Madison Portfolio
Consultants Inc.
400 Madison Ave., Suite 810, New York, N.Y. 10017; phone: (212) 753-2219; fax: (212) 753-2340
Madison Portfolio Consultants Inc. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; and U.S. investment, global/international, venture capital, LBO, private investments, derivative and GIC manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis.
The firm also offers hedge fund consulting services.
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.
The firm has special expertise in education.
The firm provides selection and monitoring of subadvisers to the investment management industry.
There are three professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include National Fuel Gas Co., Covenant House, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Seeing Eye Inc.
Frederick Weiss is client contact.
54 W. Hubbard St., Chicago, Ill. 60610; phone: (312) 527-4200
Marco Consulting Group provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; and U.S. investment, global/international, venture capital, private investments and GIC manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis.
The firm also offers proxy voting and custodial evaluation.
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.
The firm tracks all registered mutual funds.
The firm has special expertise in Taft Hartley plans.
Of the 90 tax-exempt clients on retainer, all are union plans.
There are five professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Jack Marco is client contact.
Meketa Investment Group
35 Braintree Hill Park, Suite 304, Braintree, Mass. 02184; phone: (617) 356-1400; fax: (617) 356-1489
Meketa Investment Group provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; and U.S. investment, global/international, venture capital, LBO, private investments, derivative and GIC manager selections, performance measurement and 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, guidance on the hiring of record-keeping service providers and investment education/communications programs. It has one professional working solely on the needs of 401(k) plans.
The firm has special expertise in cost control, cash centralization and liquidity management, crisis recovery systems, proxy voting monitoring systems, asset/liability modeling, special studies, custom research, investment strategy recommendations, performance measurement and evaluation, including proprietary analytics.
Of the 30 tax-exempt clients on retainer, seven are corporate, nine are union and nine are foundation or endowment funds. The firm also provided services to five non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, of which one was corporate, one was public, one was union and one was a foundation or endowment fund.
There are eight professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include New York State Nurses Association, Massachusetts Laborers, Lahey Hitchock Clinic and Ohio Carpenters.
Peter S. Woolley is client contact.
William M. Mercer
Investment Consulting Inc.
1417 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, Ill. 60015; phone: (847) 317-7400; fax: (847) 317-7418
William M. Mercer Investment Consulting Inc., a unit of William M. Mercer Inc., provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; and U.S. investment, global/international, venture capital, LBO, private investments, derivative and GIC manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis.
The firm also offers all aspects of real estate consulting.
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 two professionals working solely on the needs of 401(k) plans. The firm or a subsidiary offers mutual funds to 401(k) sponsors.
The firm tracks 75 GIC providers, 1,765 equity mutual funds, 738 fixed-income mutual funds and 13 money market mutual funds.
The firm has special expertise in health care organizations, multinationals, GICs and stable value investments.
Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include Advocate Health Care, New York State Teachers Retirement System and Federal Express.
Larry Gibson is client contact.
Merrill Lynch Consulting
Services
101 Hudson St., Jersey City, N.J. 07302; phone: (201) 557-0289; fax: (201) 557-0479
Merrill Lynch Consulting Services, a unit of Merrill Lynch, provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; U.S. investment and global/international manager selections and performance measurement; and private investments, derivative and GIC performance measurement.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides bundled service through a mutual fund alliance, record-keeping and administration services and investment education/communications programs for employees. It has 1,300 professionals working solely on the needs of 401(k) plans. The firm or a subsidiary offers mutual funds to 401(k) sponsors.
The firm provided services to 771 non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, of which 196 were corporate, 113 were public, 99 were union and 171 were foundation or endowment funds.
There are 200 professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Debra Fisherman is client contact.
Monitoring and Evaluation
Services Inc.
3375 Park Ave., Suite 3006, Wantagh, N.Y. 11793; phone: (516) 781-2000; fax: (516) 785-2354
Monitoring and Evaluation Services Inc. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; U.S. investment and global/international manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis; derivative and private investments performance measurement and additional analysis; and GIC manager selections and performance measurement.
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. It has two professionals working solely on the needs of 401(k) plans.
The firm has special expertise in commission recapture programs.
The firm provides equity and fixed-income transaction cost analysis segmented by portfolio and individual broker to the investment management industry.
There are three professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include Communications Workers of America, International Association of Fire Fighters, New York City Police Department Superior Officers, and Service Employees Pension Plan of Upstate New York.
Jack Renck is client contact.
New England Pension
Consultants Inc.
1 Main St., Cambridge, Mass. 02142; phone: (617) 374-1300; fax: (617) 374-1313
New England Pension Consultants Inc. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; U.S. investment and global/international manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis; and venture capital, LBO, private investments, derivative and GIC manager selections and performance measurement.
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, guidance on the hiring of record-keeping service providers and investment education/communications programs for employees.
The firm tracks 15 GIC providers, 3,993 equity mutual funds, 3,583 fixed-income mutual funds and seven money market mutual funds.
Of the 111 tax-exempt clients on retainer, 46 are corporate, 10 are public, 32 are union and 15 are foundation or endowment funds. The firm also provided services to two non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, both corporate.
There are eight professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Nordstrom Pension
Consulting Co.
5400 Inverrary Lane, Commerce, Mich. 48382; phone: (313) 416-5640; fax: (313) 416-5652
Nordstrom Pension Consulting Co. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; U.S. investment and global/international manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis; and derivative 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, guidance on the hiring of record-keeping service providers and investment education/communications programs for employees. It has one professional working solely on the needs of 401(k) plans. The firm offers mutual funds to 401(k) sponsors.
The firm has special expertise in 401(k) provider selection and performance measurement.
Of the nine tax-exempt clients on retainer, all are corporate funds.
There is one professional consultant. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include Core Industries, United Way Community Services, NTN USA Inc. and Total Travel Management.
The address above will be effective Jan. 1. The telephone and fax numbers shown will change, but the new numbers were not available at publication.
Karl Nordstrom is client contact.
