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FIS 2020: Networking roundtables
The final session of FIS Digital 2020 allowed investors to 'meet' and share ideas via private networking groups using a breakthrough technology.
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Railpen positions for fiduciary future
Michelle Ostermann, managing director of investments at the £30 billion Railpen discusses the pension fund's continued evolution including ongoing organisational change, more assets in-house, a new investment decision making framework, and an increased allocation to private assets.
Amanda WhiteOctober 1, 2020
Fiduciary Investors Series
Railpen’s new investment chief on transformation, governance and culture
Michelle Ostermann, managing director of investments at Railpen which manages £30 billion in assets for the Railways Pension Schemes in the UK, discusses the pension fund's continued evolution.
Amanda WhiteSeptember 23, 2020
FIS Cambridge '19
How to build innovation
Innovation is more important than ever given the uncertain and ambiguous times that lie ahead for institutional investors like climate change, political dysfunction and poor returns. “Returns can only come from an ecosystem that works and we need innovation to do this,” said Roger Urwin, global head of investment content, Willis Towers Watson speaking at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Cambridge University.
Sarah RundellApril 10, 2019
Manager Relationships
Railpen: good partners add skills
When the $37 billion pension fund embarked on a joint venture with the Alaska Permanent Fund and Kuwait's Public Institution for Social Security, it learned the value of complementary partnership
Sarah RundellJune 29, 2018
In-house Investments
Railpen reaps benefits of in-house team
Adding nearly two dozen staff and boosting its expertise in order to manage its property and equity assets has paid off in savings – and more importantly control – for the UK’s RPMI Railpen.
Sarah RundellJune 22, 2018
Governance
Railpen, the open DB fund with locomotion
Despite the constant pull on Railpen chief executive Chris Hitchen’s expertise in other directions, most recently helping to run NEST, the UK government’s new low-cost pension scheme, he is resolute that his primary task is ensuring Railpen, inhouse manager of the £19-billion ($30.4 billion) pension scheme for Britain’s rail industry, successfully delivers on its monthly […]
Sarah RundellNovember 7, 2012
Analysis
Lessons for US investors in Railpen ‘say on pay’ report
A report conducted by the investment division of the ₤15 billion ($24 billion) UK pension fund, Railpen, examines the impact that six years of advisory shareowner votes have had on pay in the UK, leading to some important lessons for contemporaries in the US as they approach a similar regulatory environment and some recent leadership […]
Amanda WhiteSeptember 29, 2009