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INVESTMENT CONSULTING RFPINVESTMENT CONSULTING RFP I. Introduction Florida REALTORS? is a trade association located in, Orlando, Florida, and administers an investment portfolio of approximately $10 million in assets. As of September 30, 2009 the assets were invested as follows 39% in dom...
INVESTMENT CONSULTING RFP
INVESTMENT CONSULTING RFP I. Introduction Florida REALTORS? is a trade association located in, Orlando, Florida, and administers an investment portfolio of approximately $10 million in assets. As of September 30, 2009 the assets were invested as follows 39% in domestic equities; 11% in international equities; 44% in domestic fixed income and 6% in cash. The portfolio is managed by outside investment managers, with the short term cash investments managed by association staff. The Association is seeking an investment consultant to provided services to the Executive Staff and the Investment Committee ("the Committee") in making prudent investment management decisions related to Florida REALTORS?. II. RFP Instructions Please respond to this RFP in electronic format (word document, .PDF) and submit 8 hard copies by 5:00pm November 18, 2009. Any responses received after this time will not be considered. Please direct all RFP questions to Dave Garrison at 407-587-1435or by email at Daveg@far.org . Each RFP response should be formatted to respond to the RFP point-by-point, however if it makes sense to combine points into a grouped response, that would be acceptable. III. Scope of Services The Consultant shall furnish to the Association the following described services: 1. Perform quarterly evaluations of The Association's asset allocation policies and at a minimum, attend and make presentations at four Investment Committee meetings each year. The evaluation is to be conducted at the total fund, asset class and individual manager levels, and should include a detailed analysis of the funds’ risk and return characteristics, and performance appraisals of all portfolios. 2. Surface issues related to the investment governance of the funds, and make recommendations as needed to ensure appropriate practices have been adopted and are effective. 3. Work with the Investment Committee and Executive Staff to develop and recommend (and periodically update) asset allocation and investment strategy for the funds. The strategy should reflect an assessment of the investment environment with a focus on expected returns and risks, the Association's risk tolerance, and the investment objectives of the various funds. 4. Examine the appropriateness of the investment benchmarks used to assess the funds’ investment performance, measure their quality and describe their strengths and weaknesses. Recommend benchmark changes to the Investment Committee on investments as appropriate. 5. Work with the Investment Committee and Executive Staff to develop and maintain Investment Policy Statements for all funds, Investment Guidelines for all asset classes, governance and oversight procedures, and investment risk measurement and management methods. Provide assistance and recommendations in the periodic review of all investment policies, procedures, processes and guidelines. 6. Perform specialized studies of specific investment matters, as may be requested by the Association Investment Committee and Executive Staff. 7. Work with the Investment Committee and Executive Staff to provide investment analysis and commentary on proposed changes to the investment program. 8. Depending on capabilities, provide insight into and detailed investment analysis on investment managers in publicly traded asset classes, and affirm the process used to retain and terminate investment managers. 9. Rebalance the investment portfolio at least semi-annually; or more often if needed. 10. Provide monthly portfolio performance reports to the Executive Staff. 11. Provide monthly market trend and research reports, while also including a list of all available reports offered by your firm. IV. Consulting Firm History 1. Please list your firm’s complete name, street address, e-mail address, voice telephone and fax numbers. Include the name and title of your proposed primary consultant and the location from which the consulting work will be done. 2. Please provide a brief history, since inception, of your firm and your parent organization if any. 3. Within the past three years, have there been any significant developments in your organization, such as changes in ownership, restructuring, or personnel reorganizations? Do you anticipate future significant changes in your organization? 4 Describe your investment consulting philosophy. 5. State what you believe distinguishes your consulting services from your competitors. Ownership 1. Describe the ownership structure of your organization, including holding companies, with specific detail regarding the percentage owned by current active employees, retired employees, parent company, affiliates or other entities. Please provide the names of individuals possessing ownership, including their title or position within the firm. 2. Include an organizational chart. Show and describe, if any, the distinct lines of business of your firm which are in addition to your investment consulting line of business. Organization 1. Describe the line(s) of business of your firm, your parent organization, and any affiliated companies. How many employees are involved in the group FAR would be working with? 2. Is your firm, its parent, or affiliate a registered investment advisor with the SEC under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940? If not, what is your fiduciary classification? Please include ADV Part I and II. 3. Are there any circumstances specifically related to your investment consulting activities under which your firm, its officers, or employees receive direct or indirect compensation from investment managers or other investment-related firms? If so, describe in detail. 4. Does your firm, its parent, or affiliate sell information or any other services to investment managers or other investment-related firms? If so, describe in detail. 5. If your firm, its parent, or affiliate is a broker/dealer, do you trade for client accounts through this broker/dealer? Can you assure the Association that your firm’s brokerage affiliate, if any, will not execute trades for the Association? Please explain how. 6. In the last five years, has your organization or an officer or principal been involved in any business litigation or other legal proceedings relating to your consulting activities? If so, provide an explanation and indicate the current status or disposition. 7. Is there any pending legal action or lawsuits against your firm in the last four years? If so, please describe the nature of the suit and its outcome. Employees 1. Provide an organizational chart, across all offices, of the investment consulting portion of your firm’s business. List the number of employees, professional and support, in each function and/or location. 2. Provide an organizational chart, specific to the consulting group which would be handling the Association's accounts, including all individuals, functions, positions and titles. How many CFA’s and CIMA's do you have on staff? 