Director of Investments, MEMCO
Justin Young is a Director of Investments at MEMCO where he is responsible for portfolio construction and manger selection across client portfolios. He has a special focus on uncorrelated strategies to help meet client needs in a wide range of market scenarios. Prior to joining MEMCO, Justin spent 11 years at the $40bn South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission where he ended his tenure as Director of Portable Alpha, managing the $5bn hedge fund program which was named 2022 Public Plan of the year by Institutional Investor. During his time as Director the portfolio’s performance was in the top 5% of all other public pensions while also maintaining bottom decile risk and beta, and generated over $1.4bn in excess returns since it was implemented in 2016. In addition to hedge funds, he also spent time covering Fixed Income, GTAA, Equity Options and Commodity allocations at RSIC. Justin began his career as a Research Analyst at Bridgewater associates where he worked with their global equities team. He graduated from the University of South Carolina Honors College where he majored in finance and economics. Justin is a CAIA Charterholder.