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In our second season of the podcast, we’re interviewing senior investment figures from large defined contribution pension schemes.We’re asking them to reflect on the investment challenges reflecting them as DC leaders. What are they excited about – and what’s keeping them awake at night?In this show, we chat to experienced members of the investment world, broadcasting their insights, as well as the ideas of the DCIF, to pension fund decision-makers in the UK and across the globe.This show is hosted by Louise Farrand, a journalist who has written about DC pensions and finance issues for over a decade and has run the DCIF for nine years. Co-hosting is Lorna Kennedy, chair of the DCIF and a partner at Baillie Gifford.To subscribe to this show and read the regular research the DCIF publishes, head to www.dcif.co.uk and follow the DCIF on Twitter (@DCIF) and LinkedIn.
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Signup to Generate a PitchIn our second season of the podcast, we’re interviewing senior investment figures from large defined contribution pension schemes. We’re asking them to reflect on the investment challenges reflecting them as DC leaders. What are they excited about, and what’s keeping them awake at night?
Changing World, New Opportunities is hosted by Defined Contribution Invest Forum (DCIF). The show has published 47 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Tokenisation and the future of pensions: unlocking efficiency, personalisation and innovation" (13 September 2026, 19 minutes), "Private markets, consolidation and the future of DC investment with Mercer's Ben Lewis" (2 July 2026, 31 minutes), and "Private markets, consolidation and the future of DC investment with Mercer's Ben Lewis" (2 July 2026, 31 minutes).
Changing World, New Opportunities publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 37 minutes across 47 episodes.
Booking probability for Changing World, New Opportunities is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Changing World, New Opportunities requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Changing World, New Opportunities's contact route on record: public web form.
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Defined Contribution Invest Forum (DCIF) hosts Changing World, New Opportunities, a business podcast with 47 episodes published.
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Episode #1
Welcome to DCIF in Depth! We’re excited to launch a new season of the DCIF podcast, a mini-series hosted by Louise Farrand alongside our new co-host, Lindsay Nickerson, chair of the DCIF and institutional director at...
In this episode, hosts Louise Farrand and Dave Whitehair sit down with Ben Lewis, head of Mercer's investment DC workplace proposition, for a wide-ranging conversation about how Mercer's master trust is building out its...
In this episode, hosts Louise Farrand and Dave Whitehair sit down with Ben Lewis, head of Mercer's investment DC workplace proposition, for a wide-ranging conversation about how Mercer's master trust is building out its...
In this week’s episode of the podcast, we speak to Tegs Harding, trustee chair of the Legal and General master trust’s investments committee. Investment has been high on the master trust’s agenda. Tegs and her...
This week on the podcast, we chat to Jo Sharples, chief investment officer for Aon’s DC solutions. Jo shares her wisdom about investment, revealing her ‘sleep at night strategy’ – we love this idea. We discuss the...
Episode #9
Lorna Blyth, head of investment proposition for Aegon UK, joins Dave and Louise for this week’s podcast. We learn about Lorna’s career path, from dreams of art college to working her way up through the ranks of a...
Episode #8
We’re back! On this week’s DCIF podcast, Dave and Louise catch up with Naomi Clark. Naomi, who is USS’ head of investment product management, came on the podcast several years ago in season two – so this was a perfect...
In this episode, hosts Louise Farrand and Dave Whitehair sit down with Jonathan Parker, head of DC at Redington and chair of the investment committee for the Aviva Master Trust, for a deep dive into how one of...
In this episode, hosts Louise Farrand and Dave Whitehair chat to Steve Charlton, DC and solutions managing director for SEI across EMEA and Asia. Steve takes us through SEI’s goals-based investment philosophy...
Episode #5
In this episode, hosts Louise Farrand and Dave Whitehair chat to Veronica Humble, CIO at NatWest Cushon. Veronica takes us through how Cushon is shaping its investment strategy for a changing world, from expanding its...
Episode #4
In this episode of the DCIF’s podcast, hosts Louise Farrand and Dave Whitehair sit down with James Monk, investment director at Fidelity’s FutureWise. James explains why the FutureWise team is embracing private...
In this episode of Changing World, New Opportunities, hosts Louise and Dave sit down with Liz Fernando, chief investment officer at Nest. Liz explains how Nest is reshaping DC investing, moving beyond pot size to focus...
In this latest episode of Changing World, New Opportunities, hosts Louise Farrand and Dave Whitehair sit down with James Lawrence, director of investment proposition at Smart Pension. Smart Pension has made headlines...
In this season of the DCIF’s podcast, Dave and Louise are chatting to master trust chief investment officers. And who better to start us off with a bang than Dan Mikulsis?! As well as being CIO of People’s Partnership...
Episode #11
May we be so bold as to suggest that if you listen to one of our international episodes, it should be this one. Mark and Louise reflect on the key lessons they’ve learnt from their series of conversations with...
How do you solve a problem like giving pension savers a lifelong income? It’s a topic at the top of the pensions industry’s mind – and Nest has been thinking hard about how to solve the conundrum. In this week’s...
Iceland’s pension system has been following us around. Rated an impressive number two in the latest Melbourne Mercer Pension Index and name-dropped by several previous guests on the show this season, nevertheless...
This week on the podcast, we were lucky enough to be joined by pensions royalty! Keith Ambachtsheer tells Mark and Louise all about Canada's system. This episode contains all the wisdom and deep expertise you'd expect...
This week’s podcast is out now! In it, we take a fascinating dive into Sweden’s DC system with Mats Langensjö. First off, we find out how Sweden’s AP funds work. Mats describes one highly unusual feature of the Swedish...
Episode #6
In this episode, the Godfather of auto-enrolment, Mark Iwry, tells us the story of how it was introduced in the USA. We peek inside the doors of the US government and find out how Mark and his colleagues helped...
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