It might be on the eve of a national holiday, but it is here, AIMCO's Annual Report. The Pension war Room will spend the next several days sussing out the naughty bits. #AbLeg #handsoffmypension
aimco.ca
ATRF 10-year return 9.2% against a benchmark of 8.5% for a value add of 0.7%, for comparisons sake.
AIMCO 10-year return 7.7%, against a benchmark of "we are not telling you". That is some real cajones there.
#AbLeg #handsoffmypension
AIMCO 1-year return 2.5% against a benchmark OF 8.0% FOR A VALUE ADD OF -5.5%. That is the whopper.
In fact, they have only hit their target return 2 of the last 5 years. #AbLeg #handsoffmypension
Read the message from @MarkDWiseman carefully. He talks about transparency. Kevin severance part 1: "As per his employment contract, the incumbent CEO is entitled to a termination benefit of $2.1 million to be paid in fiscal 2022"#AbLeg #handsoffmypension
It isn't really clear, but this $2.1 million is only the first part of his severance pay; I think he will also get paid an additional $1.1 million in future LTIP grants. #ABLeg #handsoffmypension
Again, Mark makes no mention of AIMCO releasing their board expenses as is required by law in AB. Sigh.

@MarkDWiseman also talks about governance as if AIMCO was independent of GOA. They are not. #AbLeg #handsoffmypension
The AIMCO 5-year value add is -0.7%. Let that sink in. Because that lets you know how serious the VOLTS thing was. #AbLeg #handsoffmypension

Real estate really sucked for them, no surprise as they owned lots of Calgary office space. #AbLeg #handsoffmypension
What about compensation....only down 10%. From the horses mouth...
"The disappointing performance results of 2020,
which were greatly affected by the challenges related to risk management and the global pandemic, ... with compensation down by more than 10% relative to 2019."
But pay, did Kevin suffer in the billfold for the events of last year?
Not really.

His pay decreased by about $100,000 from $2.8 million to $2.7 million. That is paltry and sets the tone for the organization. This is outrageous. #AbLeg #handsoffmypension
In fact, it seems the AIMCO Board (entirely appointed by the GOA) doubled his individual bonus to make up for his shrinking long term incentive plan award. As well, their incentive plan has a "floor" that shields executives from feeling the consequences of their actions. #AbLeg
I will write more in the coming days. That is all I can take for today.

Remember that pension plan trustees, which represent 80% of assets, do not place anyone on the AIMCO Board. #AbLeg #handsoffmypension

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3 Jul
The Pension War Room™️rests for no one! Just so you know, when I was the Board Chair of ATRF I had a role in hiring and negotiating the contract of the CEO. So I do have some background to Kevin's compensation.
I would have expected the Auditor General to make it more transparent. Many unknowns. But here is what we do know....
1. Kevin, as AB highest paid public employee, was paid $2.7 million for his work last year.
2. That was only $100,000 less than the year before.
#AbLeg
3. The biggest single component of his pay is the long-term incentive plan (LTIP) which is (for Kevin) based solely on 4-year total fund return.

EXCEPT IT DIDN'T INCLUDE THE FUND RETURN FROM LAST YEAR. YOU KNOW, THE REALLY SHITTY YEAR. #AbLeg #handsoffmypension
Read 8 tweets
2 Jul
The Pension War Room™️is in a rage, so we will keep the hits coming!! The LAPP annual report is out, get your copy below. Being jointly sponsored the LAPP Board should be able to choose an investment manager. #AbLeg #handsoffmypension
lapp.ca/page/whats-new…
What did LAPP members get for the $281 million paid to AIMCO last year? 5.2% investment return with a benchmark of 9.5% for a net🥁🥁value add of -4.3%. You would have been better off if you had indexed the lot and had AIMCO employees stay home. #AbLeg #handsoffmypension
BTW, AIMCO returned 1.64% for PSPP. They have not released the value lost yet, it will likely be more than LAPP.

Back to LAPP: 5-year return=7.0% (bench 7.5%) for a value add of -0.5%.

10-year return=8.3% (bench 8.3%) for a value add of 0%. Not good.
#AbLeg #handsoffmypension
Read 10 tweets
30 Jun
Re-upping this fine piece from Dr. Bob in honor of Kevin's last day at AIMCO: the day the UCP declared war on teachers. (I differ in that I place the date earlier but that is a minor issue.)
A great review of the bullshit that got us to this point. #AbLeg
abpolecon.ca/2021/01/17/ucp…
Dr. Bob even includes a quote from @MarkDWiseman before it was stricken from the web. In defense of the ordered IMA his statement said in part:

(good governance and operational independence) "These factors define the success of the Canadian model of pension management."
#AbLeg
@MarkDWiseman should know that the current structure of AIMCO and the GOA DOES NOT AT ALL REPRESENT THE VAUNTED Canadian pension model.

That is false inclusion. The Canadian model does not ans has not ever included governments overruling the joint trustee of the plan. #AbLeg
Read 6 tweets
28 Jun
The Pension War Room™️ brings you the continuing saga of the lies of Travis! Straight from his email to a constituent... (honestly I could not make this shit up)....

The taxpayer writes in with concerns that UAPP can pull out of AIMCO and ATRF can't: #AbLeg #handsoffmypension
"By way of background, the UAPP transitioned to its current governance structure over 20 years ago when it moved from a public sector statutory plan to a registered pension plan under the Employment Pension Plans Act." #AbLeg True but...
"This governance change occurred before the establishment of AIMCo and prior to the more recent governance changes that affected some of the other public sector plans." #AbLeg #handsoffmypension

ATRF WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1938!!!! LONG BEFORE AIMCO EXISTED!!!!!
Read 5 tweets
27 Jun
The Pension War Room™️brings you the letters from Travis edition. Or at least email that he probably had a minion write to a concerned taxpayer.

This was referred to Travis because the local UCP MLA was unable/unwilling to engage on this topic.
#AbLeg #handsoffmypension
It was sent to me for further analysis. Like we have seen with all of Travis's correspondence: some parts are correct, some stretch the truth, and some are just plain wrong. A UCP sandwich of the good, the bad and the ugly.
#AbLeg #handsoffmypension
First, it was interesting to note that he did not acknowledge the mistakes he made in his previous email where he represented 2018 investment results as 2019 investment results. Really, it is a bit concerning for getting the right numbers on billion dollar decisions.... #AbLeg
Read 14 tweets
25 Jun
This is your daily pension announcement! AIMCO performance under the microscope at the Heritage Fund meeting. I still don't have the report....apparently mere taxpayers don't deserve such things..... #ABLeg #handsoffmypension
First the good news: Amit, the new investment strategy exec was presenting. Because he was trotted out publicly (in place of both the CEO and CIO) it is unlikely he will be fired in the coming shakeup. #AbLeg #handsoffmypension
Then the bad: 5-year value add was -0.6%, the target was +1.0%. With a negative five-year value add no investment bonuses should be paid. #ABLeg #nobonusforyou
You could have done better with an index fund.
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