Daniel E. Allen, CFA

About Daniel

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, Equity, & 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 Senior Managing Director and Board member of Wilshire Associates. For more than 20 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 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.

Experience and Credentials

BBA Pacific Lutheran University, 1982
MBA University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 1991

2009

Present Los Angeles Capital

1993 - 2009

Wilshire Associates

1991 - 1993

Asset Strategy Consulting

1983 - 1989

Wilshire Associates