2017 Railpen Events

Events Railpen participated in during 2017

31 December 2017

MASTERING STEWARDSHIP: THE ALPHA EDGE

CFA SOCIETY OF THE UK – LONDON

12 December 2017

  • Jocelyn Brown, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, presented a workshop on case studies of engagement in practice with Jamie Rosser, Investment Manager at Railpen, at an event convened by the CFA Society of the UK. They reflected on their work in Railpen’s Sustainable Ownership team, and Jocelyn joined a panel to discuss broader stewardship topics.

 

ASFA CONFERENCE – SYDNEY

29 November 2017

  • Chris Hitchen, Railpen’s CEO, spoke as part of the session ‘Investment lessons – a peer study’ at this international pensions conference.

 

11TH ANNUAL GLOBAL PENSION SYMPOSIUM – TOKYO

14 November 2017

  • Chris Hitchen, Railpen’s CEO, presented ‘Becoming a World Class Asset Owner: RPMI Railpen’s Journey’ at this international pensions conference.

 

ALTINVEST 2017 CONFERENCE – ZURICH

3 November 2017

  • Tony Guida, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, took part in the panel discussion for a session called ‘Alternative Risk Premia for Pensions’.

 

THE QUANT CONFERENCE – LONDON

27 October 2017

  • Tony Guida, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, presented on ‘Alternative data and its usefulness’.

 

BVCA SUMMIT – LONDON

12 October 2017

  • Sweta Chattopadhyay, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, took part in a panel discussion at this event. The session was called ‘The Darwinian evolution of the mid-market – where is the mid-market succeeding?’ The BVCA Summit is the largest Private Markets conference in the UK.

 

AIMA CANADA INVESTOR FORUM

26 September 2017

  • Craig Heron, Deputy Investment Director at Railpen, presented as part of a panel discussion on Asset Allocation and Portfolio Management at this international investment conference.

 

THINKING AHEAD INSTITUTE ROUND TABLE – NEW YORK – USA

14 September 2017

  • Ciarán Barr, Investment Director at Railpen, took part in this round table event discussing ‘The asset owners of tomorrow’.

 

CAPITAL CREATION – MONTE CARLO

14 September 2017

  • Sweta Chattopadhyay, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, spoke at this Specialist Private Equity event. Sweta’s presentation was called ‘The economics of the LP/GP relationship – what new partnership strategies achieve alpha in a successful and cost-effective manner?’

 

ISS LONDON BRIEFING

12 September 2017

  • Jocelyn Brown, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, took part in a panel discussion on how investors integrate ESG factors into their investment strategies. The event was organised by ISS a provider of corporate governance research.

 

EPFIF INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR – OXFORD

6 September 2017

  • Craig Heron, Deputy Investment Director at Railpen, presented a case study on the Railways Pension Scheme as part of the UK Pensions Market session at this international pension fund investment forum.

 

GOLDMAN SACHS ANNUAL QUANT CONFERENCE

4 September 2017

  • Tony Guida, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, took part in the panel discussion for a session called ‘Limitations of Machine Learning and AI in Finance – A practitioner overview’.

 

EUROPEAN PENSION INVESTMENT FUND FORUM

27 July 2017

  • Victoria Bell, Director of Trustee Accounting at Railpen, presented a case study on improving transparency on costs and fees.

 

CAIA/BLACKROCK PANEL ON PRIVATE DEBT

3 May 2017

  • Sweta Chattopadhyay, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, took part in a panel discussion at this event focussed on Direct Lending investment strategies.

 

QUANTUM LEAP 2017 – LONDON

6 April 2017

  • Tony Guida, Senior Investment Manager at Railpen, took part in a panel discussion at this event which was organised by Quoniam, a quantitative investment management firm.

 

PLSA INVESTMENT CONFERENCE – EDINBURGH

9-10 March 2017

  • Chris Hitchen, RPMI Railpen’s CEO, took part in a panel discussion ‘Breaking the mirror image’ about the PLSA’s campaign to ensure governance boards become more diverse. You can view the panel discussion here.
  • Ciarán Barr, Investment Director at Railpen, took part in a panel called ‘Facing the headwinds: investors and the economic outlook’.
  • Chris Hitchen, Railpen’s CEO, took part in the panel discussion ‘Getting Better Outcomes’ which followed the Chair of the DB Taskforce presenting their recommendations.

 

PORTFOLIO INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE LIQUIDITY CONFERENCE – LONDON

2 March 2017

  • Chris Hitchen, Railpen’s CEO, took part in the panel discussion.