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No shortage of opportunities
Room151 speaks to Alina Osorio, president at Fiera Infrastructure, about the firm’s approach to investing in infrastructure projects that are driving the new economy….

Investing in infrastructure
The UK government has stated its desire to see more institutional cash going into UK infrastructure. What are the opportunities, and are there enough…

Investing for income, inflation and impact
Adrian D’Enrico, fund manager at Edmond de Rothschild REIM, outlines how investments in affordable housing can deliver stable, inflation adjusted income streams. A growing…

The balance of power is moving in favour of lenders
The £55bn LGPS Pool Border to Coast, which manages the assets of 11 partner funds has more than 20% of its portfolio invested in…

Dry powder, valuations and opportunities in secondaries
Room151’s first Private Markets Forum drew a crowd of more than 60 LGPS investors to discuss investments in unlisted assets at an auspicious time,…

GP led-secondaries: the basics and the benefits
Ricardo Lombardi, global head of ICG Strategic Equity, sets out the current market conditions and future potential for GP-led secondaries and makes the ‘win-win’…

Build to rent investment– performance, resilience, and a great diversifier
Columbia Threadneedle’s Guy Glover and Emma Gullifer examine why ‘the world’s largest asset class’ has found a home in the pension fund investing mainstream….

The potential of private equity
Baillie Gifford’s Tom Wright discusses why more value is being captured by private equity and how the Local Government Pension Scheme can benefit from…

Investing in net-zero infrastructure
The latest Net Zero Investor roundtable brought together a group of investment professionals to discuss the role of infrastructure in the net-zero transition. ATTENDEES…

The LGPS and illiquid assets
Three Local Government Pension Scheme pools tell Room151 about their investments in illiquid assets, and the impact of the government’s Edinburgh Reforms on venture…

Five tips to find the right fund manager in private markets
Redington’s Nick Samuels discusses the best way to select (and deselect) fund managers in private markets, where information is less standardised and data often…

Pension pooling and the infrastructure imperative
David Vickers, Brunel Pension Partnership’s chief investment officer, talks to Mike Thatcher about infrastructure investment, levelling up and the future for LGPS pooling. What…

