Fund Inception | 11/16/2007 |
Name of Issuer | Wilshire Mutual Funds |
Fund Advisor(s) | Wilshire Advisors |
Sub-Advisor(s) | Voya Investment Management Co. LLC Lazard Asset Management LLC Los Angeles Capital Management LLC WCM Investment Management Pzena Investment Management, LLC |
Fund Managers for WLTTX
Paul Black
Portfolio Manager since 10/31/2013
Paul joined WCM in 1989; his primary responsibility is portfolio management for our global, fundamental growth strategies. Since the start of his investment career in 1983, Paul’s experience includes positions as Portfolio Manager with Wells Fargo Private Banking Group, and at Bank of America. Paul earned his B.S. in Finance from California State University, San Diego.
Michael Trigg
Portfolio Manager since 10/31/2013
Mike Trigg is a Portfolio Manager and President with WCM Investment Managers. As a member of the Investment Strategy Groups for the firm’s global fundamental growth strategies, his primary responsibilities are portfolio management and equity research. Prior to joining WCM in 2006, he served as an equity analyst at Morningstar, Inc., where he also managed the company’s Model Growth Portfolio. Mike has also served as an analyst at the Motley Fool, an online investment service. He holds a BS in finance from Saint Louis University.
Daniel Allen
Portfolio Manager since 05/28/2014
As CEO and President, Mr. Allen is responsible for implementing the Mission, Vision and business strategies across the organization. In addition to day-to-day operations, key areas of interest include Diversity & Inclusion, ESG and technology enhancements. Mr. Allen is also a senior member of the Portfolio Management team, involved in developing global equity applications for clients along with servicing key relationships. Mr. Allen is a member of Los Angeles Capital’s Board of Managers and Investment Committee, and chairs the Management Committee. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Los Angeles Capital Global Funds plc and is Director of LACM Global, Ltd.
Prior to joining Los Angeles Capital, Mr. Allen was a senior managing director and board member of Wilshire Associates. For more than twenty years, Mr. Allen held senior positions at Wilshire. Mr. Allen began in the Equity Management division and worked with several members of the Los Angeles Capital team. Mr. Allen assisted 100+ institutional money managers in applying risk models, performance attribution, and portfolio optimization techniques to their equity portfolios. Mr. Allen returned to Wilshire’s Consulting division to advise international investors and to head the firm’s international manager research. In 1998, Mr. Allen moved to Europe and spent the next decade leading Wilshire’s Private Markets group’s asset management activities in the region. In this capacity, he was responsible for sourcing and evaluating private equity opportunities while serving on the Global Investment Committee. Mr. Allen returned to Los Angeles in 2008 as a Management Committee member of the Private Markets group. Mr. Allen joined Los Angeles Capital in 2009.
Thomas Stevens
Portfolio Manager since 05/28/2014
Mr. Stevens, CFA, is Chairman ,SPM and Principal, co-founded Los Angeles Capital since 2002. He is responsible for setting the firm’s strategic goals and is also an integral member of the firm’s Portfolio Management team. Prior to co-founding the firm, he was a senior managing director and principal at Wilshire Associates. He joined Wilshire in 1980. In 1986, he assumed responsibility for Wilshire Asset Managemen. Prior to joining Wilshire, he worked for the National Bank of Detroit as a portfolio manager and was primarily responsible for major pension fund client relationships.
