Responsible Asset Owners 
Europe26

October 29th 2026

60 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0JP
access via 1 John Carpenter Street, London EC4Y 0HJ

One day - London - Carefully curated - Senior decision-makers - Fewer people, better conversations.

With thanks to our hosts….

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Capital Allocation in an Age of Fragmentation

Europe's leading institutional investors, asset owners and market leaders come together to explore how long-term capital is being deployed in a more volatile world.

Expect:

  • candid insights from real allocators

  • strategic conversations rarely held outside the boardroom

  • meaningful peer-to-peer engagement

  • practical collaboration around the challenges shaping institutional investment

If you're responsible for capital allocation, investment strategy, governance, stewardship or institutional growth, this is one not to miss.

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Why It Matters

Against a backdrop of geopolitical change, technological disruption, regulatory evolution and shifting capital markets, RAOEurope26 explores how institutional investors are adapting portfolios for a more fragmented world.

The Programme

(Agenda download request here)

Speakers

(Confirmed speakers here)

Who You'll Meet

A carefully curated community including:

  • Pension funds

  • Asset owners

  • Asset managers

  • Development finance institutions

  • Banks

  • Infrastructure investors

  • Private markets specialists

  • Data and technology providers

  • Advisers

  • Policymakers

What Makes RAOEurope26 Different

This is a peer-level forum designed to foster meaningful discussion, trusted relationships and practical collaboration.

Join senior decision-makers who are:

  • Rethinking portfolio construction in an increasingly fragmented world

  • Identifying new sources of return across public and private markets

  • Building trusted relationships that create long-term investment opportunities

  • Leading through uncertainty with disciplined capital allocation and governance

  • Challenging conventional thinking around risk, resilience and fiduciary responsibility

Advisory Board

  • Catherine Howarth OBE

    Chief Executive
    ShareAction

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  • David Thompson

    Chief Investment Officer: UK.
    Zurich

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  • Sally Kramers

    Chief Operating Officer and Head of Industry Development
    UKSIF

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What the leaders say about RAO events….

  • "I really want to congratulate RAO: your momentum has helped us all make progress in pursuing global COP coals"

    Minister Grace Fu
    Ministry for Sustainability and the Environment, Singapore

  • "A great discussion and much food for thought from fellow panellists, thank you!"

    Eila Kreivi
    European Investment Bank

  • "I really enjoyed the meaningful event today and got a lot if intersting information. I look forward to a long-term collaboration going forward"

    Ick Jin
    The National Assembly Budget Office, Seoul

  • "Thank you for inviting me to join the esteemed panellists, It is a great honour."

    Lya Rahman
    Institutional Investors Council, Malaysia

  • "You pulled it off and with one of the most diverse, interesting and articulate mix of participants out there!"

    Diana Reeves
    Cabot Capital

  • "Congratulations to you and your team to have crafted a super event and forum"

    Joanne Murphy
    CAIA Association

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Decommissioning, Redevelopment and the Next Frontier for Long-Term Capital

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Transition investment and decommissioning are connected.

Pension reform and productive finance are connected.

Environmental remediation and economic regeneration are connected.

The institutions that understand those connections may find opportunities others overlook.

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Courageous Capital: Investing Beyond Consensus
Courageous Capital: Investing Beyond Consensus

Financial markets do not merely respond to the future. Through the allocation of capital they help create it.

That responsibility demands more than intelligence and experience. It demands courage.

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The Intelligence Era: Moving Beyond the Energy Transition Debate
The Intelligence Era: Moving Beyond the Energy Transition Debate

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What Keeps CIOs Awake at Night?
What Keeps CIOs Awake at Night?

What keeps CIOs awake at night?

Perhaps the answer is:

almost everything.

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Challenging Long-Held Assumptions About Investing
Challenging Long-Held Assumptions About Investing

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Beyond the Final Whistle: What the World Cup Can Teach Investors About Confidence, Capital and Economic Growth
Beyond the Final Whistle: What the World Cup Can Teach Investors About Confidence, Capital and Economic Growth

Markets are ultimately collections of people, and people are influenced by psychology as much as spreadsheets.

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How resilient and insurable are the assets and systems upon which those opportunities depend?
How resilient and insurable are the assets and systems upon which those opportunities depend?

Insurance has traditionally been viewed as an operational consideration rather than an investment one.

That distinction is becoming harder to maintain.

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Geothermal Energy: The Sleeping Giant Beneath Our Feet?
Geothermal Energy: The Sleeping Giant Beneath Our Feet?

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The Sustainability Reset: Why Long-Term Investors Are Quietly Doubling Down
The Sustainability Reset: Why Long-Term Investors Are Quietly Doubling Down

Sustainability is snapping back because the world that made it relevant has not gone away.
If anything, it has become more complex, more urgent and more investable.

