Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management
Shannon Ericson, CFA, currently serves as a Senior Investment Officer at Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management since January 2021. Prior to this role, Shannon held the position of Asset Allocation Portfolio Manager at Brighthouse Financial for a brief period from September 2020 to January 2021. With extensive experience in portfolio management, Shannon worked for LMCG Investments, LLC as a Portfolio Manager from August 2006 to September 2020, and previously as a Portfolio Manager/Analyst at Evergreen Investments from July 2000 to August 2006. Earlier in Shannon's career, roles included Quantitative Analyst positions at Independence Investments from 1997 to 2000, and Boston International Advisors from 1994 to 1997, where marketing analysis also took place. Shannon holds an MBA in Marketing from Bentley University's McCallum Graduate School of Business and a BS in Finance from Bentley University.
Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management
The Pension Reserves Investment Management (“PRIM”) Board manages the assets of the Pension Reserves Investment Trust (“PRIT”) Fund for public employee pension benefits on behalf of Massachusetts State Employees and Massachusetts Teachers’, as well as local participating retirement systems throughout the Commonwealth that elect to invest with PRIM. PRIM’s mission is to generate strong risk-adjusted investment returns that help the Commonwealth of Massachusetts meet its pension obligations and alleviate potential taxpayer burden. PRIM aims to be a leading investor of retirement funds through strong financial performance, a high degree of professionalism and transparency, and responsible resource management. PRIM’s highly experienced, professional investment staff seeks to maximize the return on investment with an acceptable level of risk by broadly diversifying the investment portfolio, capitalizing on economies of scale to achieve cost-effective operations, and providing access to high-quality, innovative investment strategies.