2022 Outsourced-Chief Investment Officer Survey

Provider Profiles


FIAM LLC

Profile
Business Model§ Proprietary/non-proprietary
Year Entered Into OCIO Business1998
No. of Relationship Managers/Salespeople9
No. of OCIO Portfolio Managers4
OCIO % of Total Firm Revenue10%
No. of Clients, Full Discretion82
Full Discretionary Assets
Total Full Discretionary OCIO Assets$14.8b
Discretionary Assets by Fund Type
Defined Benefit$14.8b
401(k), 403(b), Other DC
Endowments/Foundation$40mm
Healthcare Pools (Board designated, funded depreciation)
Other
Portfolio Construction
Global Institutional Solutions (GIS) creates and manages multi-asset class portfolios for institutional clients. Clients often hire GIS to oversee the monitoring, rebalancing, and re-allocating using tactical tilts in their portfolios. Although the client continues to be responsible for setting the investment policy, GIS would be responsible for making over- and under-weights within the portfolio, subject to client-specified bands. In this case, GIS has continuous and transparent access to holdings of client portfolios and would rebalance or re-allocate anytime during the month, as needed, to meet objectives. Contributions and withdrawals also present opportunities for GIS to rebalance the portfolio within the client guidelines.
§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.