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    Leadenhall Market, London
    EC3V 1LR

Longview London – May 2026 – James McBride, Forefront Advisers

Veterans of the investment world, in conversation over dinner. 

A network for asset owners and investment managers.

Each month, guests of our asset owner and investment manager networks gather to attend Longview London – a private reception, dinner and discussion.

Our Compere is Steven Bell, a former portfolio manager and chief economist with Deutsche Asset Management. Steven hosts a veteran of the investment world, discussing anything from their career highlights to the current state of markets and geo-politics.

Longview London guest speakers answer questions from both Steven and the audience with depth, experience and knowledge – discussions occurring in a revealing, candid and off-the-record environment.

Membership

Investment managers: to learn more about joining the network, please contact peter.braham@longviewnetworks.com

Asset owners*: to attend the April meeting and receive future invitations to our talks, please contact hannah.stimpson@longviewnetworks.com

*I.e. responsible for allocating institutional, wealth, family office assets to external fund managers.

The following asset owners have previously attended Longview London:

Abu Dhabi Family OfficeChief Investment Officer
AllianzChief Investment Officer
Australian Retirement TrustSenior Portfolio Manager, Head of ART UK
AvivaDirector of Investments
AvivaSenior Investment Manager
Aware SuperSenior Investment Analyst – Infrastructure
Aware SuperPortfolio Manager – Infrastructure
Barnett WaddinghamPrincipal and Head of Manager Research Team
Beazley GroupChief Investment Officer
Benefact TrustChair, Finance and Investment Committee
BESTrusteesProfessional Trustee
Border To CoastHead of Equities
Border To CoastListed Alternatives
Capital CranfieldClient Director
Church of EnglandChief Investment Officer
Corpus Christi CollegeBursar
Dai-Ichi Life HoldingsGeneral manager – Insurance and Sustainability
Dalriada Trustees LimitedProfessional Trustee
Fidelity InternationalInvestment Director
Foresters Friendly SocietyChief Investment Officer
Fulcrum Asset ManagementEconomic Research, Director
Guy’s & St Thomas FoundationDirector of Endowments
HiscoxDeputy CIO, Investment Director
Hymans RobertsonInvestment Consultant
Hymans RobertsonHead of Charities
Hymans RobertsonHead of Investment and ALM (Insurance and Financial)
IsioStrategic Alliances Director – Wealth
John Ellerman FoundationDirector
John Lewis Partnership Pensions TrustChief Investment Officer
Joseph Rowntree FoundationInvestment Portfolio Manager
LabatowSenior Advisor
LawDebentureDirector
LawDebentureTrustee
LCPPartner, Responsible Investment & DC
Legal & General Investment ManagementHead of Diversified Strategies
LGPS CentralNet Zero Manager
London Borough of CamdenChair – London Borough of Camden Pensions Committee
London Borough of EalingGroup Manager Treasury and Pensions
London Borough of HackneyAssistant Director of Pension Funds
London Borough of MertonHead of Treasury and Pensions
London TreasuryCEO
Medical Protection SocietyChief Investment Officer
MercerPartner, Investment Solutions
NatWest CushonHead of Investment Strategy
NestInvestment Committee Member
NestResponsible Investment Manager
NestNon-Executive Director
NFU MutualChief Investment Manager
People’s PensionCo-Head of Equities
Phoenix GroupHead of Sustainable Investment Research
RedingtonGlobal Head of Sustainable and Impact Investment
Russell InvestmentsMD – Head of Consultant Relations
Russell Wood – Single Family OfficeDeputy Chief Investment Officer
Russell Wood Ltd.Investment Analyst
Scottish WidowsHead of Responsible Investment
Scottish WidowsInvestment Stewardship Lead, Responsible Investment
SEIMD Defined Contribution, EMEA and Asia
Standard LifeHead of Sustainability Investment
The MDUInvestment Officer
University of Cambridge Investment ManagementInvestment Associate
Univest CompanyDeputy Chief Investment Officer
USSHead of Fixed Income
Van Lanschot Kempen Investment ManagementPartner, MD, UK Chief Investment Officer
Westminster City CouncilTri-Borough Director of Treasury and Pensions
Windmill Hill Asset ManagementChief Investment Officer

Event Information

This month’s guest speaker is James McBride, Managing Director at Forefront Advisers. James brings years of experience from inside Labour and Whitehall. Working in the Labour Party’s Policy Unit, he led on economy and business policy; He also worked on the ‘Labour In’ 2016 EU Referendum and 2017 General Election campaigns, as well as the party’s response to Budgets and other fiscal events. Before that he worked across 5 Whitehall departments.
James will focus on the evolving UK political landscape and its implications for investors. We will explore the uncertainty around Labour leadership, including questions over Keir Starmer’s future, as well as broader shifts in British politics such as the rise of Reform and pressures on Labour from the left. We will tackle how these issues will shape policy direction over the next few years and influence market sentiment. In addition, to the political analysis we will explore the fiscal and economic outlook, examining what potential policy paths could mean for borrowing, taxation, fiscal rules and the government’s capacity to support public-private initiatives and infrastructure spending. All in all, what might political decisions mean for markets over the short-to-mid-term?
Venue Information

Luc’s Brasserie

17-22 Leadenhall Market,

London,

EC3V 1LR

 

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Steven Bell

economic adviser

Independent

James McBride

managing director

Forefront Advisers

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