The following firms were omitted from the investment consultants directory that was published Dec. 9.
Asset Strategy Consulting
11766 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1220,
Los Angeles, Calif. 90025;phone: (310) 445-5400; fax: (310) 479-6499
Asset Strategy Consulting provides overall development of investment policies/objectives and appropriate asset allocation; U.S. investment, global/internation al, venture capital, LBO, private investments, derivatives and GIC manager selection, performance measurement and additional analysis.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides advice on hiring of firms offering specific investment option s and guidance on hiring record keeping and administrative services. It has eight professionals working solely on the needs of 401(k) plans.
The firm tracks 25 GIC providers, 2,472 equity mutual funds, 3,413 fixed-income mutual fund s and 300 money market mutual funds.The firm has special expertise in international investing, currency policy, style analysis, fee negotiations and efficient portfolio structuring.
There are eight professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
T.Jon Williams is client contact.
221 N. LaSalle St., Suite 1000,
Chicago, Ill. 60601; phone: (312) 782- 5665; fax: (312) 782-6904
Becker, Burke Associates Inc. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives and appropriate asset allocation; U.S. and global/international investment manager selection, performance measurement and additional analysis and GIC manager selection and performance measurement.
For 401(k) sponsors, 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 to 401(k) plan sponsors.
The firm has special expertise in performance evaluation, asset allocation and manager selection. Of the 43 tax-exempt clients on retainer, 18 are corporate, 14 are public, nine are union and two are foundation or endowment funds. The firm also provided services to two corporate non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year.There are four professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Howard H. Pohl, Edmund M. Burke and Richard L. Potter are client contacts.
Dahab Associates Inc.52 Nassau Ave., Islip, N.Y. 11751; phone: (516) 277-8301; fax: (516) 277-6594
Dahab Associates Inc. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives and appropriate asset allocation; U.S. investment, global/international, venture capital, private investing, derivative and GIC manager selection, performance measurement and additional analysis.
Of the 40 tax-exempt clients on retainer, five are corporate, 11 are public, 12 are union and 12 are foundation or endowment funds. There are three professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Richard Dahab is client contact.
DiMeo Schneider & Associates L.L.C.
120 N. LaSalle St., Suite 1140,
Chicago, Ill. 60602;phone: (312) 345- 6660; fax: (312) 345-1619
DiMeo Schneider & Associates L.L.C. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives and appropriate asset allocation; U.S., global/international and private investing manager selection, performance measurement and additional analysis; and GIC manager selection and performance measurement.
For 401(k) sponsors, 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 401(k) plan investment education/communication programs.The firm has special expertise in participant education, 401(k) provider searches, manager searches and performance evaluation.
Of the 56 tax-exempt clients on retainer, 51 are corporate and five are foundation or endowment funds. The firm also provided services to 25 non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, of which 24 were corporate and one was a foundation or endowment fund.
There are six professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include Precision Twist Drill; Illinois Central Railroad and OilDri Corp.William Schneider and Robert DiMeo are client contacts.
Robert Harrell Inc.
700 Lakeside Square, 12377 Merit Drive,
Dallas, Texas 75251;phone: (972) 934-7811; fax: (972) 934-7814
Robert Harrell Inc. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives and appropriate asset allocation, and U.S. investment manager selection, performance measurement and additional analysis.
For 401(k) sponsors, the firm provides bundled services through a mutual fund alliance, advice on which investment options to offer employees, advice on hiring firms offering specific investment options, guidance on hiring record-keeping and administrative services and 401(k) plan investment education/communications programs. There are three professionals working solely on the needs of 401(k) plans.
The firm tracks 2,389 equity mutual funds, 2,430 fixed-income mutual funds and 911 money market mutual funds.
The firm has special expertise in domestic equity manager style analysis and asset mix management.
Of the 21 tax-exem pt clients on retainer, 11 are corporate and 10 are foundation or endowment funds.There are three professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include Raytheon E-systems, Associated Milk Pr oducers, Trammell Crow and Ennis Business Forms.
Benjamin B. Napier is client contact.
International Investment Group Inc.
17 Madison Ave., Port Chester, N.Y. 10573; phone: (914) 939-1543; fax: (914) 939-2785
International Investment Group Inc. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; U.S. investment, global/international and derivative manager selection; and U.S., global/international, private investment, derivatives and GIC performance measurement and additional analysis.
The firm provides advice on the hiring of firms offering specific investment options to 401(k) plan sponsors.he firm tracks 82 equity mutual funds and 18 market mutual funds.
The firm has special expertise in enhanced index investing.The firm provides enhanced indexing, equity/asset optimization, index option hedging and overwriting to the investment management industry.
Of the five tax-exempt clients on retainer, three are corporate and two are foundation or endowment funds. The firm also provided services to four non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, of which two were corporate and two were foundation or endowment funds.
There are 12 professional consultants. Fees are payable in soft and hard dollars.
The firm provides the following investment vehicles: enhanced indexing, equity/asset optimization, index option hedging and overwriting. Kurt G. Hiebaum is client contact.
Tucker Anthony Institutional Investment Consulting
1 Corporate Center, Hartford, Conn. 06103;phone: (860) 241-8600; fax: (860) 241-8667
Tucker Anthony Institutional Investment Consulting, a unit of Tucker Anthony Inc., provides overall development of investment policies/objectives and appropriate asset allocation; and U.S. and global/international investment manager selection, performance measurement and additional analysis.
For 401(k) sponsors, the firm provides bundled services through a mutual fund alliance, advice on which investment options to offer, advice on the hiring of firms offering specific investment options, record-keeping and administrative services, guidance on the hiring of record-keeping service providers and 401(k) plan investment education/communications programs.
There are 30 professionals working solely on the needs of 401(k) plans.
There are 30 professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Attilio A. Albani Jr. is client contact.
