In pictures: highlights from NZI’s 2025 Annual Conference
Delegates representing pension funds, insurers, charities, endowments and fund managers gathered at Stationer's Hall in the heart of the City of London to discuss new investment strategies to support the energy transition
The first panel of the day featured Thomas Hohne-Sparborth, head of sustainability research at Lombard Odier Investment, Sufina Ahmad director at the John Ellerman Foundation, James Monk, investment director at Fidelity International and Katharina Lindmeier, head of sustainability strategy at Nest who discussed how investors can rethink their mandates with a focus on climate commitments.
Jake Harper, senior investment manager, private credit at Legal & General outlined how to finance the transition in emerging markets.
Alistair Jones, senior managing director and head of ESG at Leadenhall Capital Partners highlighted the role of insurance-linked strategies in funding climate adaptation.
Craig Cameron, senior vice president, portfolio manager and analyst at Templeton Global Investments, Helena Threlfall portfolio manager at Local Pensions Partnership Investments and Rahil Ram head of investment strategy at NatWest Cushon took stock of the latest trends in investing to fund climate adaptation.
Martin Barnewell, head of commercial real estate lending at Aberdeen Investments spoke to Sanjay Joshi, Impact and Local Investing Specialist at Hymans Robertson about the role of green private credit in funding the transition.
Steven King, senior vice president at RMS, Eline Reintjes, climate and nature investment strategy manager at Aviva IWR, Joe Shamash
investment director at Better Society Capital and Jonny Page, director of social impact investment for the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation discussed the latest trends in climate and nature investing.
Liv Miller, director at Quinbrook, Beverley Gower-Jones, founder and managing partner of the Clean Growth Fund. Cristiana Dochioiu, investment manager - infrastructure & energy investments at Railpen and Matteo Millone, senior responsible investment specialist at APG Asset Management discussed the changing face of clean energy investing.
Joanna Sharples chief investment officer, DC solutions at AON, Shiv Sivanesan,director of investment management and stewardship for the West Midlands Pension Fund and Anita Bhatia, trustee and NED shared ideas on coping with policy risk and uncertainties.
Claire Meier, investor director at ASCOR and Jonas David, research director for the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute analysed how investors can tackle carbon footprints of sovereign debt.
