#27 Leaders in Investment podcast: Marija Simpraga and Raymond Wright, Co-Heads of Real Assets, People’s Partnership

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Marija Simpraga and Raymond Wright discuss building a £4bn real assets investment portfolio and their investment strategies.

In this episode of IPE’s Leaders in Investment, Marija Simpraga and Raymond Wright, Co-Heads of Real Assets at People’s Partnership discuss how they are building their fund’s £4bn real assets investment portfolio from the ground up, focusing on the manager selection process for their infrastructure mandate; their goal of becoming a reliable partner of choice for co-investment opportunities and considering their members’ young average age as a key reason to lean into the growth aspect of real assets. This episode of Leaders in Investment is sponsored by  UBS. “The case for investing in energy transitions only becomes stronger as a result of political uncertainty” In this podcast series from IPE and IPE Real Assets, members of our editorial team speak to leading figures in the institutional investor community to curate a library of in-depth, focused content.  Conversations with chief investment officers and other asset-owner leaders will range across beliefs, objectives, investment philosophy, strategy and outlook. Engaging with asset owners both in Europe and beyond, this series will provide unique access to the thinking that…

People in this episode

Host: IPE

Guests: Marija Simpraga, Raymond Wright

Topics covered

• real assets
• infrastructure investment
• manager selection
• co-investment opportunities
• energy transitions

Keywords

• real assets
• infrastructure
• investment portfolio
• manager selection
• co-investment
• energy transitions
• political uncertainty

Sponsors

UBS

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: People’s Partnership, IPE, IPE Real Assets

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