In Episode #9 of IPE’s Leaders in Investment podcast series, IPE Editorial Director Liam Kennedy interviews Michael Wissell at HOOPP

“Within HOOPP we are tenaciously focused on liquidity because it’s an enabler of tomorrow’s returns if something were to go bump in the night.”

Michael Wissell, Chief Investment Officer of HOOPP has spent 20 years at the coal face of Canadian pensions. Overseeing the portfolio’s C$104bn in assets, Wissell discusses his market views, changing allocations and discusses HOOPP’s new London office, which will allow it to invest directly in real assets in the UK, Europe and beyond.

This episode of Leaders in Investment is sponsored by PGIM.

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