Schroders Capital’s real estate team appoints Fund Manager for Scottish Widows strategies
Schroders Capital’s real estate team appoints Fund Manager for Scottish Widows strategies
Schroders Capital’s real estate team today announces that Peter Lowe has been appointed as a senior Fund Manager in the UK, responsible for the Scottish Widows funds that total approximately £4 billion.
In this newly-created role based in London, Peter is responsible for fund performance and strategy, reporting to Nick Montgomery, Head of UK Investment. This follows other recent hires in Schroders Capital‘s London and Manchester offices to support the management of the Scottish Widows funds that were onboarded in May 2022, as well as other recent new mandate appointments such as the Greater Manchester Pension Fund in November 2021.
Peter is a Chartered Surveyor with 20 years real estate experience and has a strong track record of delivering strong performance across a range of diversified and specialist UK real estate strategies.
Peter joins from Columbia Threadneedle Investments, where he was Fund Manager responsible for the Columbia Threadneedle Property Trust (formerly BMO Real Estate Investments) . Peter also managed a SFDR Article 9 aligned fund targeting affordable single and multi-family residential assets across the UK.
Prior to BMO, Peter was a Fund Manager at DTZ Investment Management working on mandates including Pearl Assurance Trust, GE CIF Trustees and University Superannuation Scheme.
Nick Montgomery, Head of UK Investment, Schroders Capital‘s Real Estate team, commented:
“We are very pleased that Peter is joining to oversee the delivery of the Scottish Widows fund strategies. Peter has a strong market profile with a clear track record of delivering outperformance for clients across listed, unlisted, diversified and specialist strategies.
“In his new role, Peter will work closely with our growing investment and asset management teams in London and Manchester, as well as our specialist ESG colleagues to ensure that we deliver on Scottish Widows’ sustainable investment objectives, from both an environmental and social value perspective.”
Peter Lowe, Fund Manager, Schroders Capital’s Real Estate team, commented:
“I am looking forward to taking responsibility for such an important client portfolio, and to working with the wider Schroders team to deliver on the Scottish Widows performance objectives. I am delighted to be joining such a well regarded, progressive Real Estate business, and excited to support the further growth and development of the platform across both diversified and sector focused strategies.”