How should Pension Schemes invest in UK infrastructure - Public or Private Assets, which is the right route?

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Pension schemes have committed to investing in UK productive assets, and infrastructure is one of the most natural homes for long-term capital. The debate is shifting from whether to invest to, how best to invest?

Following a hard-fought campaign, the Pension Schemes Bill now recognises listed investment companies as a legitimate route for schemes to meet private-asset requirements. That ensures UK pension funds have the option of using listed investment companies as well as open-ended funds and direct private-market mandates. The result is a wider choice of structures for trustees, and important questions about liquidity, governance, valuation, cost and fit with a scheme's objectives.

In this Professional Pensions webinar, sponsored by Gravis, Baroness Ros Altmann explains why it was so important to challenge the Government’s original plans for the Pension Schemes Bill and what the legislative changes will mean for investors. Phil Kent, CEO of Gravis, compares the main routes into infrastructure: listed investment companies, open-ended funds that invest in them, and private-market options. He sets out the trade-offs of each.

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Jonathan Stapleton

Editor

Professional Pensions

Jonathan is editor of Professional Pensions and has been reporting on UK occupational pensions since 2001. He has won a number of awards during his career, most recently the SPP Trade Journalist of the Year Award in 2019. He is also holder of the PMI's Retirement Provision Certificate.

Phil Kent

CEO of Gravis and lead adviser to GCP Infrastructure Investments Limited

Phil joined Gravis in 2015 from Foresight Group and serves as the CEO, leading the delivery of Gravis' strategic objectives and working closely alongside Gravis' shareholders and other stakeholders. He has more than 20-years of experience in the energy and environmental sectors, and has led investments across a range of energy, renewable and social infrastructure asset classes. He is actively involved in the management of Gravis' direct infrastructure and real asset investments, and is lead adviser of both GCP Infrastructure Investments Limited and GCP Asset Backed Income Fund. He graduated with a degree in Geography from Oxford University.

Baroness Ros Altmann CBE

Baroness Ros Altmann CBE, is an award-winning expert on later life issues, including pensions, long-term investment, finance, retirement planning and elderly care policy. She was UK Pensions Minister from 2015-2016 and now sits in the House of Lords, where she played a pivotal role in helping to shape the Pension Schemes Bill, winning multiple concessions from the Government for the benefit of UK pensioners and pension schemes. She is an academic economist by training and was an institutional asset manager, heading up international pension investing for Chase and Rothschilds in London, before starting her own consultancy advising pension funds, financial firms, corporates, Governments and policymakers on pensions, investment and later life policies. She frequently contributes to radio and television broadcasts and writes for national and online media.

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