2023 Outsourced Chief Investment Officer Survey

Provider Profiles


NEPC, LLC

Profile
Business Model§ Proprietary/non-proprietary
Year Entered Into OCIO Business2011
No. of Relationship Managers/Salespeople2
No. of OCIO Portfolio Managers7
OCIO % of Total Firm Revenue24%
No. of Clients, Full Discretion68
Full Discretionary Assets
Total Full Discretionary OCIO Assets$52.6b
Discretionary Assets by Fund Type
Defined Benefit$18.1b
401(k), 403(b), Other DC$24.6b
Endowments/Foundation$3.3b
Healthcare Pools (Board designated, funded depreciation)$5b
Other$1.7b
Portfolio Construction
We have an open investment architecture and build customized investment programs to meet each portfolio’s unique goals and objectives. We start with a thorough assessment of the organization’s financial ability to take risk, not just their risk tolerance. Investment management vehicles may include investment manager separate accounts, commingled funds, mutual funds, or limited partnerships across all asset classes. Provided we have full portfolio transparency, we will implement with the lowest cost vehicle offered by managers on our focused placement list that provides the requisite level of liquidity. All implementation is the end-result of the asset allocation process.
§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.