Henry Smith, CFA
6 Years at AB|10 Years of Experience
Henry Smith is a Vice President and Investment Strategist on AB’s Multi-Asset Solutions team. He is responsible for the product strategy and communication of AB’s UK defined contribution, custom multi-asset and sustainable multi-asset solutions. Smith joined the firm in 2019, following more than two years at Lane Clark & Peacock, where he provided investment, research and governance advice to a range of UK defined contribution pension schemes. Before that, he worked at Capita Employee Solutions, where he advised both UK defined contribution and defined benefit pension schemes. Smith holds a BSc in financial economics from the University of Essex and is a CFA charterholder. Location: London
Published Work
Historically, UK DC pension plans have struggled to invest in private markets. But today, new investing approaches can enable DC savers to access the return potential of markets such as private credit.
The recent crisis in UK bond markets has implications for the whole UK savings industry and highlights a range of issues for DC pension savers.