Edward Rackham, Ph.D

About Edward

Ed Rackham is Chief Investment Officer of Los Angeles Capital Management, Chair of the Investment Committee, and a member of the Firm’s Board of Directors.

In his current role, Ed works to bring the Los Angeles Capital Investment Team’s latest ideas to the investment process. He collaborates closely with the Chief Research Officer to enhance the Firm’s quantitative models and portfolio management tools and has demonstrated leadership in bringing together the best ideas from the Firm’s Research and Information Technology groups to create a cloud-based platform to spur innovation. By working closely with the Firm’s Portfolio Managers, Ed continues to improve implementation by achieving greater alignment between Dynamic Alpha Model views and portfolio holdings, and through coordination of the Relationship and Portfolio Management teams, he works with the Firm’s clients to discuss key research findings and investment results. Prior to assuming the role of Chief Investment Officer, Ed served as the Co-Director of Research managing development of the Firm’s Investment models with a focus on the risk management and portfolio construction toolset.

Prior to joining Los Angeles Capital, Ed spent six years at Wilshire Associates, researching and developing risk and portfolio analytics tools, most recently as the Head of Research and Development of their Equity Analytics group. Previously, Ed was an instructor in mathematics and physical chemistry at the University of Oxford, where he also earned his doctorate.

Experience and Credentials

MChem University of Oxford, 2000
PhD University of Oxford, 2004

2011 – Present

Los Angeles Capital

2005 – 2011

Wilshire Associates