Part II:  Kim Lew, CEO of the $14 billion-plus Columbia University endowment, shares her insights on investing in private assets, including private credit. She discusses challenges facing our world and investment opportunities that Columbia is interested in exploring. Kim also shares her thoughts on increasing diversity in the investment industry and her inspiring story of breaking barriers as a woman of color. (Recorded September 8, 2022) Join the Accelerate Investors Southwest Investor Insights Summit on January 19 in Austin, Texas. At the Summit, you will have the opportunity to meet ..read more

Kim Lew, CEO of Columbia University’s $14 billion-plus endowment, shares her thoughts on the Accelerate Investors September 29 Midwest Investor Insights Summit theme, “Correction, Recession, or Something Else?”. Join the Accelerate Investors Midwest Investor Insights Summit on September 29 in Chicago! At the summit, you will have the opportunity to meet Chief Investment officers and other allocators from the Midwest region. For more information, please visit accelerateinvestorsny.com/mw22 ..read more

Part II:  Jonathan Grabel, Chief Investment Officer of the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, LACERA, a $70 billion pension fund with over 165,000 beneficiaries, shares with us how LACERA ensures that it is seeing the best investment opportunities, his thoughts on active vs. passive investing, and in this episode listen to the CIO to CIO question from Charmel Maynard, CIO of the University of Miami.  (Recorded May 27, 2021) Join us March 31, 2022 for our Southwest Investor Insights Summit - accelerateinvestorsny.com ..read more

Jonathan Grabel, Chief Investment Officer of the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, LACERA, a $70 billion pension fund with over 165,000 beneficiaries, shares with us his background and how he became CIO at LACERA. Jon also describes LACERA’s differentiated asset allocation strategy. For instance, did you know private equity and public markets are both bucketed in the growth portfolio? He also discusses inflation and portfolio diversification ..read more

Part II:  Charmel Maynard, Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer of the University of Miami, shares with us how the endowment leverages its illustrious board when making investment decisions. He also provides advice for emerging managers, and Charmel also discusses the mindset of pushing oneself to achieve one’s full potential. Join Accelerate Investors July 28 - 29 for the Women Investment Leaders Symposium. More info:  https://accelerateinvestorsny.com/accelwomen ..read more

Charmel Maynard, Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer of the University of Miami, shares how he became Treasurer at 32. He also imparts his advice on how to become a chief investment officer. And Charmel discusses the endowment’s increased interest in alternative investment strategies. Check out Accelerate Investors programs and events (where you can connect with some of the chief investment officers live!) at Events. Become an Accelerate Investors Sponsor.  ..read more

Part II:  Alex Doñé, chief investment officer of the $225 billion NYC Pension Funds, shares with us the advantages and challenges of investing on behalf of the 4th largest pension fund in the world. Alex also provides his perspective on hedge fund opportunities and describes NYC Pension Fund’s commitment to co-investment opportunities. And in this episode, listen to what Scott Pittman, chief investment officer of Mount Sinai Health System, asks Alex in our CIO to CIO question. Check out Accelerate Investors programs and events (where you can connect with some of the chief investment offi ..read more

Alex Doñé, chief investment officer of the $225 billion New York City pension funds, the fourth largest pension plan in the world with 730,000 beneficiaries, shares with us his career trajectory to becoming chief investment officer. He also imparts his career advice for underrepresented people in financial services and Alex discusses the importance of investment management reflecting the diversity of the NYC pensioners. (Recorded December 22, 2020) Check out Accelerate Investors programs and events (where you can connect with some of the chief investment officers live!) at Events. Become an A ..read more

Part II:  Scott Pittman, chief investment officer of the $2 billion endowment for Mount Sinai, the largest hospital system in NYC, shares with us how Mount Sinai leverages its board members - many who are titans in the investment industry. He also discusses his thinking about investing in healthcare as the CIO of a hospital system endowment. In addition, he describes the role of Mount Sinai’s endowment in decreasing the wealth and healthcare disparities that exist in our society - brought into sharp relief by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Recorded July 2020) Check out Accelerate Investors prog ..read more

Scott Pittman, CIO of the $2 billion endowment for Mount Sinai, the largest hospital system in New York City, shares what drew him to this role, how his office identifies new investment opportunities, and he describes investments that Mount Sinai has made that he is particularly proud of.  (Recorded July, 2020) Check out Accelerate Investors programs and events (where you can connect with some of the chief investment officers live!) at Events. Become an Accelerate Investors Sponsor.  ..read more