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Railways Pensions (Railpen Investments)

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 investment of circa £33 billion on behalf of the scheme’s 350,000 members who are connected to the railway industry

Country

United Kingdom

AUM ($B)

$44

Performance

8.6

Chief Executive

John Chilman

Chief Investment Officer

Richard Williams

Chair

Mike Craston

Asset allocation

On December 31, 2019 the total pooled funds were made up of: Equities (39.15%), Fixed Interest Securities (6.29%), Indexed Linked Securities (3.10%), UK Property (6.14%), Pooled Investment Vehicles (31.96%), Derivatives and other assets (1.48%), Cash and Cash Equivalents (11.88%)

39.15% Equities

6.29% Fixed Interest Securities

3.10% Indexed Linked Securities

6.14% UK Property

31.96% Pooled Investment Vehicles

1.48% Derivatives and Other Assets

11.88% Cash and Cash Equivalents

Website

View the annual report

Global Pension Transparency Benchmark country system description

Asset allocation as of December 31, 2020. All information is as per the most recent annual report or other publicly available data via the fund's website

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