PENSION FUNDS, ENDOWMENTS

AND FOUNDATIONS

Serving Illinois Public Funds For 30 Years

Independent, Objective & Transparent

Investment Consulting

We provide a full range of professional institutional advisory and consulting services for public safety pension fund investing. Working together, we develop an overall plan for the implementation, management and measurement of plan assets with an eye toward stated goals and objectives.

 

  • Asset Allocation
  • Investment Policy Statement
  • Manager Search
  • Performance Reporting
  • Board Meeting Attendance

Asset Management

After identifying the specific financial goals, tolerance for risk, investment time horizon, and tax situation of your pension fund, endowment or foundation, we construct and manage a portfolio tailored to meet your specific needs. Regularly scheduled reports transparently detail progress.

 

  • Equity – Dynamic Risk Management (DRM)
  • Sectors Strategy
  • Factors Strategy
  • Fixed Income
  • Global Balanced

NEWS AND BLOG

Fed Faces Twin Threats in Fight Against Inflation

Fed Faces Twin Threats in Fight Against Inflation

There is wide agreement among economists and market observers that the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate hikes will cause economic growth to grind to a halt, leading to a recession. Less talked about is the risk of a financial crisis as the U.S. central bank...

Summer Time Reminds Us to Be Flexible

Summer Time Reminds Us to Be Flexible

Your financial plan must be adaptable – you don’t set it and forget it As summer heats up, it pays to take a good look at how flexible you are. When you plan for the future, you need to be adaptable. No one knows what tomorrow holds. This is certainly true in the...

The Perils of Trying to Time the Stock Market

The Perils of Trying to Time the Stock Market

Two years after the COVID-market-bottom, were you fully invested? The end of March 2022 marked the two-year anniversary of the stock market bottom and the end of the shortest bear market on record. Since then the U.S. stock markets have quickly reached new highs, with...