3. Provide biographies of the key individuals within Investment Management Team. 4. Will the Association be the primary investment consultant(s) only account? If not, how may client relationships will the primary investment consultant(s) have other than The Association? What are the client/consultants and client/support personnel ratios for the firm? 5. Explain how the assigned consultant(s) would function, including the lead person, back-up, quality control procedures and support services. 6. Does your firm have a written code of conduct or ethics? How is it monitored and enforced? 7. What level of errors and omissions and fiduciary liability coverage does your firm carry? Independence of judgment and freedom of conflicts 1. What policies and procedures do you have in place to avoid or prevent conflicts of interest? 2. Are there any circumstances specifically related to your investment consulting activities under which your firm, its officers or employees receive direct or indirect compensation from investment managers or other investment-related firms? If so, describe in detail. 3. Does your firm, its parent, or any affiliate sell information, software or any other services to investment managers or other investment-related firms? If so, describe in detail. 4. Do you or your vendors charge direct or indirect fees for investment managers to be included in your firm’s investment manager database? If so, what are the fees? How do you prevent conflicts of interest? 5. If you have an in-house database, do you sell it to third parties? If so, how do you receive compensation? 6. Describe in detail any potential conflicts of interest your firm may have in this assignment. Include any activities of affiliated or parent organizations, brokerage activities, investment banking activities, or any past or current relationships with members of the Association’s Investment Committee and Executive Staff. Include any pertinent activities, actions, or relationships not specifically outlined in this question. V. Consulting Capabilities Asset Allocation & Investment Policy Analysis 1. Do you have a standard Investment Policy Statement (IPS) or is it unique to each client? Please describe your firm’s philosophy and process of developing an IPS and provide a sample. Do you assist the client in developing their IPS? 2. Outline your approach to the development of an investment policy. Provide a sample of your response. Describe how you articulate the fiduciaries’ risk tolerance in the policy document. 3. What is your approach to managing absolute and relative investment risk? Describe your general approach to controlling risk, e.g., do you favor the use of asset weight limits or risk limits, or a combination? 4. Describe your firm’s involvement in preparing guidelines for investment managers. Provide samples of investment guidelines you have developed. 5. Detail your process for recommending an overall portfolio structure. Give particular attention to its relationship with investment policy and asset allocation. 6. Detail all asset classes with which your firm has had experience. In addition, please detail all asset classes with which you have assisted your clients in implementing. 7. Outline your process for maintaining and providing a continuous review of investment policy, asset allocation, and portfolio structure. Performance Evaluations 1. What is the total amount of investments under management? What is the total amount for nonprofit clients? 2. How often are performance reports produced and delivered? What quality control processes and written procedures do you have in place? Include a sample performance evaluation report in the appendix of your response. 3. Discuss the portfolio analytics your firm is capable of providing. How can they be used in evaluating manager performance? 4. Discuss your capabilities to evaluate, measure, and report on risk. 5. Discuss your capabilities to provide returns attribution, for both equity and fixed income. 6. Give an overview of your firm’s approach and criteria for recommending a manager be placed on probation, removed from probation, or replaced. 7. Do your reports provide an executive summary section which makes specific recommendations and calls to the client’s attention any issues which need to be investigated or discussed? Do your performance reports monitor investment manager compliance with the investment policy? Please Explain. 8. Describe your firm’s methodology for analyzing a client’s investment portfolio structure, the mix and type of managers and the optimal number of managers for multi-million dollar portfolios. Investment Manager Search 1. Does your firm maintain an in-house database of investment managers? If not, what vendors do you purchase the database from? How many managers are contained in the database? What asset classes are covered? Are non-U.S. managers (i.e., managers located outside the US) included? 2. How does your firm negotiate fees and minimum account sizes with investment managers? 3. Describe how your firm or your vendor gathers, verifies, updates and maintains the data collected on managers for the database. 4. Do you have individuals dedicated to manager research within your firm? If so, how many and where are they located? Describe their role in the manager search process. 5. Describe in detail your firm’s process for evaluation and selection of investment managers. Give a list of criteria you use to screen your database. Detail some of the key issues you would examine in the process. Include an example of a manager search report with your response. 6. What is the basis for terminating an investment manager? 7. Describe your firm’s involvement in preparing guidelines for investment managers. Will you work with the Association's Investment Committee in the negotiation of such guidelines? Describe your firm’s capability in monitoring manager compliance with guidelines and style consistency. Research 1. Describe the internal structure and organization of your research department. If no separate department exists, describe how this function is performed. 2. Describe the manner in which external resources and sources of information are used in the research process. How does your firm integrate internal and external research? Outline your process for monitoring and reporting on market trends. 3. Please describe in detail the type and frequency of research that would be provided to the Association. Through what media would it be provided? Please provide samples of recent research reports. VI. Clients Current Clients 1. Please provide a representative list of your current clients who would be similar to the Association. Please state the type of client (e.g., corporate, endowment, pension), asset size and the year in which the relationship was formed. Please provide contact information for three clients. Non - Profit 1. How many non-profit organizations do you currently provide advisory services? Please provide the average investment pool size. VII. Fees 1. Please provide a menu of services and fee summary, including any out of pocket expenses. 2. Describe any ancillary fees including but not limited to consultation, performance monitoring, asset rebalancing, fund changes, manager searches, etc. 3. Do you have a standard contract length of commitment? If the relationship is not mutually beneficial, is there a termination fee?
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