El Paso County Retirement Plan

About El Paso County Retirement Plan

El Paso County Retirement Plan is a public pension fund with an investment portfolio valued at $431.52 million as of December 31, 2022. Holdings are in private equity, real estate, hedge fund, real assets, natural resources, publicly-traded equities, fixed-income securities, cash, and other alternative asset classes. Its returns for the quarter, 1 year, 3 years, 5 years, and 10 years were 4.33%, -9.83%, 4.92%, 4.99%, and 6.80%, against policy returns of 3.75%, -10.43%, 3.95%, 4.31%, and 6.28% respectively. As of December 31, 2022, the private equity portfolio was valued at $41.60 million, or 9.6% of the total portfolio. Private equity returns for the quarter, 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years were -0.29%, 1.95%, 33.95%, and 26.03%, against benchmark returns of -4.46%, -17.63%, 7.70%, and 8.62% respectively. Private equity strategies are buyouts, fund-of-funds, diversified private equity, private equity growth expansion, and venture capital. The real asset portfolio was valued at $82.84 million as of December 31, 2022. The board of directors governs the pension plan's investments, with Ms. Nikki Simmons as Chairwoman of the Board of Directors. Willshire Associates serves as the LP Consultants.

Real estate mandate

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