Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Board of Pensions is an asset management arm of Evangelical Lutheran Church In America. The firm also provides Health coverage, Retirement benefits, and Disability and survivor benefits to its clients. It provides its services to pastors, rostered laypersons, and lay employees and their families. The firm manages pension funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. The firm also invests in the alternative investments markets, typically limiting it to real assets, alternative equity, and mezzanine/distressed private debt partnerships. It also invests in the real estate securities, including REITs. For its equity investments, the firm typically invests in large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap companies. For its fixed income investments, it typically invests in high yield bonds, core bonds, inflation-indexed bonds, cash equivalents, and various money market instruments. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Board of Pensions was founded in 1988 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.