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Ben Forster CFA, Portfolio Manager, Global Listed Real Assets, Schroders

Ben Forster , Global Portfolio Manager, Schroders

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Ben Forster is a Portfolio Manager in the Global Listed Real Assets team at Schroders, with 17 years of investment experience across public and private markets. He leads the team’s investment strategy for listed real estate and infrastructure companies in the Americas on behalf of the Schroder Global Cities Real Estate fund. Ben is also a Co-Fund Manager on the Schroder Digital Infrastructure fund, which invests globally in companies with exposure to data centres, towers, fibre and related adjacencies. Ben is based in London, following a period in New York for Schroders, where he initiated the team’s coverage of digital infrastructure companies across developed and emerging markets. He previously worked in Schroders’ Real Estate Capital Partners team, investing in private real estate funds across Europe and Asia on behalf of client portfolios. Ben is a CFA Charterholder with a first-class engineering degree from Loughborough University, with related experience working at Rolls Royce defence aerospace.
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Ben Forster is a Portfolio Manager in the Global Listed Real Assets team at Schroders, with 17 years of investment experience across public and private markets. He leads the team’s investment strategy for listed real estate and infrastructure companies in the Americas on behalf of the Schroder Global Cities Real Estate fund. Ben is also a Co-Fund Manager on the Schroder Digital Infrastructure fund, which invests globally in companies with exposure to data centres, towers, fibre and related adjacencies. Ben is based in London, following a period in New York for Schroders, where he initiated the team’s coverage of digital infrastructure companies across developed and emerging markets. He previously worked in Schroders’ Real Estate Capital Partners team, investing in private real estate funds across Europe and Asia on behalf of client portfolios. Ben is a CFA Charterholder with a first-class engineering degree from Loughborough University, with related experience working at Rolls Royce defence aerospace.

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Schroders’s Website and LinkedIn:
As a global investment manager, Schroders helps institutions, intermediaries, and individuals around the world meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future. As the world evolves, so do the needs of its clients—prompting Schroders to continuously adapt while remaining focused on what matters most to those it serves. This approach is grounded in deep experience and expertise. By combining human insight with data, Schroders identifies the trends that will shape the future, enabling it to invest with conviction. The firm manages £778.7 billion* in assets on behalf of clients who trust it to deliver sustainable returns. Schroders remains committed to building future prosperity for its clients and for society as a whole. Today, more than 6,000 people across six continents are focused on this mission. Schroders is a global business managed locally, allowing it to keep clients’ needs at the heart of everything it does. For over two centuries and more than seven generations, the company has grown its expertise in step with the evolving needs and interests of its clients.
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