TPT Retirement Solutions has strengthened its investment team with the appointment of Inês Cunha Pereira as its new responsible investment manager, and the promotion of Peter Smith to be head of investment.
Cunha Pereira joins from Man Group where she has held the role of stewardship manager for the past five years. She has also held corporate governance and custom research positions at Institutional Shareholder Services.
In her new role, she will oversee the implementation of TPT’s responsible investment policies, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and the integration of RI considerations into all areas of the portfolio management process.
Smith, who has worked for TPT for 15 years, has been promoted as head of investment at TPT Investment Management (TPTIM), the firm’s fiduciary management arm for its DB Complete and DB Connect services. He will be responsible for the investment strategy through the implementation of asset allocation decisions and providing portfolio oversight, and will report to the chief executive of TPTIM Cliff Speed.
The expansion of TPTIM follows the launch of DB Connect, a new solution that enables pension schemes to receive many of the benefits of consolidation without having to join a master trust.
It enables schemes to access fiduciary management, actuarial, covenant, administration, accounting, and secretarial services, whilst retaining its existing scheme structure and trustee board.