Hal Reynolds
Portfolio Manager since 05/28/2014
Hal Reynolds is the Chief Investment Officer of LACM Global. As Chief Investment Officer and Chairman of Los Angeles Capital’s Investment Committee, Mr. Reynolds oversees the firm’s investment process. Since co-founding Los Angeles Capital in 2002, Mr. Reynolds has worked closely with the Research team to develop Investor Preference Theory®, the Dynamic Alpha Stock Selection Model®, and the Forward Attribution® process for developing forwarding looking expected factor returns. Working with the Research Directors, he develops the firm’s research goals and provides guidance on key projects to enhance the stock selection, portfolio construction, and trading processes. As a member of the Portfolio Review Committee, he works with senior members of the portfolio management team to establish key portfolio parameters for portfolio construction and rebalancing and developing procedures for monitoring and controlling portfolio risk. Prior to Los Angeles Capital, Mr. Reynolds was a managing director and principal at Wilshire Associates. Mr. Reynolds joined the consulting division of Wilshire Associates in 1989 where he served as a senior consultant to large ERISA plans. He also designed Wilshire Compass, Wilshire’s asset allocation and manager optimization technology for plan sponsors. In 1996, Mr. Reynolds began consulting for Wilshire Asset Management where he helped develop the Dynamic Alpha Model, which developed into Los Angeles Capital’s Dynamic Alpha Stock Selection Model®, and other quantitative long/short applications for Wilshire Asset Management. In 1998, he joined Wilshire Asset Management as Chief Investment Officer. Prior to joining Wilshire, Mr. Reynolds was a vice president at Mellon Bank where he was responsible for the design and management of Mellon’s portfolio analysis product for plan sponsors.
John Goetz
Portfolio Manager since 06/25/2018
Managing Principal, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager, and member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Mr. Goetz is a co-portfolio manager for the Global, International, European and Japan Focused Value strategies. He also previously served as the Director of Research and was responsible for building and training the research team. Mr. Goetz became a member of the firm in 1996. Prior to joining Pzena Investment Management, Mr. Goetz held a range of key positions at Amoco Corporation, his last as the Global Business Manager for Amoco’s $1 billion polypropylene business.
Allison Fisch
Portfolio Manager since 06/25/2018
Managing Principal, President, Portfolio Manager and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Ms. Fisch became a member of the firm in 2001 and helped to launch the Emerging Markets strategies in 2008, on which she has been a co-portfolio manager since inception. She joined the International portfolio management team in 2016. Ms. Fisch also co-managed the International Small Cap Value strategy and oversaw Global Best Ideas from 2017 to 2022. She was promoted to President in 2023. Prior to joining Pzena Investment Management, Ms. Fisch was a business analyst at McKinsey & Company. She earned a B.A. summa cum laude in Psychology and a minor in Drama from Dartmouth College.
Caroline Cai
Portfolio Manager since 06/25/2018
Managing Principal, Chief Executive Officer, Portfolio Manager, and member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Ms. Cai is a co-portfolio manager for the Global, International, and Emerging Markets strategies, and the Financial Opportunities service. Ms. Cai became a member of the firm in 2004. Prior to joining Pzena Investment Management, Ms. Cai was a senior analyst at AllianceBernstein LLP, and a business analyst at McKinsey & Company. She earned a B.A. summa cum laude in Math and Economics from Bryn Mawr College. Ms. Cai holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.
Susanne Willumsen
Portfolio Manager since 06/30/2019
Susanne Willumsen
Director, Portfolio Manager/Analyst
Lazard Asset Management Limited (London)
Susanne Willumsen is a Portfolio Manager/Analyst on Lazard's Quantitative Equity team. She began working in the investment field in 1993. Prior to joining Lazard in 2008, Susanne was Managing Director, Head of Active Equities Europe with State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). During her 13 year tenure at SSgA, Susanne was responsible for the research and portfolio management of all UK and European equity strategies.
