Institutional Shareholder
Services Inc.
7200 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 1001, Bethesda, Md. 20814; phone: (301) 718-2255
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. offers proxy research and voting agent services to institutional investors.
The firm has special expertise in proxy services.
The firm provides proxy services to the investment management industry.
There are 60 professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Pamela Carroll is client contact.
International Investment
Group Inc.
17 Madison Ave., Port Chester, N.Y. 10573; phone: (914) 939-1543
International Investment Group Inc. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; U.S., global/international and derivatives manager selection; and U.S., global/international, real estate, private investments, derivatives and GIC performance measurement and analysis.
The firm tracks 27 equity mutual funds and 15 money market mutual funds.
The firm has special expertise in equity index optimization.
Of the five tax-exempt clients on retainer, three are corporate and two are foundation or endowment funds. The firm also provided services to seven non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, of which three were corporate and four were foundation or endowment funds.
There are 11 professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard and soft dollars.
The firm provides the following investment vehicles: equity/index optimization, index option hedging and overwriting. The programs, with five managers, have $2 billion from 16 clients.
Kurt G. Hiebaum is client contact.
InterSec Research Corp.
66 Gate House Road, Stamford, Conn. 06902; phone: (203) 348-7101
InterSec Research Corp. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; and global/international manager selection, performance measurement and 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, and monitoring of managers hired for cross-border investment options.
The firm has special expertise in cross-border investment management.
Of the 55 tax-exempt clients on retainer, 40 are corporate, 12 are public, one is union and two are foundation or endowment funds. The firm also provided services to 68 non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year, of which 49 were corporate, 14 were public, one was union and four were foundation or endowment funds.
There are 21 professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include California State Teachers, Colorado Fire & Police, Illinois State Board of Investments and Minnesota State Board.
Arthur W. McCain Jr. is client contact.
Investment Management
4870 S. Lewis, Suite 180, Tulsa, Okla. 74105; phone: (918) 742-3031
Investment Management Inc. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; and U.S. and global/international manager selection.
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 advisory services.
The firm has special expertise in asset allocation.
There are two professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars.
Steve Dudash is client contact.
The Investment
Measurement Co.
220 Montgomery St., Suite 425, San Francisco, Calif. 94104; phone: (415) 553-5422
The Investment Measurement Co. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; U.S. investment and GIC manager selection; U.S. investment, real estate, derivatives and GIC performance measurement; and U.S. investment and GIC 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 and guidance on the hiring of record-keeping service providers. There are two professionals working solely on the needs of 401(k) plans.
The firm has special expertise in Taft-Hartley plans.
Of the 15 tax-exempt clients on retainer, one is corporate, two are public and 12 are union. The firm also provided services to two non-retainer tax-exempt clients during the past year.
There are two professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard dollars.
Tax-exempt retainer clients include Northern California Pipe Trades; Northern California Glaziers & Glass Workers; Western States Asbestos Workers; and IBEW 1710.
Lyman Dyson or Dwight McCan are client contacts.
Investment Performance
Services Inc.
329 Commercial Drive., Suite 104, Savannah, Ga. 31406; phone: (912) 352-2862
Investment Performance Services Inc. provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; U.S. and global/international manager selection and performance measurement.
The firm has special expertise in Taft-Hartley funds.
Of the 67 tax-exempt clients on retainer, all are union. There are six professional consultants. Fees are payable in hard or soft dollars.
Herbert C. "Trey" Skinner III is client contact.
Johnston, Dragon
& Associates
301 N. Harrison St., Suite 68, Princeton, N.J. 08540; (609) 497-1616
Johnston, Dragon & Associates provides overall development of investment policies/objectives; overall development of appropriate asset allocation; and U.S., global/international and real estate manager selection, performance measurement and additional analysis.
For 401(k) plans, the firm provides advice on which investment options to offer employees and advice on the hiring of firms offering the specific investment options. There are three professionals working solely on the needs of 401(k) plans.
The firm tracks 20 GIC providers, 1,200 equity mutual funds, 1,100 fixed-income mutual funds and 200 money market mutual funds.
Of the six tax-exempt clients on retainer, four are corporate and two are union.
There are three professional consultants. Fees are payable in both hard and soft dollars.
Charles L. Johnston is client contact.
