Dahab Associates Inc.
423 S. Country Road, Bay Shore, NY 11706; phone: (516) 665-6181; fax: (516) 665-6813; www.dahab.com
Dahab Associates Inc. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives and asset allocation. It provides manager selection and performance measurement for U.S., global/international, venture capital, LBO, private investment, GIC investment, real estate and hedge fund investment.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides investment education/communications for employees; advice on which investment options to offer employees; guidance on hiring record keepers; and advice on the hiring of firms offering specific investment options.
The firm has special expertise in complete due diligence on manager searches, complete performance evaluation, asset allocation modeling and analysis, and policy guideline formulation and review.
Of the 47 tax-exempt clients on retainer, two are corporate, 18 are public, 16 are union, eight are foundation or endowment funds, and three are hospital/healthcare funds.
There are four professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include Plymouth County, Mass.; Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System; City of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and University of Alabama.
Richard E. Dahab is client contact.
Defined Contribution Advisors Inc.
33 10th Ave. S., Suite 375, Hopkins, MN 55343-1309; phone: (612) 912- 9900; fax: (612) 912-0229; www.dcadvisors.com
Defined Contribution Advisors Inc. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives and asset allocation. It provides manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis on U.S. and global/international investment.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides advice on investment options to offer employees; guidance on hiring record keepers; and advice on the hiring of firms offering specific investment options. It has 10 professionals working solely on the needs of 401(k) plans.
The firm tracks 1,200 equity mutual funds, 500 fixed-income mutual funds, 15 money market funds and 12 GIC providers.
The firm has special expertise in services to defined contribution plan sponsors.
Of the 50 tax-exempt clients on retainer, 49 are corporate and one is public. The firm also provided services to 10 nonretainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, of which nine were corporate and one was public.
There are 10 professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars.
Gary Mosiman is client contact.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
2 World Financial Center, New York, NY 10281-1414; phone: (212) 436- 2000; fax: (212) 436-5000; www.dttus.com
Deloitte & Touche LLP provides overall development of investment policies/objectives and asset allocation. It provides manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis for U.S. and global/international investments. Performance measurement is also available for venture capital, LBOs and derivatives. Additional analysis is given for derivatives.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides record keeping and administration; investment education/communications for employees; advice on investment options to offer employees; guidance on hiring record keepers; and advice on the hiring of firms offering specific investment options. It has 50 professionals working solely on the needs of 401(k) plans.
The firm tracks 4,200 equity mutual funds and 6,300 fixed-income mutual funds.
The firm has special expertise in asset allocation analysis, investment policy review, asset/liability studies, manager searches and due diligence, and portfolio benchmarking.
The firm provides Level I and Level II AIMR verification, and risk management and measurement to the investment management industry.
There are 25 professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars.
Chris Parsons and Chris Ito are client contacts.
DeMarche Associates Inc.
P.O. Box 7027, Kansas City, MO 64113; phone: (913) 384-4994; fax: (913) 384-0555
DeMarche Associates provides overall development of investment policies/objectives and asset allocation. It provides manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis for U.S. and global/international. Manager selection is available for venture capital, derivatives, private investment and GIC investments. Performance measurement is available for private and GIC investments.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides advice on investment options to offer employees, guidance on hiring record keepers, advice on the hiring of firms offering specific investment options, performance measurement and analysis, and overall fund structure analysis.
The firm has special expertise in asset allocation, manager searches and performance evaluation for corporate DB and DC plans, foundations, endowments, unions and public funds.
Of the 80 tax-exempt clients on retainer, 52 are corporate, six are public, five are union and 17 are foundation or endowment funds. The firm also provided services to 70 nonretainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, of which 46 were corporate, five were public, four were union and 15 were foundation or endowment funds.
There are 18 professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard or soft dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include Baxter International, The Quaker Oats Co., Whirlpool Corp., and Advanced Micro Devices.
Peter Gram is client contact.
DiMeo Schneider & Associates LLC
211 W. Wacker Dr., Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60606; phone: (312) 853-1000; fax: (312) 853-3352; www.dimeoschneider.com
DiMeo Schneider & Associates provides overall development of investment policies/objectives and asset allocation. It provides manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis for U.S., global/international, private investment and GIC investments.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides investment education/communications for employees; advice on investment options to offer employees; guidance on hiring record keepers; and advice on the hiring of firms offering specific investment options. Ten professionals work solely on the needs of 401(k) plans.
The firm tracks more than 5,000 equity mutual funds, 1,500 fixed-income mutual funds, 100 money market mutual funds and 30 GIC providers.
The firm has special expertise in 401(k) consulting, endowments and foundations.
The firm provides fund evaluation and manager searches to the investment management industry.
Of the 102 tax-exempt clients on retainer, 90 are corporate, two are public, one is union and nine are foundation or endowment funds.
There are seven professional consultants.
Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include Roosevelt University, Illinois Central Railroad, Comdisco Inc. and Miner Enterprises.
Stephanie Tatum is client contact.
Disabato Associates Inc.
1 IBM Plaza, Suite 2801, Chicago, IL 60611; phone: (312) 494-7760; fax: (312) 494-7766; www.disabato.com
Disabato Associates provides overall development of investment policies/objectives and asset allocation. It provides manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis for U.S., global/international, venture capital, derivatives, private investment and GIC investments. It also offers advice on plan design, establishing pooled funds, custody/trustee evaluation, proxy voting and liability modeling.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides investment education/communications for employees; bundled services through a mutual fund alliance; advice on investment options to offer employees; guidance on hiring record keepers; advice on the hiring of firms offering specific investment options; fee negotiations; customized RFP development; internal systems evaluation; advice on plan design and features; and participant surveys.
Five professionals work solely on the needs of 401(k) plans.
The firm tracks 2,010 equity mutual funds, 1,750 fixed-income mutual funds, 78 money market mutual funds and 36 GIC providers.
The firm has special expertise in the formulation of 401(k) investment features, asset/liability analysis, alternative investment strategies and economically targeted investments.
Of the 42 tax-exempt clients on retainer, 15 are corporate, five are public, 16 are union and six are foundation or endowment funds. The firm also provided services to 45 nonretainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, of which 16 were corporate, five were public, 17 were union and seven were foundation or endowment funds.
There are eight professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars.
Ted L. Disabato is client contact.
Dorn, Helliesen & Cottle Inc.
260 California St., Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94111; phone: (415) 986-2700; fax: (415) 986-2777
Dorn, Helliesen & Cottle provides overall development of investment policies/objectives and asset allocation. It provides manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis for U.S. investment.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides advice on investment options to offer employees; guidance on hiring record keepers; advice on the hiring of firms offering specific investment options; investment policies; and performance evaluation.
The firm tracks 6,023 equity mutual funds and 4,031 fixed-income mutual funds.
Of the 15 tax-exempt clients on retainer, four are corporate, 10 are public and one is foundation or endowment funds. The firm also provided services to one nonretainer tax-exempt corporate client during the past year.
There are five professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include Contra Costa County (Calif.) Employees' Retirement Association, City of Fresno (Calif.) Retirement System, Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho, and City of Miami Firefighters' and Police Officers' Retirement Trust.
William Cottle is client contact.
