Anthony V. Minopoli
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Knights of Columbus | President & Chief Investment Officer of Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors
Tony joined Knights of Columbus in 2005 and became Chief Operating Officer in March 2021. He is responsible for investment operations, human resources and all insurance operations, including underwriting, policy administration and customer service.
In his role as President & Chief Investment Officer of Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors, Tony is responsible for the day to day management of the Knight’s $29 billion General Account investment portfolio as well as serving as member of the Board of Directors. The Knights of Columbus’ New Haven investment staff of 11 investment professionals is directly responsible for management of $24 billion of fixed income and $500 million of preferred equity and the investment staff of 9 investment professionals in Boston is responsible for over $1 billion in equity investments. In his role as CIO, Tony is also responsible for overseeing the investment managers in the Knights’ defined benefit pension plan, defined contribution plan and charitable assets, all of which are externally managed.
In 2014, Tony led the creation of Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors (KOCAA), a registered investment advisor and serves as President and Chief Investment Officer. KOCAA offers investment products including 9 mutual funds (seven equity and two fixed income), commingled funds that invest in fixed income and limited partnerships with strategies for senior secured loans and long/short equity. This company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Knights of Columbus and was created to manage Catholic compliant strategies for Catholic intuitional investors. KOCAA recently became the subadvisor to a Catholic compliant global equity ETF, sold by Faith Investment Services.
Prior to joining the Knights of Columbus, Tony spent 18 years at Evaluation Associates with the last 10 years in the role of Senior Consultant. Tony worked with a wide array of pension and foundation clients including Colgate-Palmolive, Bristol-Myers, Albertson’s, Con Edison, M&T Bank, Teagle Foundation and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
“I joined the Knights of Columbus over 17 years ago to allow me to have my professional life dovetail with my faith. Through the creation of Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund, we came to know the Neal’s and I so respect the philanthropic vision shared by Rob and Berni. It is both a pleasure and an honor to be able to collaborate with the Neal’s and it is my sincere hope to help their efforts by working on worthwhile granting opportunities that benefit those in need, promote our Catholic ideals and help the Neals’ organization become a thought leader in Catholic philanthropy.”