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Fiduciary Management

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.

The fiduciary best practices are published by Fi360, a Broadridge Financial Solutions company. 

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.

Fiduciary Consulting

Discretionary Investment Management

  • Comprehensive Assessment of Financial Position
  • Investment Policy Formulation
  • Asset Allocation Strategy and Risk Management
  • Investment Manager Search and Selection
  • Socially Responsible Investing (SRI)
  • 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
  • Define socially responsible investment (SRI) preferences
  • 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 the Prudent Practices for Investment Advisors by Fi360, 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

  1. Provide expertise and/or understanding that you do not have
  2. Provide guidance and help with difficult investment decisions
  3. 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

01

Comprehensive assessment of financial position and investment objectives.

Formalize

02

Investment management risk assessment, asset allocation strategy development, clarification of your socially responsible investment (SRI) preferences, investment policy formulation and documentation.

Implement

03

Investment manager due diligence research, search, selection and deselection.

Monitor

04

Investment performance reporting, monitoring and evaluating, and periodic investment portfolio rebalancing.

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How We Help

Fiduciary Mgt Process

  • Fiduciary Diagram
  • Fiduciary Services
  • Team Approach
  • New Client Intake

Case Studies

  • Reserve Fund
  • Investment Policy
  • Fiduciary Review
  • Foundation Governance
  • Responsible Investing
  • Reducing Fees
  • Organizing Nonprofits
  • Custom Reporting

Trusts & Foundations

Let’s Meet

We invite investors with portfolios over $1 million to a
complimentary “Get Acquainted” meeting with one of our
financial advisors.

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