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PLANSPONSOR Webinar: What to Expect from a Plan Advisor

Managing Partner Jim Scheinberg was a panelist for PLANSPONSOR’s recent webinar on What to Expect from a Plan Advisor, now available to…

Volatile Markets, Growing Complexity Underscore Demand for OCIO (Pensions & Investments)

In his recent Special Report on CIO Outsourcing for Pensions & Investments, writer Palash Ghosh outlines why the demand for Outsourced Chief…

Highly Customized Search Helps Mission-Aligned Community Foundation Select the Optimal Partner

Background North Pier was engaged by a $500 million community foundation to lead a search for an investment consultant / OCIO to…

Capitulating or Cascading?

Summer 2022 Market & Economic Commentary If there was “nowhere to hide in Q1 of 2022,” as we led with in North…

Summer 2022 Fiduciary Commentary

Summer 2022 Fiduciary Commentary Target Date Fund Lawsuits on the Rise A recent swarm of lawsuits has been challenging many of the…

Segal Marco Buys Milliman’s San Francisco-Based Consulting Practice (FundFire)

In a recent interview with FundFire, Managing Partner Jim Scheinberg spoke with author Justin Mitchell on institutional investment consultant Segal Marco Advisor’s recent…

City Employee Retirement System Evaluation and OCIO Search Case Study

Background North Pier was engaged to lead an OCIO search for a city employee retirement system’s $1.4 billion plan. The plan recently…

City Police and Fire Retirement System Education, Evaluation, and OCIO Search Case Study

Background North Pier was engaged to provide fiduciary education, evaluation, and OCIO search services for a city police and fire’s $2.6 billion…

Inflation, Invasion, Inversion, Oh My!

Spring 2022 Market & Economic Commentary It may seem like there was nowhere to hide in Q1 of 2022. With inflation still…