Institutional search and selection

Independent OCIO and Investment Consultant Search.

Alpha Capital Management is an independent specialist in OCIO and investment consultant search. We help institutional boards, investment committees, and fiduciaries compare providers and make defensible selections through former-allocator judgment, a disciplined process, and proprietary institutional data.

A complimentary introductory conversation. Explore whether an OCIO could help, or bring a fee, benchmark, or provider question. No search decision required.

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110+OCIO and consultant searches
$120B+Represented in the marketplace
100%Independently owned

Before your next committee meeting

A clearer next step for your investment program.

Explore whether an OCIO could help, review your current approach, or discuss fees and reporting with Alpha. Come away with two or three useful questions for your next investment committee discussion.

A complimentary introductory conversation. No search decision or document preparation required.

Fees

What does our quoted fee actually include?

Clarify which cost definitions and questions matter before comparing providers.

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Benchmarks

Are we making a fair performance comparison?

Discuss the allocation, risk, and reporting context behind an OCIO benchmark.

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Your current relationship

What should we ask our provider at the next review?

Start with one concern about service, transparency, or the institution’s changing needs.

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Why Alpha

Independent by design. Specialist by focus. Evidence-led in practice.

Alpha works on the institution’s side of the selection. The firm does not provide OCIO or investment consulting services and does not compete for the mandates it helps clients evaluate.

Alpha combines 110+ institutional searches and $120B+ in assets represented with former-allocator experience, the Alpha Nasdaq OCIO Index, and OCIO Analytics. That combination gives fiduciaries both market context and decision-specific evidence.

Industry survey recognition

75% of surveyed OCIO providers cited Alpha among the leading search firms they encountered.

Chart showing Alpha Capital cited by 75% of surveyed OCIO providers

Source: Cerulli Associates, 2024 Annual OCIO Report. Provider recognition is one market signal; the appropriate search consultant remains specific to each institution and mandate.

Three connected advantages

Search experience, objective benchmarks, and institutional data.

01 / SEARCH

OCIO and Investment Consultant Search

A disciplined process to define needs, compare OCIO firms and providers, complete due diligence, and make a defensible decision.

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02 / INDEX

Alpha Nasdaq OCIO Index

An objective family of performance benchmarks built from client-level data reported by leading OCIO firms.

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03 / ANALYTICS

OCIO Analytics

Validated institutional performance, allocation, risk, fee, and attribution intelligence across more than 1,900 portfolios.

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Who Alpha serves

One independent process, adapted to the asset owner.

Alpha’s work is not limited to one institutional category. Each search begins with the owner’s governance, objectives, liquidity needs, resources, and definition of success.

MISSION

Endowments and foundations

Searches that connect spending, mission, liquidity, portfolio complexity, and committee resources to provider fit.

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FAMILY CAPITAL

Family offices

Independent investment consultant and OCIO search for families formalizing governance or evaluating an outsourced relationship.

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RETIREMENT

Pension and retirement plans

Search and evaluation shaped by funded status, liabilities, governance, implementation, and fiduciary oversight.

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HEALTHCARE

Healthcare organizations

Provider selection for operating reserves, foundations, retirement assets, and other pools with distinct liquidity needs.

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OTHER POOLS

Other institutional investors

A mandate-specific process for institutional pools that do not fit a standard provider category or operating model.

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Direct answers for fiduciaries

Independent guidance for consequential decisions.

Alpha was founded to give institutions an experienced, independent partner for evaluating the investment marketplace. The firm’s search work is strengthened by real allocator experience and a view across dozens of OCIO providers.

What is an outsourced chief investment officer?

An outsourced chief investment officer, or OCIO, is an external investment organization given agreed authority to manage defined parts of an institutional investment program. The board or investment committee retains fiduciary oversight while the OCIO implements the responsibilities established in the mandate.

What does an OCIO search firm do?

An independent OCIO search firm helps an institution define its needs, compare qualified providers, evaluate people and processes, conduct due diligence, and select an investment partner without offering a competing OCIO product.

Why use an independent OCIO search consultant?

Independence keeps the selection process focused on the institution. Alpha Capital does not provide OCIO services, so its advice is designed around objective comparison, governance, fit, and fiduciary outcomes.

Who does Alpha Capital serve?

Alpha Capital works with investment committees, boards, endowments, foundations, healthcare organizations, retirement plans, and other institutional asset owners.

A useful first conversation

A clearer next step for your investment program.

Request a complimentary introductory conversation about whether an OCIO could help, your current investment approach, fees, or reporting. Come away with useful questions for your next committee discussion. No search decision or documents required.