Charles Van Vleet – Thinking Differently with Pensions at Textron (Capital Allocators, EP. 283)

<p><span style="color: #333333;">Charles Van Vleet is the CIO of Textron, where he manages $10 billion in defined benefit assets and $5 billion of defined contribution assets. Charles joined Textron a decade ago after eight years at the pension fund of United Technologies and is widely respected as one of the most thoughtful and outspoken CIOs in the space.<br /> <br /> Our conversation covers Charles’ background and turns to the objectives of corporate pension funds, Textron’s strategic asset allocation, and Charles’ creative implementation of value-added opportunities across asset classes. Along the way, he shares a host of opinions about what works and doesn’t for institutional investors.</span></p> <p><a href= "https://go.alpha-sense.com/tr-stm-ssu-start-free-trial/?utm_source=spod_nameofpodcast&utm_medium=sponsored&utm_campaign=EMSP_DG_10-01-22-Capital-Allocators"> Access Stream by AlphaSense Free Trial</a></p> <div> <p><strong>Learn More</strong>​</p> </div> <div> <p>Follow Ted on Twitter at <a href= "https://twitter.com/tseides?lang=en">@tseides</a> or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedseides/">LinkedIn</a>​</p> </div> <div> <p>Subscribe to the <a href= "https://capitalallocators.com/">mailing list</a>​</p> </div> <div> <p>Access Transcript with <a href= "https://capitalallocators.com/signup">Premium Membership</a>​</p> </div>