Fiduciary management for insurers
Helping you achieve the returns needed for your objectives
We are focused on helping you generate sufficient investment returns and risk management.
We take the time to get to understand your needs, as we aim to help you achieve the level of returns you require. Through a range of flexible, tailored solutions, we partner with you to help ensure your investment portfolio aligns with your objectives.
Why R&M for insurers
We are highly attuned to the challenges that insurers face. In working with us, you have access to:
- Partners whose goals are aligned with yours, to ultimately improve outcomes for pension fund members
- Nimble advice and actions based on thorough, long-term market and industry analysis
- Creative solutions to complex challenges
How we can help your team
Our holistic approach includes advice on setting your investment objectives and the appropriate asset allocation through manager selectin and asset-liability matching. We aim to help you achieve the necessary returns, whilst optimising your investments and positioning in terms of solvency requirements.
You have the freedom to decide how much of the day-to-day management you want to delegate to us, whilst having access to the collective expertise from our team in terms of consulting, derivatives and investment management.
We structure solutions around your needs. Therefore, we take time and due care to understand what you need, so that we can offer the service you need, which includes:
Investment consulting
Investment consulting
Where we advise you on investment decisions
Fiduciary management
Fiduciary management
Where we take day-to-day investment decisions on your behalf
Investment management
Investment management
Where we manage investment strategies of your choosing
Derivative management
Derivative management
Where we manage your liabilities
Distribution team
Arabella Townshend
Head of UK Institutional
Arabella Townshend
Head of UK Institutional
Arabella is a director, and Head of UK Institutional Distribution, working with her team to provide investment solutions to UK pension schemes, their consultants and trustees. Arabella joined River and Mercantile in 2010 from Edinburgh University where she gained a degree in Geography.
Ronan O’Riordan
Business Development
Ronan O’Riordan
Business Development
Ronan is responsible for business development of Solutions. He started his career at ABN Amro Asset Management in Amsterdam which was one of the first providers of Fiduciary Management in Europe. He subsequently worked at BNP Paribas and Russell Investments. Ronan is responsible for setting and implementing our marketing and distribution strategy. He holds an MA in Globalisation from Dublin City University.
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