2017 Outsourced-Chief Investment Officer Buyer’s Guide

Buyer's Guide


Mercer





Business Model/TypeOCIO + other












An open-architecture/manager-of-manager investment outsourcing platform as one of multiple business lines.












Year entered into OCIO business 1995
Number of relationship managers/sales people 248
Number of portfolio managers 72
OCIO percentage of total firm revenue 40%
AUM full discretion $150.7B
Number of full discretionary clients 1,110
















Discretionary assets by fund type








Defined Benefit $94.9B
401(k), 403(b), other DC $45.4B
Endowments/Foundations $4B
Health Care Pools* $48M
Other $6.36B
*Board designated, funded depreciation.





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