Julian Christopher Cripps

Railway Pension Investments Ltd. (dba Railpen) is a pension fund management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1980 and is a subsidiary of the Railway Pension Trustee Co. Ltd., which is owned by Railway Holdings Ltd. Railpen is solely responsible for the administration, safekeeping and investment of the Railways Pension Schemes’ assets on behalf of members who are connected to the railway industry.

River Global Investors LLP is the investment management subsidiary of River & Mercantile Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by AssetCo Plc (LSE: ASTO) in Great Britain. Formerly known as River & Mercantile Asset Management LLP, the firm was founded by James Barham as a limited liability partnership in 2006 with Pacific Investment as a cornerstone investor. They became part of AssetCo Plc in 2022. Headquartered in London, River Global Investors advises institutional clients such as employee benefit plans, foundations, endowments and other charitable organizations.

RPMI Ltd. provides pension administration services for the occupational markets. It offers services for employees such as pensioners payroll, scheme accounting, scheme administration, data cleanse, and scheme communication. For trustees, it provides scheme communications, pensions regulatory and compliance services, pensions technical support, scheme governance, trustee administration, trustee balloting, and trustee training. The company is headquartered in Darlington, the united Kingdom.

River & Mercantile Group Plc is a holding company, which engages in the provision of investment advisory services. It operates through the following divisions: Fiduciary Management, Derivative Solutions, Equity Solutions, and Advisory. The Fiduciary Management division involves in the delegation of clients of a range of services including asset allocation, hedging, manager selection, and transition management services. The Derivative Solutions division comprises of liability-driven investments and structured equity products. The Equity Solutions division provides long-only equity funds and strategies to institutional clients and wholesale intermediaries. The Advisory division offers investment, actuarial, and transaction advice to United Kingdom defined benefit pension schemes, United Kingdom defined contribution schemes, and U.S. pension schemes and insurance firms. The company was founded on July 17, 2000, and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.