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Railpen Investments (RPMI)

The Railways Pension Scheme is one of the UK’s largest and longest established pension funds. RPMI Railpen (Railpen) is responsible for the safekeeping and investments behalf of the scheme’s approximately 350,000 members who are connected to the railway industry.

Country

United Kingdom

AUM ($B, AS AT DATE OF ASSET ALLOCATION)

$40

Performance (%, 1YR)

18.3

Chief Executive

John Chilman

Chief Investment Officer

Richard Williams

Chair

Mike Craston

Asset allocation

44.48% Equities

5.54% Fixed Interest Securities

3.01% Indexed Linked Securities

5.88% UK Property

29.04% Pooled Investment Vehicles

0.32% Derivatives and Other Assets

11.73% Cash and Cash Equivalents

Website

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Asset allocation as of December 31, 2021. All information is as per the most recent annual report or other publicly available data via the fund's website

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