We provide advice to institutional investors to help them to simplify and improve their investment programs. Our fiduciary management services (for portfolios greater than $1 million) include both a comprehensive fiduciary plan and discretionary investment management.
These services are delivered via a disciplined investment decision-making process that is based on the Global Fiduciary Standard of Excellence which details the investment and fiduciary best practices.
We also tailor our approach as needed to accommodate the unique needs and preferences of each organization that we work with. Specific services include, but are not limited to the following:
Education and Training
We also provide organizational leaders, such as board and investment committee members, with education about their fiduciary responsibilities related to their investment program. We’re happy to share nationally recognized best practices for meeting these responsibilities.
Investment Performance Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation
Periodic Investment Portfolio Rebalancing
Fiduciary Consulting
We provide fiduciary consulting advice to help institutions achieve their financial goals and simplify and improve their financial lives. We tailor our approach as needed with the fiduciary investors we work with to accommodate their unique needs and preferences.
At the end of the fiduciary consulting project we will provide you with an action plan so you can implement the agreed upon fiduciary consulting recommendations. This may include referrals to other professionals as required, to assist you with the implementation of your action plan.
Specific project-based consulting services include, but are not limited to the following:
Governance Definition and Refinement
Educate the investment committee about their fiduciary responsibilities
Review Bylaws for the Formation of an Investment Committee
Review Fiduciary Acknowledgement Letter and Response
Review Conflict of Interest Policy for Investment Committee
Review Meeting Agenda Template and Meeting Minutes Template
Review Fiduciary File Checklist
Define the Optimal Investment Structure
Complete the Self-Assessment of Fiduciary Excellence for Investment Stewards (SAFE)
Create Governance Calendar and Gift Acceptance Policy
Position Analysis & Investment Planning
Summarize balance sheet, cash flow, debt and tax planning
Review the Fi360 Four Step Process (Fiduciary Quality Management System)
Review the Fi360 Global Fiduciary Precepts
Lead discussion on financial goal setting and prioritization
Complete risk profile survey and provide strategic asset allocation recommendation
Draft investment policy statement and spending policy statement
Complete investment manager evaluation using the fi360 Toolkit scoring system
Investment Consulting
At Allodium, we provide non-discretionary investment management consulting services to help institutional investors like you to simplify and improve your financial lives (this particular service is most appropriate for investment portfolios greater than $10 million).
Our investment management consulting process is based on thePrudent Practices for Investment Advisors byFi360, a , a Broadridge Financial Solutionscompany. Our value proposition for our investment management consulting service is that we can educate you and provide you with objective and independent advice on independent investment managers. We provide no discretionary investment decision-making and allow you to retain complete control over all of the investment policy decisions related to your investment portfolio.
Three reasons to hire an investment management consultant
Provide expertise and/or understanding that you do not have
Provide guidance and help with difficult investment decisions
Provide third party endorsement of your investment decisions and actions
Everything we do at our firm related to investment advice is rooted in the Prudent Practices for Investment Advisors. Officially published in 2003, Prudent Practices for Investment Advisors is comprised of a step-by-step process that ensures that your investment strategy is being properly developed, implemented, and monitored according to both legal and ethical obligations.
Investment management consulting services
We tailor our approach as needed with the institutional investors we work with to accommodate their unique needs and preferences. Our non-discretionary investment management consulting services are best suited for institutional investors with investment portfolios greater than $10 million.
Our investment management consulting services include, but are not limited to the following:
Organize
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Comprehensive assessment of financial position and investment objectives.
Formalize
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Investment management risk assessment, asset allocation strategy development, clarification of your socially responsible investment (SRI) preferences, investment policy formulation and documentation.
Implement
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Investment manager due diligence research, search, selection and deselection.
Monitor
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Investment performance reporting, monitoring and evaluating, and periodic investment portfolio rebalancing.