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 mandate; their goal of becoming a reliable partner of choice for co-investment opportunities and considering their members’ young average age as a key reason to lean into the growth aspect of real assets.
This episode of Leaders in Investment is sponsored by UBS.
“The case for investing in energy transitions only becomes stronger as a result of political uncertainty”
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