Lynagh Associates Ltd.
5700 Commons Park Drive, P.O. Box 43, Dewitt, N.Y. 13214; phone: (315) 445-0267
Lynagh Associates Ltd. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; and U.S. and global/international manager selection, performance measurement and additional analysis.
The firm also offers style regression analysis, correlation matrix development and on-site due diligence.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides advice on which investment options to offer employees, advice on the hiring of firms offering the specific investment options, and investment education and communications programs for employees. There is one professional working solely on the needs of 401(k) plans.
Of the four tax-exempt clients on retainer, three are corporate and one is a foundation or endowment fund. There are two professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars.
Gilbert C. Lynagh is client contact.
Madison Portfolio
Consultants Inc.
400 Madison Ave., Suite 810, New York, N.Y. 10017; phone: (212) 753-2219
Madison Portfolio Consultants Inc. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; U.S., global/international, real estate, venture capital, LBO, private investments, derivatives and GIC manager selection and performance measurement; and U.S. investment, global/international, real estate and derivatives additional analysis.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides advice on which investment options to offer employees, advice on the hiring of firms offering the specific investment options, guidance on the hiring of record-keeping service providers and investment education and communications programs for employees.
Of the 25 tax-exempt clients on retainer, five are corporate, six are union, eight are foundation or endowment funds and six are other plans. The firm also provided services to two non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, of which one was corporate and one was a foundation or endowment fund.
There are two professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard and soft dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include Carnegie, IATSE National Pension Fund, National Fuel Gas and Seeing Eye.
Alan C. Weisenberg 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; U.S., real estate, derivatives and GIC manager selection and performance measurement; and additional analysis of U.S., derivatives and GIC investments.
The firm has special expertise in multiemployer plans.
All of the 65 tax-exempt clients on retainer are union.
There are five professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard and soft dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include IBEW National, SEIU National, Bricklayers National and Hotel Employees National.
Jack Marco is client contact.
James P. Marshall Inc.
10 Bay St., Suite 614, P.O. Box 67, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2R8; phone: (416) 361-0225
James P. Marshall Inc. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; and U.S. investment, global/international, real estate, derivatives and GIC manager selection, performance measurement and additional analysis.
The firm has special expertise in investment policy, asset mix and monitoring.
Of the 60 tax-exempt clients on retainer, 25 are corporate, 25 are public, five are union and five are foundation or endowment funds. The firm also provided services to 12 non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, of which four were corporate, five were public and three were foundation or endowment funds.
There are nine professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include Procter & Gamble, Campbell Soup and McMaster University.
M. Ann Marshall is client contact.
McDonald & Co. Securities
800 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44114; phone: (800) 553-2240
McDonald & Co. Securities Inc., a unit of McDonald & Co. Investments, provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; and U.S. and global/international manager selection, performance measurement and additional analysis.
The firm also offers asset allocation modeling and pension plan 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 the specific investment options, guidance on the hiring of record-keeping service providers, investment education and communications programs for employees, plan design and prototype or customized plan documents. The firm has eight 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 25 GIC providers, 2,200 equity mutual funds, 2,700 fixed-income mutual funds and three money market mutual funds.
The firm has special expertise in investment management consulting on corporate retirement plans, health care providers and endowments and foundations.
A division of the firm provides investment advisory capabilities, including mutual funds, to the investment management industry.
Of the nine tax-exempt clients on retainer, three are corporate, one is public, two are union and three are foundation or endowment funds. The firm also provided services to 17 non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, of which nine were corporate, four were public, two were union and two were foundation or endowment funds.
There are four professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard and soft dollars.
The firm provides a wrap fee investment consulting program that has 12 managers and has $100 million from 400 clients.
James H. St. Charles is client contact.
Meketa Investment Group
35 Braintree Hill Park, Suite 304, Braintree, Mass. 02184; phone: (617) 356-1400
Meketa Investment Group provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; U.S., global/international, real estate, venture capital, private investment, derivatives and GIC manager selection and performance measurement; and U.S. investment, global/international, venture capital, private investments and derivatives additional analysis.
The firm also offers proxy vote tracking and analysis, fund coordination and style analysis.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides advice on which investment options to offer employees, advice on the hiring of firms offering the specific investment options, guidance on the hiring of record-keeping service providers and investment education and communications programs for employees. There is one professional working solely on the needs of 401(k) plans.
The firm tracks 25 GIC providers, 600 equity mutual funds, 600 fixed-income mutual funds and 25 money market mutual funds.
The firm has special expertise in cost control and customization of services.
Of the 16 tax-exempt clients on retainer, four are corporate, seven are union and five are foundation or endowment funds. The firm also provided services to eight non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, of which four were union and four were foundation or endowment funds.
There are five professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars. Tax-exempt retainer clients include Ohio Carpenters Pension Fund, Lahey Clinic, Clark Construction Group and Massachusetts Laborers Pension.
Fred Sweeney is client contact.
