Global Research Institute
666 Fifth Ave., Suite 119, New York, N.Y. 10103; phone: (914) 277-2881; fax: (914) 277-2883
Global Research Institute provides U.S. investment, global/international, venture capital, LBO, private investments, derivative and GIC manager selection.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides advice on which investment options to offer employees, advice on the hiring of firms offering specific investment options and guidance on the hiring of record-keeping service providers. It has six professionals working solely on the needs of 401(k) plans.
The firm tracks 100 GIC providers, 6,000 equity mutual funds, and 1,000 fixed-income mutual funds.
The firm provides business, product and marketing strategy development; customized market research; competitive market analysis; and strategic selection of financial technology resources to the investment management industry.
There are six professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Linda Lowson is client contact.
Hewitt Associates L.L.C.
100 Half Day Road, Lincolnshire, Ill. 60069; phone: (847) 295-5000
Hewitt Associates L.L.C. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; and U.S., global/international, venture capital, LBO, private investments, derivative and GIC manager selections and performance measurement. It also offers real estate manager selection and performance measurement.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides bundled service through a mutual fund alliance, advice on which investment options to offer employees, advice on the hiring of firms offering specific investment options, record-keeping and administration services, guidance on the hiring of record-keeping service providers and investment education/communications programs for employees. The firm or a subsidiary offers non-proprietary mutual funds to 401(k) sponsors.
The firm tracks 30 GIC providers, 2,500 equity mutual funds, 2,000 fixed-income mutual funds and 500 money market mutual funds.
The firm has special expertise in asset liability projections.
Of the 115 tax-exempt clients on retainer, 95 are corporate, seven are public, one is union and 12 are foundation or endowment funds. The firm also provided services to 25 non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, of which 22 were corporate, one was public and two were foundation or endowment funds.
There are 18 professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include Chase Manhattan Bank, MCI Communications, Pharmacia & Upjohn and Safeway Inc.
Ken Johnson is client contact.
Ibbotson Associates
225 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 700, Chicago, Ill. 60601; phone: (312) 616-7542; fax: (312) 616-0404
Ibbotson Associates provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; U.S. investment and global/international manager selections and additional analysis; and venture capital, LBO, private investments, derivative and GIC additional analysis.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides bundled service through a mutual fund alliance, advice on which investment options to offer employees, advice on the hiring of firms offering specific investment options, record-keeping and administration services, guidance on the hiring of record-keeping service providers and investment education/communications programs for employees. It has three professionals working solely on the needs of 401(k) plans.
The firm has special expertise in investment policy, style analysis and asset allocation.
The firm provided services to four non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, of which one was public, one was union and two were foundation or endowment funds.
There are 21 professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Joanne Yachimec is client contact.
Institutional Shareholders
Services
7200 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 1001, Bethesda, Md. 20814; phone: (301) 718-2255; fax: (301) 718-2252
Institutional Shareholder Services, a unit of CDA, provides proxy monitoring and policy consulting.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides record-keeping and administration services, proxy voting research, policy consulting and voting agent services.
The firm has special expertise in corporate governance.
The firm provides proxy voting research, policy consulting and voting agent services to the investment management industry.
Of the 91 tax-exempt clients on retainer, 35 are corporate, 45 are public, five are union and six are foundation or endowment funds.
There are 40 professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Marcy Markowitz is client contact.
InterSec Research Corp.
66 Gate House Road, Stamford, Conn. 06902; phone: (203) 348-7101; fax: (203) 348-1906
InterSec Research Corp. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives, overall development of appropriate asset allocation and global/international manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis.
The firm has special expertise in international investments.
The firm provides performance measurement, manager research, industry research and consulting to the investment management industry.
The firm provided services to 32 non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, of which 23 were corporate, eight were public and one was foundation or endowment funds.
Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
James Waterman is client contact.
Investment Consulting
Group Inc.
217 E. Second St., Davenport, Iowa 52801; phone: (319) 322-2322; fax: (319) 322-4966
Investment Consulting Group Inc. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; and U.S. investment manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides advice on which investment options to offer employees, advice on the hiring of firms offering specific investment options and investment education/communications programs for employees.
The firm tracks 3,900 equity mutual funds and 1,800 fixed-income mutual funds.
The firm has special expertise in investment management analysis.
Of the 44 tax-exempt clients on retainer, 30 are corporate, four are public, six are union and four are foundation or endowment funds.
There are two professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars.
Pat Trimble and Don Stanforth are client contacts.
Investment Consulting
Group of GS2 Securities
250 E. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. 53202; phone: (414) 270-4444; fax: (414) 272-5059
Investment Consulting Group of GS2 Securities Inc., a unit of Glaisner Schilffarth Grande & Schnoll Ltd., provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; U.S. investment manager selection, performance measurement and additional analysis; global/international performance measurement; and GIC manager selections and performance measurement
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides advice on which investment options to offer employees and advice on the hiring of firms offering specific investment options.
The firm tracks 3,643 equity mutual funds, 6,145 fixed-income mutual funds and 869 money market mutual funds.
The firm has special expertise in mutual funds.
The firm provides investment banking services to the investment management industry.
Of the 15 tax-exempt clients on retainer, five are corporate, one is public, and nine are foundation or endowment funds. The firm also provided services to two non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, one public fund and one foundation or endowment fund.
There are nine professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
The firm provides the following investment vehicles: manager-of-managers funds and wrap accounts.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include Harley Davidson, Milwaukee Art Museum and the City of Grosse Pointe Farms.
Maureen Busby Oster is client contact.
Investment Performance
Services Inc.
7402 Hodgson Memorial Drive, Suite 100, Savannah, Ga. 31406; phone: (912) 352-2862; fax: (912) 355-6866
Investment Performance Services Inc. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; and U.S. investment and global/international manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis.
The firm has special expertise in consulting to Taft-Hartley funds.
Of the 106 tax-exempt clients on retainer, three are corporate and 103 are union funds.
There are eight professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Herbert C. "Trey" Skinner III is client contact.
