Illinois Education Association, Springfield, hired Marquette Associates as investment consultant for its $82.2 million Taft-Hartley defined benefit plan, said Will Lovett, retirement plan chairman, in an e-mail.
The search was conducted earlier this year as a due diligence measure and to test the market.
The other finalists were Ellwood Associates, Standard Valuations and incumbent DiMeo Schneider & Associates.
An RFP and RFI were issued earlier this year using InHub's eRFP tool.