Alex Lai
Portfolio Manager since 06/30/2019
Alex Lai is a Portfolio Manager/Analyst on Lazard's Quantitative Equity team. He began working in the investment field in 2002. Prior to joining Lazard in 2008, Alex was a Vice President and Quantitative Portfolio Manager in the Global Active Equity group at State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). Prior to that, Alex was an investment-banking analyst at Lehman Brothers Asia in Hong Kong. He has an MSc in Finance from Boston College and a BBA (Hons) in Finance and Accounting from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Paul Moghtader
Portfolio Manager since 06/30/2019
Paul Moghtader, CFA
Managing Director, Portfolio Manager/Analyst
Lazard Asset Management LLC (Boston)
Paul Moghtader is a Portfolio Manager/Analyst on Lazard's Quantitative Equity team. He began working in the investment field in 1992. Prior to joining Lazard in 2007, Paul was Head of the Global Active Equity Group and a Senior Portfolio Manager at State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). At SSgA Paul was the senior manager responsible for the research and portfolio management of all multi-regional active quantitative equity strategies. Previously, Paul was an analyst at State Street Bank.
Taras Ivanenko
Portfolio Manager since 06/30/2019
Taras Ivanenko, CFA
Director, Portfolio Manager/Analyst
Lazard Asset Management LLC (Boston)
Taras Ivanenko is a Portfolio Manager/Analyst on Lazard's Quantitative Equity team. He began working in the investment field in 1995. Prior to joining Lazard in 2007, Taras was a Senior Portfolio Manager in the Global Active Equity group at State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). Earlier at SSgA, he was a Principal and Senior Application Development Architect in the Equity Systems group. Previously, Taras was an analyst in Quantitative Research and Trading Systems at Oxbridge Research.
Craig Scholl
Portfolio Manager since 04/30/2020
Craig Scholl is a Director, Portfolio Manager/Analyst on Lazard's Equity Advantage team. He began working in the investment field in 1984 and joined Lazard in 2007. Education: BS in Finance and Public Communications, Syracuse University. He is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society.
Peter Kashanek
Portfolio Manager since 04/30/2020
Peter Kashanek
Director, Client Portfolio Manager
Lazard Asset Management LLC (Boston)
Peter Kashanek is a Client Portfolio Manager on Lazard's Quantitative Equity team. He began working in the investment field in 1994. Prior to joining Lazard in 2007, Peter was a Principal and a Portfolio Manager in the Global Active Equity group at State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). Previously, Peter was an investment analyst in the Institutional Equity Research Group at Bank of Montreal where he focused on global energy companies.
Ciprian Marin
Portfolio Manager since 04/30/2020
Ciprian Marin is a Director, Portfolio Manager/Analyst on Lazard's Equity Advantage team. He began working in the investment field in 1997 and joined Lazard in 2008. Education: MBA in Finance, International University of Japan and a BS in International Economics, Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest. Ciprian is a Certified Investment Adviser (UK). He holds FINRA (formerly NASD) Series 7 and JASDA Series 2 registrations. He has managed a portion of the Fund since August 2015.
Sanjay Ayer
Portfolio Manager since 06/30/2020
As a member of the Investment Strategy Group for the firm’s global fundamental growth strategies, his primary responsibilities are portfolio management and equity research. Prior to joining WCM in 2007, he served as an equity analyst for Morningstar, Inc., where he covered the gaming, cruise and online travel industries. Sanjay also served previously as a performance analyst at J. & W. Seligman & Co. In addition to being a CFA® charterholder, he holds a BA in economics and a BA in applied mathematics from Johns Hopkins University.
Brian Timberlake
Portfolio Manager since 07/31/2020
Brian Timberlake is the head of fixed income research at Voya Investment Management and is responsible for managing the organization’s global fixed income research analysts as well as the coordination of macroeconomic data across the fixed income platform. Prior to this position, Mr. Timberlake was Head of Quantitative Research and before that, a Senior Quantitative Analyst. He joined Voya IM in 2003. His team is responsible for macro and quantitative fixed income research and provides additional assistance to individual sector groups and the risk management team. In addition, Brian is a named portfolio manager on several global and opportunistic fixed income products. Previously, he was the head of quantitative research where he helped develop an integrated, automated tool for interest rate hedging, created multifactor risk models, and was integral to the design and monitoring of customized client portfolios. Prior to that he was a senior quantitative analyst at Voya. Brian received a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Maryland, an MS in quantitative and computational finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a PhD in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.
