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The Professional Investment Podcast

Hosted by Charlotte Moore · business · EN-GB · 53 episodes

About this Podcast:

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.

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Booking probability

31%

Guest openness

Selective

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What is The Professional Investment Podcast about?

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.

Who hosts The Professional Investment Podcast?

The Professional Investment Podcast is hosted by Charlotte Moore. The show has published 53 episodes to date.

What has The Professional Investment Podcast covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Simplifying retirement, with Heather Coulson, head of portfolio management at Scottish Widows" (6 October 2026, 33 minutes), "Funding self-employment retirement, with Martin Willis, director of Howden" (4 October 2026, 23 minutes), and "How insurers are investing in the UK, with Ciaran Mulligan, CIO of M&G Life" (22 September 2026, 31 minutes).

How often does The Professional Investment Podcast publish?

The Professional Investment Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 30 minutes across 53 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on The Professional Investment Podcast?

Booking probability for The Professional Investment Podcast is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Professional Investment Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Professional Investment Podcast's contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch The Professional Investment Podcast?

The strongest fits for The Professional Investment Podcast are Investing & Wealth Management. The Professional Investment Podcast has a business audience.

About the host

Charlotte Moore hosts The Professional Investment Podcast, a business show with 53 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Episode #3

    Simplifying retirement – with Heather Coulson, head of portfolio management at Scottish Widows

    Oct 6, 202633 minS7

    Heather Coulson, head of portfolio management and implementation at Scottish Widows, is the latest guest on The Professional Investment Podcast. She chose Professional Pensions’ story about DC scheme savers lacking...

  • Episode #3

    Funding self-employment retirement – with Martin Willis, director of Howden

    Oct 4, 202623 minS7

    Martin Willis, director at Howden, is the latest guest for The Professional Investment Podcast. He is also a member of the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) DC Committee and Chair of the SPP’s Self-employment...

  • Episode #2

    How insurers are investing in the UK – with Ciaran Mulligan, CIO of M&G Life

    Sep 22, 202631 minS7

    Ciaran Mulligan, CIO of M&G Life, is our guest on the latest episode of The Professional Investment Podcast. He chose Professional Pensions’ story that insurers invest £22.8bn in UK productive assets since pledge in...

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    Benchmarking consequences – with Mithesh Varsani, head of investment solutions at Scottish Widows

    Sep 15, 202633 min

    Mithesh Varsani, head of investment solutions at Scottish Widows, is our guest for the first episode of series seven of The Professional Investment Podcast. He chose MandateWire’s ‘Are Australia’s pension funds stuck in...

  • Episode #10

    The Best of Series Six: The Professional Investment Podcast

    Aug 13, 202620 minS6

    Watch or listen to the best of series six of The Professional Investment Podcast. This series we cover how the insurance industry will invest the forecast £550bn it will receive from closed DB schemes. We have a guide...

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  • Episode #8

    Combating climate change risk – with Naomi Clark, head of investment product management for USSIM

    Jun 15, 202630 minS6

    Naomi Clark, head of product management for USSIM, is our latest guest on The Professional Investment Podcast. She chose the FT’s story that wild temperature swings are becoming the new normal as her news story of the...

  • Episode #7

    Can pensions schemes suffer diseconomies of scale? – with James Lawrence, CIO of Smart Pension

    Jun 11, 202630 minS6

    James Lawrence, CIO of Smart Pension, is our guest for episode six of series six of The Profession Investment Podcast. He chose Professional Pensions story that there’s no guarantee DC megafunds will lead to higher...

  • Episode #5

    Dynamic debt investing – with Charlotte Vincent, co-head of fixed income at People’s Pensions

    Jun 8, 202633 minS6

    Charlotte Vincent, co-head of fixed income at People’s Pension, is the latest guest on The Professional Investment Podcast. She chose the FT’s story that the Iran war inflation shock is set to fall short of the 2022...