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Sport, AI, HPV, Greenhushing & Ponda

The message is not to stop talking about sustainability but to do it better.
When climate change changes the game.

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Has CalPERS Just Declared the End of Strategic Asset Allocation?
Has CalPERS Just Declared the End of Strategic Asset Allocation?

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Europe Bets Big on Aerospace
Europe Bets Big on Aerospace

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The Questions AI Could Not Answer

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From "Housewife" to "Generation Shaper"
From "Housewife" to "Generation Shaper"

For financial leaders, that may be the most important lesson of all.

The future will belong to organisations capable of recognising value in places others overlook.

Because long-term success has always depended on seeing what matters before everyone else does.

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From exclusion to infrastructure: is this where responsible investing goes next?
From exclusion to infrastructure: is this where responsible investing goes next?

The future of responsible investment may be less about exclusion and more about construction.

Less about what capital leaves behind.

And more about what it helps build.

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The Great Reprioritisation: What Should Investment Leaders Be Paying Attention To Now?
The Great Reprioritisation: What Should Investment Leaders Be Paying Attention To Now?

Everyone is talking about AI. Or sustainability. Or geopolitics. Or private markets.

The real challenge facing investment leaders today isn't identifying what matters.

It's deciding what matters most.

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Why This May Be the Most Important AI Report You'll Read This Year
Why This May Be the Most Important AI Report You'll Read This Year

What if the biggest challenge facing AI is not technological capability but public legitimacy?

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The Great ESG Rollback? Or the Beginning of an Even Bigger Data Arms Race?
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What if the future belongs not to those who possess the most data, but to those who create the most insight from it?

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Beyond London: Why Private Capital is Becoming a Regional Growth Engine
Beyond London: Why Private Capital is Becoming a Regional Growth Engine

“Across the UK’s nations and regions, the story is consistent: private capital-backed businesses are growing faster, innovating and reaching global markets.” says UK Private Capital CEO Michael Moore.

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The Greatest Risk to Asset Managers May Not Be AI…
The Greatest Risk to Asset Managers May Not Be AI…

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Has the Gold Mining Industry Run Out of Gold?
Has the Gold Mining Industry Run Out of Gold?

The winners may not be the companies that discover the most gold. They may be the companies that secure the best assets, allocate capital most effectively and position themselves intelligently in a world where truly exceptional deposits are becoming increasingly rare.

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The Real Cost of Cost: Why Investors Must Focus on Value, Not Just Fees
The Real Cost of Cost: Why Investors Must Focus on Value, Not Just Fees

The future belongs not to those who are merely cheapest, but to those who can clearly demonstrate value.

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Sovereign Wealth Funds Are Quietly Reshaping Sustainable Investing
Sovereign Wealth Funds Are Quietly Reshaping Sustainable Investing

Traditionally viewed as conservative custodians of national wealth, many sovereign funds are now evolving into strategic investors balancing financial performance with broader societal and environmental objectives.

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Europe’s Solar Boom Is Being Driven by Economics, Not Idealism
Europe’s Solar Boom Is Being Driven by Economics, Not Idealism

The direction of travel appears increasingly clear. Europe’s solar expansion is no longer being driven primarily by ideology. It is being driven by economics, energy security and consumer behaviour.

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Infrastructure Investment and the New Era of Productive Capital
Infrastructure Investment and the New Era of Productive Capital

The distinction between decommissioning and redevelopment is becoming blurred. One releases capital and land; the other redeploys it into new productive uses.

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Mobilising UK Pension & Insurance Capital; the Opportunity
Mobilising UK Pension & Insurance Capital; the Opportunity

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The New Mining Frontier: How the DRC Is Transforming Critical Minerals Investment
The New Mining Frontier: How the DRC Is Transforming Critical Minerals Investment

The DRC today is no longer simply a frontier commodities story driven by raw resource extraction.

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Recalibrating Climate Risk
Recalibrating Climate Risk

“The net result of flawed economic advice is widespread complacency amongst investors and policy makers, with many investors viewing climate scenario analysis as a tick-box disclosure exercise.” Mark Campanale, Founder Carbon Tracker

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The ESG Backlash Is Separating the Involved From the Committed
The ESG Backlash Is Separating the Involved From the Committed

The industry is moving from an era of easy consensus to one of differentiation.

And in that environment, investors are beginning to discover which firms were merely involved — and which were truly committed.

Photo by Rimsha Noor on Unsplash‍ ‍

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Quantitative Investing Is Reshaping Asset Management — And the Biggest Firms Are Racing to Adapt
Quantitative Investing Is Reshaping Asset Management — And the Biggest Firms Are Racing to Adapt

Quantitative investing is no longer a niche corner of finance.

It is becoming one of the defining battlegrounds for the future of global asset management.

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