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Pete Smith

Principal and Head of Sustainable Investment
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Pete has significant experience in providing investment advice to a wide range of both defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes.

He believes in providing clients with advice which offers clear direction to assist in making a decision. Pete uses his experience to help trustees formulate their investment aims and beliefs. He is experienced in designing and implementing structures which help trustees achieve desired investment returns in a capital efficient and risk controlled manner.

Pete’s extensive experience, clear advice and proactive approach have helped him to become a trusted consultant to a wide range of businesses.

Significant experience

  • investment consulting advice to UK defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes
  • advice in relation to setting long-term investment strategies, investment manager selection and monitoring, cashflow management, and portfolio rebalancing
  • setting and implementing trigger-based de-risking strategies enabling trustees to meet their long-term funding objectives.
  • advice in connection with liability driven investment and other forms of asset/liability management

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Career

Pete graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1988 with a degree in Statistics and is an Associate of the Faculty of Actuaries. As such he has over 25 years’ experience in the pensions industry.

Having previously worked for two multi-national benefit consultancies, Pete joined Barnett Waddingham in January 2015.

Interests

Outside of the office Pete is an avid sports fan. Having finally accepted his opportunity to represent his country in any meaningful sport has passed, he is working hard to try and live the dream through his children.