Spending cuts and UK pension investment - with Gregg McClymont, executive director at IFM

Welcome to the Professional Investment Podcast! This podcast is targeted at people involved in the professional investment industry – in particular, those who are involved in how large institutions, such as pension schemes and insurance companies, allocate their billions. We will be talking to chief investment officers, head of sustainability and the consultants, pension schemes and insurance companies responsible for generating retirement wealth. And our audience are those involved in the professional investment chain. ABOUT THE GUEST: Gregg McClymont is executive director public affairs Europe for IFM. He has held that role for the last four years. Prior to this job, he was Group Director Policy & External Affairs at BC&E – the provider of the people’s pension. From 2010 to 2015 he was a Labour MP and the Shadow Minister of State for Pensions. ABOUT THE HOST: Charlotte Moore is an award-winning journalist and founder of Moore Squared Communications. She has spent almost two decades writing about how the UK’s largest investment organisations allocate their capital for a number of different specialist magazines including Professional Pensions, IPE and MandateWire. She started this podcast to increase understanding of how and why the UK’s £3 trillion pensions industry invests its members’ capital to provide the best possible retirement. #investment #pension #money