

#31 Leaders in Investment podcast: Chris Hitchen – Chair of the Nuclear Liabilities Fund
In conversation with Liam Kennedy, Editorial Director, IPE In this episode of Leaders in Investment, Chris Hitchen, one of the UK’s most experienced pension fund professionals, shares insights from a career spent managing long-term capital and institutional portfolios. As chair of the Nuclear Liab…

#32 Leaders in Investment podcast: Francois Trausch – CEO and CIO of PIMCO Prime Real Estate
In conversation with Richard Lowe, Editor in Chief, IPE Real Assets In this episode of Leaders in Investment, Francois Trausch talks about how he invests €78bn in real estate on behalf of insurance giant Allianz. He discusses real estate investment at scale, AI’s potential to reshape cities and ho…

#30 Leaders in Investment podcast: Robert-Jan Foortse – Managing Director European Real Estate, APG
In this episode of Leaders in Investment, Robert-Jan Foortse, Managing Director of European Real Estate at APG, manager of the Netherlands’ largest pension fund, discusses the fund’s real estate allocation, its attitude to risk and the impact it is creating via a €5bn investment in Dutch affordable…

#29 Leaders in Investment podcast: Rasmus Bessing, Co-Chief Investment Officer Responsible Investments and Investment Products, PFA
In conversation with Liam Kennedy, Editorial Director, IPE. In this episode of IPE’s Leaders in Investment, Rasmus Bessing, Co-Chief Investment Officer Responsible Investments and Investment Products and PFA – Denmark’s largest pension – discusses the fund’s decision to create an ESG framework to …

#28 Leaders in Investment podcast: Cecile Retaureau, Head of Private Markets, Standard Life
In conversation with Liam Kennedy, Editorial Director, IPE. In this episode of IPE’s Leaders in Investment, Cecile Retaureau, Head of Private Markets for retirement and insurance provider Standard Life, discusses how the transfer of DB pensions risk and the growth of defined contribution, pensions…

#27 Leaders in Investment podcast: Marija Simpraga and Raymond Wright, Co-Heads of Real Assets, People’s Partnership
In this episode of IPE’s Leaders in Investment, Marija Simpraga and Raymond Wright, Co-Heads of Real Assets at People’s Partnership discuss how they are building their fund’s £4bn real assets investment portfolio from the ground up, focusing on the manager selection process for their infrastructure…

#26 Leaders in Investment podcast: Harold Clijsen, CEO and Anne Kock, Investment Committee Chair and Trustee of Pensioenfonds PGB
In this episode of IPE’s Leaders in Investment, Harold Clijsen, CEO and Anne Kock, Investment Committee Chair and Trustee of Pensioenfonds PGB talk about how they make investment decisions for the fund, a conglomerate of 16 pension fund sector clients serving more than 4,000 companies for upward of…

#25 Leaders in Investment podcast: Simon Pilcher, Chief Executive Officer, USS Investment Management
In conversation with Liam Kennedy, Editorial Director, IPE. In this episode of IPE’s Leaders in Investment, Simon Pilcher, CEO of USS Investment Management, asset manager for the UK’s £77bn Universities Superannuation Scheme discusses their role as a universal owner, the advantages of running an o…

#24 Leaders in Investment podcast: Manfred Brenner and Poul Thybo, CIO and Head of Investments respectively for Austrian pension fund APK
In this episode of Leaders in Investment, IPE Editorial Director Liam Kennedy speaks with Manfred Brenner and Poul Thybo, CIO and Head of Investments respectively for Austrian pension fund APK. Manfred Brenner and Poul Thybo, CIO and Head of Investments respectively for Austrian pension fund APK d…

#23 Leaders in Investment podcast: Tom Mergaerts, CEO, Amonis
In this episode of Leaders in Investment, Tom Mergaerts, CEO of Belgium’s not-for-profit Amonis pension discusses his investment philosophy, the dangers of inflation and his goal of making Amonis the provider of choice for all of Belgium’s self-employed liberal professionals. Themes include the sp…