The Professional Investment Podcast

In the latest episode of The Professional Investment Podcast, Adam Gillett, head of sustainable investment at Railpen, and I discuss the results of Responsible Investor’s annual nature and investors survey. Adam highlights three findings – that nature is important to a high proportion of investors, it’s of equal importance to investors in both the US and Europe and a significant number of investor...

In this episode of The Professional Investment Podcast, host Charlotte Moore talks to Chris Hitchen, chair of Border to Coast Pension Partnership about the UK’s Pension Schemes Bill. Laid in early June, the Pensions Bill is wide-ranging with policies aimed at closed corporate defined benefit schemes, the LGPS and auto-enrolled workplace schemes. These represent ambitious reforms aimed an improving...

In this episode of The Professional Investment Podcast, Charlotte Moore is joined by Morten Nilsson, CEO of Brightwell, to explore the recent FT news story that the UK government will make it easier for companies to access pension scheme surpluses. We discuss how this has the potential to change company pension schemes to being viewed as an asset rather than a liability. We talk about how this cou...

In this episode of the Professional Investment Podcast, host Charlotte Moore, is joined by Sofia Perkonigg, trustee director at UBS UK Pension Fund, to explore the news of the recently announced Mansion House Accord. Sofia reflects on 17 of the UK’s largest defined contribution (DC) pension providers committing to allocating at least 10% of their default funds to private markets by 2030, with at l...

Emma is a Partner at Hymans Robertson and joined the firm in 2012, having previously worked at Deloitte and Mercer. In her current role Emma advises trustees of DB pensions schemes on a full array of investment issues.  Alongside her client commitments Emma is Chair of the firm’s Investment Committee and is a member of Partnership Council, one of the firm’s governing groups. This episode’s guest i...

Paul is a Partner and UK Head of Pensions Consulting at EY. He leads a team focused on advising pension funds and their corporate sponsors across the UK.  Paul and has worked with some of the largest defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds in the UK including the British Airways Pension Schemes and the BBC. In this episode, Charlotte Moore is joined by Paul Kitson, UK head of pensio...

In this episode of the Professional Pensions Podcast, we discuss how tariffs are affecting UK small businesses and the broader economy. Ian Connatty, Managing Partner at BBB Patient Capital Advisory Services (British Growth Partnership), joins Charlotte Moore to explore the role of venture capital in driving innovation, the importance of scaling UK startups, and how pension funds can support the f...

Ashish is the Chief Investment Officer for Aviva, managing c£300bn of assets. As CIO, he is responsible for defining the investment strategy, delivering Aviva’s sustainable investments ambitions, developing investment solutions, and ultimately for delivering the investment outcomes for Aviva’s shareholder and customer investments. Previously, Ashish led the formation of Aviva Investors’ first Glob...

Veronica Humble joined Cushon, the workplace DC provider, in March this year. Prior to this role, she held a number of different roles at Legal and General Investment Management starting as an investment strategist in 2012 and becoming head of DC investments in November 2021. Before that she was a quantitative analyst at a systematic hedge fund. She started her career as a quantitative analyst in...

Jennifer is a Partner in Aon’s investment consulting practice. She advises a number of UK institutional investors ranging from £650m to £24bn (the majority of which are not-for-profit funds). She also holds a senior role in Aon’s Responsible Investment team, helping institutional investors to align their investment strategy with their principles. Whilst she lives in Scotland, she spends a lot of t...

Laasya is responsible for working with the Pensions for Purpose Community, developing content and knowledge, and driving forward collaborative initiatives across the industry. She is passionate about approaching pensions and investment with a systems lens and understanding how these sectors interact with the wider social and environmental systems they exist within. Laasya is a CFA charterholder wi...

Richard is CIO at LPPI and has responsibility for management of all investment and client activity. Richard has more than 20 years of investment experience. Prior to joining LPP in 2017, Richard was Head of Portfolio Advisory (EMEA) at Albourne Partners for six years where he advised European investors on alternative investments, portfolio construction and risk management. Earlier in his career, R...

Simon True, CEO, Clara PensionsSimon is Chief Executive Officer of Clara Pensions, the member-first consolidator of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes. Over the last 15 months, Clara has completed the UK’s first three superfund transactions, transferring nearly 22,000 members of the Sears, Debenhams and Wates schemes into Clara and starting their journeys towards a more secure, insured future. S...

Joanna is a Partner in Aon's Investment Practice and the Chief Investment Officer for Aon’s DC Solutions. She has over 20 years’ experience in the pension and investment industry and is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. Joanna is responsible for the development and implementation of delegated investment solutions for DC pension schemes, working closely with Aon’s UK delegated...

Keith Guthrie, head of sustainability for Cardano UK and for now:pensions Keith Guthrie is the head of sustainability for Cardano UK and for now:pensions, a member of our Sustainability Policy Committee and a partner in the firm. He focuses on the development and integration of sustainability into Cardano’s investment offerings for UK clients and for now:pensions, working closely with the our inho...

Iain Campbell, head of LGPS investment at Hymans Robertson. Iain leads Hymans Robertson’s investment consulting advice to LGPS funds. In this role, Iain covers the vast array of challenges clients face including, investment strategy, pooling and responsible investment. Iain’s experience spans over a decade, including time spent working within the LGPS as an inhouse investment manager at Greater Ma...

Tim Manuel - head of responsible investment - Border To Coast Tim Manuel is head of responsible investment at Border to Coast, where he and the responsible investment team are focused on delivering meaningful outcomes for the Partner Funds and the 1.1 million members they represent. Tim is passionate about using responsible investment to drive real-world impact while staying closely aligned with t...

Mark Fawcett OBE, CEO Nest Invest  Mark joined Nest as CIO in 2008 to design and shape Nest’s investment strategy and has been responsible for investments as AUM have grown from £0 to over £43bn. In 2019 he became CEO of Nest Invest, the FCA authorised investment subsidiary of Nest Corporation while relinquishing the role of CIO in 2023. Mark has been an investment manager for the over 35 years an...

Catherine Howarth joined ShareAction as Chief Executive in 2008. ShareAction is an NGO with a mission to define and promote the highest global standards of responsible investment. Catherine is a member of the Financial Conduct Authority’s advisory committee on sustainable finance and HM Treasury’s Asset Management Taskforce. Previously, she served as a member-elected trustee of The Pensions Trust...

Joe is Chief Investment Officer of Border to Coast - one of the largest LGPS pools in the UK. Previously Joe spent 15 years as Head of Portfolio Solutions EMEA for Neuberger Berman and Morgan Stanley Investment Management. In these roles he was a Senior Portfolio Manager for Key Strategic/OCIO mandates, Multi-Asset, Diversified Alternatives funds/mandates and structured solutions. Prior to this Jo...

Welcome to the Professional Investment Podcast! This podcast is targeted at people involved in the professional investment industry – in particular, those who are involved in how large institutions, such as pension schemes and insurance companies, allocate their billions. We will be talking to chief investment officers, head of sustainability and the consultants, pension schemes and insurance comp...

Welcome to the Professional Investment Podcast! This podcast is targeted at people involved in the professional investment industry – in particular, those who are involved in how large institutions, such as pension schemes and insurance companies, allocate their billions. We will be talking to chief investment officers, head of sustainability and the consultants, pension schemes and insurance comp...

TAKEN FROM THE FULL EPISODE. Welcome to the Professional Investment Podcast! This podcast is targeted at people involved in the professional investment industry – in particular, those who are involved in how large institutions, such as pension schemes and insurance companies, allocate their billions. We will be talking to chief investment officers, head of sustainability and the consultants, pensi...