Consultant/OCIO/Discretionary
The retirement system issued an RFI for the services last year and does not currently utilize a dedicated consultant for private markets.
The plan will consider moving forward with a general investment board consultant search at its investment committee meeting this week.
The retirement system expects to conclude the search at a May 9 board meeting.
The plan is seeking firms to provide general and alternatives consulting services.
Nonprofits were busy hiring investment consultants and outsourced cios to oversee their portfolios this year including seven that swapped out their incumbent for new relationships and five that handed over their investment management responsibilities to discretionary providers from either an internal team or a general consultant.
Investment consulting and advisory firms that cater to endowments, foundations and health systems experienced further consolidation in 2024, as many merged or were acquired while others opened shop or shuttered.
The city has roughly $73 million in investment funds overseen by Valley View Consulting.
The plan has selected four firms for further due diligence and evaluation.
The college savings plan launched a search in the third quarter due to the incumbent firm’s impending contract expiration.
The retirement system’s current provider was first hired in 2019 following a similar RFP process.