  • Episode #4

    Reshaping the regulator with Calum Cooper, head of pensions policy innovation at Hymans Robertson

    May 19, 202635 minS6

    <p>In this week’s episode of The Professional Investment Podcast, Calum Cooper, head of pensions policy innovation at Hymans Robertson, joins the show.</p><p><br></p><p>We discuss Professional Pensions story that The...

  • Episode #3

    Improving longevity with pension pots – with Maiyuresh Rajah, director of investments at Aviva

    May 12, 202632 minS6

    <p>Maiyuresh Rajah, director of investments at Aviva, is this week’s guest on The Professional Investment Podcast. </p><p><br></p><p>He chose Pension Age’s story about TPR outlining its vision for megafunds and...

  • Episode #2

    Everything you need to know about the Pension Schemes Act – with Steve Webb, partner at LCP

    May 6, 202629 minS6

    <p>This week’s guest on The Professional Investment Podcast is Steve Webb, ex-pensions minister and partner at LCP. He chose the FT’s story that UK ministers gain powers to force pension funds to invest in British...

  • Episode #1

    How to invest £550bn – with Hartej Singh, head of public credit at the Pension Insurance Corporation

    Apr 28, 202632 minS6

    <p>Hartej Singh, head of public credit at the Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), is our guest for the first episode of series six of The Professional Investment Podcast. He chose Professional Pensions story that...

  • Episode #8

    The Best of Series Five: The Professional Investment Podcast

    Apr 15, 202622 minS5

    <p>Watch or listen to the best of series five of The Professional Investment Podcast. This series we cover how the LGPS can help the UK to rebuild its infrastructure as well as expanding its local investment. We also...

  • Episode #7

    Master trusts dominate DC market – with Martyn James, director of investments at now:pensions

    Mar 24, 202631 minS5

    <p>In the last episode of series five of The Professional Investment Podcast, Martyn James, director of investments at now: pensions discusses how master trusts are taking over the defined contribution...

  • Episode #6

    Adapting to investment uncertainty – with Niall Aitken, head of investment strategy at Aegon UK

    Mar 3, 202632 minS5

    <p>In this episode of The Professional Investment Podcast, Niall Aitken, head of investment strategy at Aegon UK, chose Professional Pension’s story that schemes are adapting portfolio construction as uncertainty...

  • Episode #5

    Pension conflicts of interest – with Darren Masters, professional trustee at Capital Cranfield

    Feb 24, 202631 minS5

    <p>Darren Masters, professional trustee at Capital Cranfield Trustees, joins us for this episode of The Professional Investment Podcast. His news story of the week is Professional Pension’s story that in-house advisers...

  • Episode #4

    Rebuilding UK infrastructure – with Tony English, head of LGPS investment at Mercer

    Feb 10, 202630 minS5

    <p>Tony English, head of LGPS Investment at Mercer, joins us for the fourth episode of series five of The Professional Investment Podcast. He chose the FT’s story about Canadian pension funds exiting the UK’s largest...

  • Episode #3

    Meeting LGPS local investment ambition – with David Walker, CIO of Hymans Robertson

    Feb 3, 202629 minS5

    <p>David Walker, chief investment officer at Hymans Robertson, is the guest on this episode of The Professional Investment Podcast. He chose the story LGPS Central is expanding its co-investment strategy as his news...

  • Episode #2

    Assessing pension scheme risk – with Claire Altman, managing director of PRT at Standard Life

    Jan 27, 202629 minS5

    <p>"In this episode of The Professional Investment Podcast I am joined by Claire Altman, managing director of pension risk transfer and individual retirement at Standard Life. She chose Professional Pensions’ coverage...

  • Episode #1

    FCA’s value-for-money framework – with Jerry Butcher, workplace savings director at Scottish Widows

    Jan 13, 202630 minS5

    <p>In the first episode of series five of The Professional Investment Podcast, Jerry Butcher − workplace savings director at Scottish Widows, talks to me about the government’s new proposed ‘traffic light’...

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