Lel!l}T_~ge_d_!!Jan J..JYo 6% CPI+ 3% 6% 5~---- 1'-rCB!F_-t- _50_Qps l% j 5% Russell % 5% 5% CBO~ S&P 500 BuyW~i!e 5% < ] ~ % ML 3-Month Treasury Bill 1% j 8.1

2 The policy benchmark changes will become effective on September 1, 2015, to coincide with performance inception of the new fixed income structure. These changes have been discussed with Northern Trust, the Plan's custodian bank, and will be included in future Retirement Board reports. The following documents are attached: Correspondence from RVK Resolution No Jo/'er{y Wolfson,Phie( fnvestment Officer LPUJW/CM/FH 8.2

3 From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: Rvan Sullivan Haider Fabad: LoS Angeles Deoartment of water and power Team Manjikian Carlo: Wolfson Jeremy RE: Request for Opinion on Policy Benchmark Change Wednesday, August 12, :04:30 AM image001 png irnage002 png irnaqe003 pno jmage004.pno Hi Fahad, Per our conversation we agree that making the switch on September 1, 2015 is appropriate and that the allocations and benchmarks shown in the below table are consistent with the new fixed income structure. RVK Team Ryan Sullivan 1 Consultant RVK, Inc SW 5th Avenue, Suite 900 I Portland, Oregon Main ext Direct ryan.sullivan@rvkuhns.com 1 www rvkyhns com.~ RV K IIJ[[III This message may contain confidential communications and privileged infonmation and is intended only for the recipient named above. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify me promptly. From: Ha.Jder, Fahad [mailto:fahad.haider@ladwp.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, :23AM To: Ryan Sullivan <Ryan.Sullivan@rvkuhns.com>; Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Team <Team.WPERP@rvkuhns.com> Cc: Manjikian, Carlo <Carlo.Manjikian@ladwp.com>; Wolfson, Jeremy <Jeremy.Wolfson@ladwp.com> Subject: Request for Opinion on Policy Benchmark Change Hi Ryan and team RVK, We are planning to update the Plan's policy benchmark by replacing the existing fixed income benchmark for a new blended benchmark which was approved by the Retirement Broad on December io, 2014 to better reflect the performance of the newly structured fixed income mandate. We believe it will be timely to make the switch on September 1, 2015, to coincide with the performance inception of the new managers. Please provide your opinion. I have attached a table below to show the expected changes. Asset Class Current Benchmark Current Benchmark Allocation Proposed Benchmark Proposed Benchmark Allocation l_pian Total Plan Index 100% Plan Index 100% _j Domestic Equity Russell % Russell 3000 [l:ote national.ms-ac WldxUS IMI Nt ~-21%-- -MSAC WldxUS IMI Nt L~_q!IJ!Y Fixed-Income. -.., Barclays US Universal. 24% BC U.S. Intermediate Aggregate ex. Credit Barclays Global Credit (hedged) Barclays Glob. High Yield (hedged) ~33% 21%1 12% _j 3.6:..J 7.2% i i 8.3

4 i [_!teal_ret~rns~- _ C!J_:_ ~~ ~---~% CPI + 3% Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Real Estate NCREIF + 50bps 5% NCREIF + 50bps ~ [ P ivate Equity _ Russell % 5% Russell % -Co~eredCalls-- CBOE S&P 5oo % CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrrte- BuyWrite Index Index rcash--~------ml-.3-month Treasury 1% ML 3-Month Treasury Bill I Bill - 1.2%] 6% 5% 5% :=J 5% I%-l Regards. Fahad Haider I Investment Officer Los Angeles Water & Power Employees' Retirement Plan 111 N. Hope St., Rm. 357 I Los Angeles, CA (T) I (F) fahad.haider@ladwp.com Confidentiality Notice This electronic message transmission contains information from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, which may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the content of this information is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by and delete the original message and any attachment without reading or saving in any manner. 8.4

5 RESOLUTION NO RESOLUTION TO GUIDELINES UPDATE THE PLAN'S FIXED INCOME INVESTMENT POLICY WHEREAS, the Board of Administration (Retirement Board) of the Water and Power Employees' Retirement Plan (Plan) approved a fundamental change to the investment policy for the fixed income portfolio at the special Retirement Board meeting held on June 26, 2013; and WHEREAS, the new structure was presented by the Plan's general consultant, Pension Consulting Alliance, Inc., (PCA} as a mechanism to mitigate risk and enhance returns; and WHEREAS, under the current fixed income guidelines, the Plan's asset allocation structure consist of 90% core and 1 0% high yield securities; and WHEREAS, with the proposed changes, the guidelines would reduce target allocation of core to 50%, and the other 50% of the fixed income allocation would be spilt into Extended Global Credit (Global Credit) and U.S. Bank Loans (Bank Loans); and WHEREAS, between the two high yield components, Global Credit will receive 90% of the allocation and Bank Loans will receive 1 0% of the allocation; and WHEREAS, the updated guidelines include the description and risk/return expectation for each allocation; and WHEREAS, staff and PCA negotiated manager specific guidelines within the Investment Policy with the investment managers; and WHEREAS, PCA recommends, and staff concurs, to adopt the revised Fixed Income Investment Guidelines and incorporate them into the Plan's Investment Policy. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Retirement Board hereby authorizes the Interim Retirement Plan Manager to modify the Plan's Investment Policy by adopting the policy guidelines language presented above and to inform the Plan's Fixed Income managers accordingly. I HEREBY CERTIFY, the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a Resolution adopted by the Retirement Board of Administration [created by Section 11 02(b) of the Los Angeles City Charter] at its regular meeting held on December 10,