El Paso County Retirement Plan

About El Paso County Retirement Plan

El Paso County Retirement Plan's investment portfolio is currently valued at $431.52 million, as of December 31, 2022, with investments 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, and 5 years, 10 years are 4.33%, -9.83%, 4.92%, 4.99%, and 6.80% compared to the policy return 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, representing 9.6% of the total portfolio. As of December 31, 2022, the fund's private equity return for the quarter, 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years were -0.29%, 1.95%, 33.95%, and 26.03%, compared to the benchmark return of -4.46%, -17.63%, 7.70%, and 8.62%, respectively. Investments in private equity include buyouts, fund-of-funds, diversified private equity, private equity growth expansion, and venture capital strategies. As of December 31, 2022, the real asset portfolio was valued at $82.84 million. The pension plan's investments are governed by the board of directors, with Ms. Nikki Simmons serving as Chairwoman of the Board of Directors. Willshire Associates serves as the LP Consultants.