Provider Profiles
Discretionary Management Services, LLC
| Profile | |
| Business Model§ | OCIO only |
| Year Entered Into OCIO Business | 2003 |
| No. of Relationship Managers/Salespeople | 3 |
| No. of OCIO Portfolio Managers | 3 |
| OCIO % of Total Firm Revenue | 35% |
| No. of Clients, Full Discretion | 26 |
| Full Discretionary Assets | |
| Total Full Discretionary OCIO Assets | $1.3b |
| Discretionary Assets by Fund Type | |
| Defined Benefit | |
| 401(k), 403(b), Other DC | |
| Endowments/Foundation | |
| Healthcare Pools (Board designated, funded depreciation) | |
| Other |
| Portfolio Construction |
| Discretionary Management Services' process begins with you prioritizing key investment challenges and objectives. Together they develop a tailored investment policy that optimally balances return, risk, liquidity, and time horizon. Once the policy is set, you delegate the implementation to us. They take actions related to manager selection, tactical positioning, fee negotiation and continuous oversight. |
| §OCIO only: Open-architecture (no proprietary products used): Investment outsourcing is only business line. OCIO + other: An open-architecture/manager-of-manager investment outsourcing platform as one of multiple business lines. Implemented consulting: i.e. consulting firm that also has discretion over assigned assets. Proprietary/non-proprietary: An investment outsourcing platform that offers proprietary products alongside non-proprietary products. |