Oxford Financial Advisors
11711 N. Meridian St., Suite 600, P.O. Box 80238, Indianapolis, IN 46280- 0238; phone: (317) 843-5678; fax: (317) 843-5679; www.ofac.com
Oxford Financial Advisors Corp. 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, LBO, derivatives, 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.
The firm has special expertise in asset allocation strategies.
Of the 165 tax-exempt clients on retainer, 120 are corporate, four are public, one is union and 40 are foundation or endowment funds.
There are 20 professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars.
The firm offers manager of managers for hedge funds vehicles.
Field Retterer is client contact.
Pacific Corporate Group Inc.
1200 Prospect St., Suite 200, LaJolla, CA 92037; phone: (619) 456-6000; fax: (619) 456-6018; www.paccorpgrp.com
Pacific Corporate Group provides manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis for venture capital, LBO and private investments.
The firm has special expertise in venture capital, leveraged buyouts, distressed international private equity and opportunistic real estate.
The firm provides discretionary investment, nondiscretionary and fund-of-funds services to the investment management industry.
Of the eight tax-exempt clients on retainer, one is corporate and seven are public.
There are 14 professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars.
The firm provides the following investment vehicles: The Private Market Fund LP and the Pacific Corporate Group Private Equity Fund.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include Oregon Public Employes' Retirement Fund, Fire and Police Pension Association of Colorado, Mobil Oil Corp. and Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island.
Kelly DePonte is client contact.
PaineWebber Inc./Prime Asset Consulting
1200 Harbor Blvd., Third floor, Weehawken, NJ 07087; fax: (201) 902- 5849
PaineWebber/Prime Asset Consulting 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 consulting; manager selection and additional analysis for GIC consulting; and asset/liability analysis, asset allocation, endowment and spending analysis.
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. Five Prime consultants work solely on the needs of 401(k) plans.
The firm offers mutual funds to 401(k) sponsors.
The firm tracks the equity mutual funds, fixed-income mutual funds and money market funds in the Morningstar and CDA universes.
The firm has special expertise in investment policy, asset allocation analysis, asset/liability analysis, endowment spending policies, manager search and selection, and performance measurement and evaluation.
The firm provides investment manager searches, asset allocation studies, investment policy statements and performance monitoring for the investment management industry.
Of the 330 tax-exempt clients on retainer, 157 are corporate, 16 are public, nine are union, 66 are foundation or endowment and 82 are hospital/health-care/religious/other funds.
There are 32 professional investment management consultants through the Prime Group. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
The firm provides the following investment vehicles: separate account management; mutual funds; and funds of funds.
Irene J. Marom is client contact.
Pension Consulting Alliance
15760 Ventura Blvd. Suite 700, Encino, CA 91436; phone: (818) 995-8713; fax: (818) 990-7403
Pension Consulting Alliance 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, LBO, derivatives, private investment and GIC investments.
The firm has special expertise in global/international and asset allocation.
Of the 23 tax-exempt clients on retainer, 21 are public, one is union and one is a foundation or endowment fund. The firm also provided services to two nonretainer tax-exempt corporate clients during the past year.
There are 7 professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars.
Performance Analytics Inc.
333 W. Wacker Dr., Suite 1010, Chicago, IL 60606; phone: (312) 629-9560; fax: (312) 629-0930
Performance Analytics 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 consulting.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides advice on investment options to offer employees and on the hiring of firms offering specific investment options.
The firm tracks 2,500 equity mutual funds and 800 fixed-income mutual funds.
The firm has special expertise in equity and fixed income, by style.
The firm provides performance evaluation services to the investment management industry.
Of the 96 tax-exempt clients on retainer, 58 are corporate, five are public, 23 are union and 10 are foundation or endowment funds. The firm also provided services to five nonretainer tax-exempt corporate clients during the past year.
There are four professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include Aliant Corp., Peoples Energy, SKF (USA) Inc. and Qualex Inc.
William G. Lowery is client contact.
Plexus Group Inc.
11150 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90064; phone: (310) 312-5505; fax: (310) 312- 5506; www.plexusgroup.com
Plexus Group provides transaction cost monitoring and consulting.
The firm has special expertise in improving performance through better trading.
The firm provides global transaction and broker cost analyses to the investment management industry through alpha capture, Global Monitor, Sponsor Monitor and BrokerEDGE Monitor services.
Of the 24 tax-exempt clients on retainer, five are corporate and 19 are public.
The firm also provided services to five nonretainer tax-exempt public clients during the past year.
There are six professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include California Public Employees' Retirement System, Washington State Investment Board, General Motors Investment Management Corp. and Teachers' Retirement System of Texas.
Steven Glass is client contact.
Quan-Vest Consultants Inc.
390 Plandome Road, Manhasset, NY 11030; phone: (516) 365-4619; fax: (516) 365-4931
Quan-Vest Consultants provides overall development of investment policies/objectives and asset allocation. It provides manager selections, performance measurement and additional analysis for U.S., global/international and GIC investments.
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.
The firm tracks 7,300 mutual funds, 1,300 investment managers, 305 benchmarks and 168 peer groups.
The firm has special expertise in converting complex investment concepts into terms understandable to the average union or corporate official.
The firm provides asset allocation studies, performance measurement, manager searches, investment policy development and monitoring, turnover and commission analysis, and custodian searches to the investment management industry.
Of the 22 tax-exempt clients on retainer, one is corporate, one is public, 19 are union and one is a foundation or endowment fund. The firm also provided services to one nonretainer tax-exempt union client during the past year.
There are four professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars.
Anthony F. Lotruglio is client contact.
