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Alastair O'Dell
How Natwest Cushon approaches private markets
Veronica Humble, Natwest Cushon CIO, talks to PMP about how real assets and venture capital can boost member engagement in DC workplace pensions
DC funds search for the ideal allocation
DC pension funds are being offered a growing range of private markets options, which have the potential to significantly enhance returns and diversification. So…
A bespoke approach to private markets
Capital Cranfield professional trustee George Emmerson discusses how private markets can be tailored to meet the requirements of individual pension schemes George Emmerson has…
Inside the UK’s Silicon Valley
Andrew Williamson, managing partner of Cambridge Innovation Capital, talks to PMP about growing the UK’s preeminent science and technology innovation ecosystem and creating commercial opportunities….
NWF: Pension schemes should take more risk
UK industry leaders highlight the need to increase scale and risk appetite but warn the venture capital ecosystem will take time to develop. UK…
DC funds eye allocations to VC
Master trusts are exploring ways to invest in venture capital, once again leading the defined contribution pensions sector in private markets. Master trusts were…
Secondaries: The answer to the DC pensions illiquidity?
The diversification and distribution attributes of the once niche asset class may make it ideal for a core private markets holding in a workplace…
Investors call for UK backing of science scaleups
University spinouts receive adequate domestic seed and early-stage capital, but US money dominates beyond Series B A group of leading investors have called on…
Macro factors lead LPs to retain focus on private debt
Higher interest rates and geopolitical risks have led some leading institutional investors put a greater focus on private debt and real assets Alastair O’Dell …
UK pension minister stresses importance of private markets
Torsten Bell is focused on enabling productive investment, by building scale and expanding opportunities The new pensions minister stressed the importance of productive investment…
Investing in Timberland: A Conversation with Aleksi Ehtee
The Church Commissioners for England fund has a long track record successfully investing in forestry. Aleksi Ehtee is a trained forester that started his…
Brightwood warns of private credit ‘race to the bottom’
Low interest rates should not be the only consideration, especially in an unpredictable business environment A US private credit manager has warned that intense…