2023 Outsourced Chief Investment Officer Survey

Provider Profiles


Commonfund OCIO

Profile
Business Model§ OCIO + other
Year Entered Into OCIO Business2001
No. of Relationship Managers/Salespeople21
No. of OCIO Portfolio Managers17
OCIO % of Total Firm Revenue50%
No. of Clients, Full Discretion94
Full Discretionary Assets
Total Full Discretionary OCIO Assets$11.7b
Discretionary Assets by Fund Type
Defined Benefit$0mm
401(k), 403(b), Other DC$0mm
Endowments/Foundation$11.7b
Healthcare Pools (Board designated, funded depreciation)$0mm
Other$0mm
Portfolio Construction
Portfolio construction reflects the unique dynamics of endowments and foundations and other perpetual asset pools. It is based on an asset allocation philosophy that focuses on mitigating portfolio factor risks and allocating capital to managers that generate uncorrelated sources of alpha. Market exposure is managed by select passive strategies. Our philosophy is to maintain an equity bias; to diversify from growth assets to mitigate risk and to take advantage of the illiquidity premium from allocating to private investment strategies. Client portfolios are tailored specifically to each client’s return objectives, risk tolerances and capacity for illiquidity.
§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.

Other: OCIO Platform is something other than the 4 types listed above.