Monte Tarbox
Monte Tarbox is the Chief Investment Officer for the Office of the New York City Comptroller's Bureau of Asset Management, overseeing investment strategy for the five New York City public pension systems valued at over 300 billion dollars. He was appointed to the role on a permanent basis in March 2026 by Comptroller Mark Levine, having served as interim CIO since the beginning of that year. He brings over three decades of investment management experience, including prior roles as Executive Director of Investments for the National Electrical Benefit Fund, CIO of the IAM National Pension Fund, and president of the AFL-CIO Investment Trust Corporation.
“the $327 billion public plan has turned down managers because it needs to diversify away from AI”
Source→“[AI] is a risk that can't possibly be fully appreciated asset class by asset class”
Source→AI-extracted from podcast / newsletter / paper summaries. May contain errors.