Private Markets Investors Forum Archives

Founded in 2016, the purpose of the Private Markets Investors Forum is to improve the quality of information available to pension funds and other institutional investors in private market investments.

By bringing together representatives from institutional investors with service providers, the seminars are designed to provide robust and objective discussions. All members may attend the meetings but a key requirement for all non-pension fund members and speakers is that the selling of products or services is not permitted.

There are two categories of membership. One for representatives of Pension Funds and similar Institutional Investors such as charities, foundations, family offices or other non-commercial organisations. The other is open to a limited number of other representatives from the pensions and investment industry.

The Private Markets Investors Forum takes place in London on the last Thursday of the month in March and September in the afternoon of The Pension Fund Investment Forum (PFIF) seminars.

The Forum is advised by an Advisory Committee, comprising only institutional investor representatives, who ensure that the topics being discussed are relevant and helpful.

The Forum is advised by an Advisory Committee who ensure that the topics being discussed are relevant and helpful.

Most recent meetings.

Advisory Committee Members

Roy Kuo

Chief Investment Officer, Galilei Investment Office

Roy is the Team Head of Alternative Strategies at the Church Commissioners, which manages the Church of England's endowment. He is responsible for managing and growing the endowment's allocations in the alternatives sector. Roy was previously the Head of Research at Dexion Capital, where he was responsible for the firm's fund of funds mandates and for establishing investment partnerships with major investment managers in the credit, hedge fund, infrastructure and real estate sectors. Prior to this, he was the Alternatives Fund Manager at boutique fund of funds company Bramdean Asset Management. Roy holds a MBA from Said Business School (Oxford) and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin.

Jenny Buck

Chief Investment Officer, Tesco Pension Investment Fund Managers

Jenny has over 30 years investment experience. She started her career in real estate and has invested in direct and indirectly in the UK and on a global basis. Her experience includes working at Grosvenor where she worked on its London estate, working for a bank doing property lending and nearly 10 years at Schroders. Her last 10 years have been with Tesco, where her role has widened from real estate to all private markets and now CIO. The Tesco pension fund has more than £12bn of assets under management across equities, fixed income and private markets including direct real estate, private equity, private credit, hedge funds and infrastructure. She is passionate about education and giving young people an opportunity. She is also particularly interested in 'practical' responsible investing and thinking about how the investment management industry needs to evolve to face into the changing needs of society including decarbonisation, digitalisation, demographics, deglobalisation, and destabilisation. Jenny is a graduate of the University of Cambridge.

Benelux Forum – Belgian Meetings.

Benelux Forum – Dutch Meetings.

International Seminar.

Irish Pension Fund Investment Forum.

Money Purchase Pensions Forum.

Nordic Forum.

Pensioen Bestuurstafel.

Pension Trustees Circle.