Sean Banai
Portfolio Manager since 07/31/2020
Sean Banai is head of portfolio management for the fixed income platform at Voya Investment Management. Previously, Sean was a senior portfolio manager and before that head of quantitative research for proprietary fixed income. Prior to joining the firm in 1999, he was a partner in a private sector company. Sean received a BA and an MS in actuarial science from Georgia State University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.
Suehyun Kim
Portfolio Manager since 07/31/2020
Suehyun Kim is a vice president of Wilshire Associates and portfolio manager within Wilshire Funds Management. Ms. Kim has over 19 years of industry experience and is responsible for creating multi-asset class, multi-manager investment solutions for financial intermediary clients. Prior to joining Wilshire Associates, Ms. Kim was an investment director at Cetera Financial Group, head of manager research for Cetera Investment Management, and a voting member of the Investment Committee. Previously, Ms. Kim worked as an investment analyst at Morgan Stanley Asset Management in domestic equity, then with Millgate Capital, a long/short fund focused on international equities.
Ms. Kim earned her BA in liberal arts, with a major in economics, from Columbia College, Columbia University, and an MBA with a dual specialization in financial instruments and entertainment/media/technology from New York University’s Stern School of Business. Ms. Kim is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, 100 Women in Finance, and the Junior League of Los Angeles.
Anthony Wicklund
Portfolio Manager since 07/31/2020
Tony Wicklund is a managing director of Wilshire Associates and a portfolio manager with Wilshire Funds Management. Mr. Wicklund has over 17 years of industry experience and is a portfolio manager for multi-manager portfolios, including target-risk, target-date, and alternative portfolios for a range of financial intermediary clients. Prior to joining Wilshire Associates in 2013, Mr. Wicklund was the director of risk management at Convergent Wealth Advisors, where he led the firm’s investment risk management and operational due diligence efforts. Additionally, he served as chairman of the firm’s Risk Management Oversight Committee and was a voting member of the Investment Committee. Previously, Mr. Wicklund was a senior analyst at Pacific Seafood where he evaluated acquisition targets, coordinated the integration of acquired companies, and performed internal operational audits and capital expenditure analyses.
Mr. Wicklund earned his BS in business administration, with a concentration in finance from the University of Oregon. He also holds an MBA from the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, with a concentration in investments and financial markets. Mr. Wicklund holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations, and is a member of CFA Society Los Angeles, CFA Institute, and the CAIA Association.
Josh Emanuel
Portfolio Manager since 07/31/2020
Josh Emanuel, a managing director of Wilshire Associates, and chief investment officer for Wilshire Funds Management, joined Wilshire Associates in 2015. In his role as CIO, Mr. Emanuel leads the investment activities of Wilshire Funds Management, including asset allocation, manager research, portfolio management, and investment research. Mr. Emanuel also chairs the Wilshire Funds Management Investment Committee. From 2010 to May 2015, Mr. Emanuel served as chief investment officer of The Elements Financial Group, LLC (TEG), where he developed and managed a variety of outcome-oriented investment strategies and exchange traded funds. Mr. Emanuel also codeveloped an innovative technology solution which provides volatility-based risk profiling, risk budgeting, and compliance services to financial advisors and institutions. Prior to his tenure at TEG, Mr. Emanuel served in several roles at Wilshire from 2004-2010, including head of manager research, head of strategy for Wilshire Funds Management, and co-chairman of the Wilshire Funds Management Investment Committee. Prior to 2004, Mr. Emanuel was responsible for international manager research for Jeffrey Slocum & Associates, Inc. Mr. Emanuel has a BA in Finance from the University of Pittsburgh and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Nathan Palmer
Portfolio Manager since 07/31/2020
Nathan Palmer is a managing director of Wilshire Associates and heads Wilshire Funds Management’s Portfolio Management Group. Mr. Palmer has more than 20 years of industry experience and is responsible for creating multi-asset class, multi-manager investment solutions for financial intermediary clients. He is the Chair of Wilshire Funds Management’s Investment Committee and Retirement Oversight Committee. Prior to joining Wilshire Associates, Mr. Palmer provided investment advice to endowment, foundation, and family office clients at Convergent Wealth Advisors. Previously, he managed the public market investment portfolios for the endowment at the California Institute of Technology and for the defined benefit and defined contribution retirement assets at Intel Corporation. Mr. Palmer began his career as a securities analyst, where he published equity research on the technology, media, and telecom industries.
