what percent of institutional investors use a consultant to find a investment manager?
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Zero. Seriously, institutional investors are precisely that: institutions set up to invest funds. They have highly professional staffs whose sole purpose is to evaluate different investment managers with whom they will place their money. Why on earth would they pay money to a "consultant" to do that?
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It depends on credibility.  If you are related to powerful people then a certain kind of person will invest with you.  If you are a simple 'dive in the jungle' investor, then a different type of investor might work with you.  Ask yourself if you need expertise or would you provide that yourselves?  How much money do you want to invest or are you looking for someone to come up with the whole package for you because you are a citizen?  All these questions are relevant for a private investor.  Lastly you must look into the social responsibility aspect of the equation.  Sudan is in a war zone and everyone around there is simply exploiting the place.  If you are a citizen then you have to decide to what extent you want to be socially responsible with the investment on the longer term.  You might also want to contact me and we could talk further but it would mean talking some more about yourselves!  All the best.
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They provide you with reports and infomation on funds. They also assist give direction to the fund managers.
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An indivdual one probably doesn't influence it that much, unless you're LTCM.  A lot of them are momentum driven, so they increase general volatility on the up and down moves that happen naturally.\n\nEdit: Now that I think about it, penseur's argument is pretty accurate.  By the way, penseur, your email is unconfirmed, so you can't receive private messages...
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A lot of them. Larger companies in particular. Many insurance companies and investment management companies do. The idea is to make their employees more qualified since those companies tend to keep their employees longer.
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No, 401k managers have definitely not moved out of the stock markets since 2000.  Wake up, there has been a bull market for 4 years now.  ***Average people moved out of growth stock after the bubble burst*** and the savvy investor will make a killing off their mistakes...  US large cap growth is still at a deep discount, and the big guys are already accumulating.\n\nThere are no stats like that, and my point is yes they did, I would guess if they were managing it on their own, the majority moved the majority of their money out of growth.  The point is they shouldn't have... why run for the door when stuff goes on sale??  only industry in the world where that happens.  \n\n401k invests in stocks and bonds, thats about it.  Bonds have not been very attractive in the rising interest rate environment (HYs in 2001-2002 did well)  So if you are in a 401k, you are probably still in the stock market, maybe just not agressive growth/tech stock.
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Someone who referred buyer or seller on the deal and is getting paid a percentage.
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Frankly, I think that's on purpose.  In my business, consultants are a big part of it, generally brought in as "experts" in a particular field.  They all strike me as people who decided they were smart enough to sell all their brilliant ideas to others.  They make most of their decisions with little idea of your local marketplace, take all the credit when you succeed, and blame poor execution when you fail.  They are often forced on us by higher-ups looking for some "quick fix" to a problem better solved more methodically.\n\nThere are many brilliant people who are likely benefitting their fields by making their expertise more widely available.  I just haven't run into all that many.
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Conceptually, this is a simple task.  Identify the business unit's core process while simultaneously identifying the problems with it.  Determine the problem with either the greatest ROI (if cash is immediately required), maximum visibility (if you need to establish credibility), or least risk (if you doubt top management support) and fix that one first.\n\nIn reality, this is very difficult if not impossible for someone inside an organization to do because of questions about management support, access and control over available resources, political resistance, etc.
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It depends on the deal.  If this is all one person, then it's usually going to be after the deal is done, with some relatively minor draws after certain milestones are completed.  But, it's all very flexible. \n\nIf these are indeed different people (as is usually the case), then the architect is going to take a small fee up front, draws as his work is completed, and full payment upon substantial completion of the project.  \n\nI've worked deals where the developer took a salary on the project.  It has more to do with the financing structure and the reputation of the developer than anything else.  \n\nPrinciple owners have different investment strategies, but they'll usually take a portion of the NOI (Net Operating Income) after the project is moving along.  \n\nThe way these deals come together, it's more important to understand the process than the way it's supposed to be.  The players will come together and talk about the project.  They'll talk about value adds and check their premises together.  If it's a functional team, they're going to propose to one another when they're draws will come together.  This is kind of done in a round-about way, after confidence and chemistry is built in the team.  With deals like this, it's more important to have the right players than to have the right financing structure.  The finances can usually be adjusted around the realities of the project.\n\nUsually, the person that waits the longest to take a draw will make the most money on the successful ventures, but is bearing the greatest exposure to contingency issues.\n\nFeel free to contact me via Yahoo! Answers with any follow up questions.  Email tends to work better than IM.\n\nGood luck
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They have different prices.  Some do a flat rate, some take a percentage of investments.  Ask each one their price.
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Business.com has a listing of investment management firms in Florida:\nhttp://www.business.com/directory/financial_services/asset_management/investment_management_firms/north_america/united_states/florida/\n\nHope this helps!
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Eb(5) Immigrant Investors\nIndividual invests $500,000 in a high unemployment area (150% of national unemployment rate) or $1,000,000 elsewhere and hires 10 persons within 2 years, or invests in a Regional Center and may use job multiplier studies instead of direct employment. Because this category has been controversial INS processing times are slow and unpredictable.
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The SIPC insures your investments (not the FDIC, or SPIC, as people have suggested). Arthur Andersen was a consulting firm. The were a business services firm, nothing else. Other than the owners of Arthuer Andersen, their collapse didn't destroy anyone's assets.\n\nAlso, by holding your investments in multiple investment firms, you would likely expose yourself to more account fees.\n\nMyself, I own all of my mutual funds directly through the fund firms, for no other reason than to avoid fees and higher minimum purchases.
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Basically, managing $26bb or whatever it is takes expertise. Hopefully the Harvard Board's expertise is running a university...which is very different than asset management. When you want something done, hire people who do that thing for a living. Harvard's board did exactly that.\n\nAlso, the other answerer is correct. You want a foundation to be at "arm's length" from the board. If it is too close, there can be implications of conflict of interest.
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talk to a stockbroker who is a 144 specialist
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I have to disagree with the 1st responder. You do have advantages that the fund managers do not have, and why is it that people get so excited about investing their money in a portfolio of stocks that include both good and bad. I am talking about index funds. \n\nSure any investor will make good bets and bad bets. That is just the way it is. But using a little common sense, you can make more good bets than bad bets. \n\nThe advantage that you have that the fund managers, making their millions do not have, is that you are not trying to invest a billion dollars. Investing that much money is not easy. It is almost impossible. \n\nLook for companies that have a history of increasing earnings and dividends and that are not selling at unreasonably high prices. Here are a couple BAC, CHL, HD, COP.