INVESTMENT POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
AGENDA

Thursday, May 20, 2010
Duke Room 5
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN MEETING LOCATION:    3rd Floor Duke Tower
5251 Duke Street
Halifax, NS
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - February 24, 2010

3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

4. BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
4.1 Amended Investment Policy (verbal update)
4.2 Performance Measurement Options and Review

5. NEW BUSINESS
5.1 Treasurer’s Report - Quarter Ending March 1, 2010
5.2 Draft Investment Policy Advisory Committee Report to Council for Quarter Ending March 31, 2010
5.3 Tier 2 Investment Options Review and Amendment

6. INFORMATION ITEMS / OPTIONAL READING
6.1 Bloomberg Commentary - “Euro Package Leaves Governments Out of Ammunition” - Matthew Lynn
6.2 Bloomberg Commentary - “Bond Market Will Never Be the Same After Goldman” - Michael Lewis
6.3 Bloomberg Commentary - “I’ll Tell You When Chinese Bubble Is About to Burst” - Andy Xie
6.4 Bloomberg Commentary - “Snohomish Busts Synthetic Rate Gone Awry as AIG Swamps Blow Up” - Peter Robison
6.5 Bloomberg Commentary - “U.S. Economy Needs More Compost, Fewer Chemicals” - Caroline Baum
6.6 Bloomberg Commentary - “How $1 Trillion Time Bomb Posts a Phony Profit” - Jonathan Weil

7. NEXT MEETING DATE - To Be Determined

8. ADJOURNMENT