Mr. Palmer graduated phi beta kappa and cum laude from the University of Washington with a BA in business administration. He holds an MBA with High Distinction from the Stern School of Business, New York University, graduating as an Armando John Garville Memorial Scholar. Mr. Palmer holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and is an active member of CFA Institute and CFA Society Los Angeles.
Daniel Arche
Portfolio Manager since 04/30/2021
Mr. Daniel Arche serves as a Senior Portfolio Manager, Managing Director & Investment Committee Member at Los Angeles Capital Management and Equity Research. As a Portfolio Manager, Mr. Arche is responsible for select client relationships and managing their accounts in accordance with Los Angeles Capital's investment philosophy and process. Mr. Arche works to ensure that portfolios reflect the investment outlook of the Model and that portfolios are operating within expected risk tolerances and guidelines. He recommends changes to portfolio parameters that will enhance return and better control risk. In addition, Mr. Arche is a day-to-day contact for clients for any questions that arise and is a primary contact for routine information requests. Mr. Arche is a member of the Firm's Investment Committee which is comprised of senior members of the investment team and is responsible for overseeing all decisions regarding improvements to the investment process. Mr. Arche is also a member of the Portfolio Review Committee which meets monthly to review portfolio performance and compliance with investment guidelines.
Rakesh Bordia
Portfolio Manager since 01/31/2023
Principal and Portfolio Manager. Mr. Bordia is a co-portfolio manager for the Emerging Markets and International strategies. Mr. Bordia became a member of the firm in 2007. Prior to joining Pzena Investment Management, Mr. Bordia was a principal at Booz Allen Hamilton focusing on innovation and growth strategies, and a software engineer at River Run Software Group. He earned a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India and an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.
Jon Tringale
Portfolio Manager since 04/30/2023
Jon joined WCM in 2015; his primary responsibility is portfolio management for our global, fundamental growth strategies. Since he began his investment career in 2008, Jon’s experience includes positions as an Analyst on the trading floor with Wedbush Securities, and as Vice President at Gerson Lehrman Group. Jon earned his B.S. (cum laude) in Finance from San Jose State University (California).
Kurt Livermore
Portfolio Manager since 12/31/2023
Kurt Livermore is a Portfolio Manager/Analyst on the Lazard Equity Advantage team. He began working in the investment field in 1997. Prior to joining Lazard in 2023, he was a senior quantitative equity Portfolio Manager with Acadian Asset Management. Previously, Kurt served as a Partner and Portfolio Manager for U.S. and global equity strategies at GlobeFlex Capital, and beforehand was a portfolio manager for U.S. equity market-neutral strategies at FrontPoint Partners/Matikos Capital. Kurt started his career at BGI/BlackRock. He has a B.S. in business administration from the University of Arizona. Kurt is a CFA® charterholder.
Raj Jadav, CFA
Portfolio Manager since 04/30/2024
Raj Jadav is a portfolio manager at Voya Investment Management. Prior to joining Voya, Raj was a senior product specialist at Allianz Global Investors where he was responsible for covering and supporting sales and distribution of the global fixed income team’s product offering in North America. Prior to that, Raj was a portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein where he held various positions managing US multi-sector, US TIPS, stable value, global multi-sector and municipal money market portfolios. Raj earned a MA in economics from New York University and a BS in business management and economics from SUNY at Stony Brook. Raj is a CFA® Charterholder.