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

How To Measure Your Portfolio in Uncertain Times

How To Measure Your Portfolio in Uncertain Times

Making sure your investments help you towards your true life goals   Too often during uncertain times, we inadvertently compare ourselves to the people around us – and that leads us to make financial mistakes. In his book Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces...

Positioning a Portfolio for Additional Rate Hikes

Positioning a Portfolio for Additional Rate Hikes

What counts is how your money is invested now in anticipation of rate hikes At their recent March meeting, the Federal Reserve moved its fed funds target rate from near zero to a range of 0.25% to 0.50%. It was the first rate hike since 2018. But the Fed did three...

Market Volatility Can Stir Your Loss Aversion

Market Volatility Can Stir Your Loss Aversion

At the foundation of your financial well-being lies your behavior Here is a statement that is bound to cause you to raise your eyebrows: Your long-term financial success depends less on the structure of your portfolio than on your ability to adapt your behavior to...