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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…

Getting ‘punchy returns’ from energy transition funds
Mike Thatcher investigates Wandsworth Pension Fund’s planned £80m investment in non-traditional renewable energy projects. Wandsworth Pension Fund (WPF) has agreed to invest up to…

Driving climate impact through private equity
Franklin Templeton’s Richard Piliero explains why private equity is well placed to drive an investment framework focused on climate impact for a just transition….

Direct infrastructure: building sustainable returns
Stephen O’Shea from Igneo Infrastructure Partners discusses why infrastructure continues to be popular with pension fund investors and outlines the benefits of using direct…

CGRs: providing long-term, inflation-linked cashflows to help meet pension payments
Alpha Real Capital’s Boris Mikhailov examines why commercial ground rents have been one of the fastest growing areas of secure income and why now…

