Jonathan Grabel, CIO of the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, spoke with CIO as a part of the 2025 CIO interview webinar series about asset allocation, how a plan can construct a portfolio against the changing dynamic of interest rates, and more.
Chevron and smaller companies bet that animal fats, trash and sugar, among other offbeat things, will power airplanes.
The $77 billion pension fund is also looking to hire an investment officer for corporate governance and stewardship.
LACERA outperformed its benchmark by 140 basis points to raise its portfolio’s asset value to $73.6 billion.
Higher interest rates have turned fixed income from a ho-hum investment into the hot new thing. Just ask LACERA.
Plans for Iowa, Los Angeles County and two other California counties seek class action standing against Goldman and four others.
LACERA’s Grabel and WTW’s Vodolazschi explore this wide-ranging asset category in CIO's webinar.
He replaces Laurie Martin as head of the $40 billion Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds.
Why big allocators on this side of the Atlantic, like CalSTRS, CPPIB, and OMERS, are seeding Old World newbie companies.
With stocks and bonds offering meager futures, pension plans and other investors find under-appreciated VC beats another alt, private equity, which grabs all the attention.