The Big Interview: RLAM's CIO Piers Hillier on revitalising the UK and the role of ESG and private markets

'Not about the individuals'

Royal London’s chief investment officer Piers Hillier has nearly three and a half decades under his belt in the City, with tenures at Schroders, LV, Kames Capital and now over a decade at RLAM.

Sitting down with Investment Week, the conversation opens with Hillier's thoughts on the current state of the nation.  He harks back to the impact of Brexit, an event that occurred early into his tenure at RLAM. Brexit: fact over fear "We've seen a significant decline in inward investment to the UK," Hillier begins, not with alarm, but as a statement of fact.  SJP hands £4.6bn multi-asset management mandate to Royal London AM Brexit, he explains, hasn't sparked an outright collapse - but it has cooled investor appetite. However, in some ways, that lack of overbuild has prevent...