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About Alpha Capital.
Independent by design. Institutional by experience.

Alpha Capital Management is an independent specialist in institutional OCIO and investment consultant search. Founded in 2006 by former institutional allocator Brad Alford, CFA, the firm combines hands-on search experience with proprietary OCIO performance, allocation, risk, and fee data.

35+Years of investment experience

110+Institutional searches

$120B+Assets represented

Founder and former institutional allocator

Brad Alford, CFA

Brad founded Alpha Capital Management in 2006. He directs the firm’s OCIO and investment consultant search services and has more than thirty-five years of investment management experience.

Before founding Alpha, Brad served as Managing Director at Atlantic Trust, Director of Investment Advisory Services at MyCFO, Managing Director of the investment division for the Duke Endowment, and Director of Endowment Investments for Emory University.

He created the Alpha Nasdaq OCIO Index to advance industry transparency and developed OCIO Analytics to give institutions a more rigorous way to compare performance, allocation, risk, and fees.

Brad holds a BS in Corporate Finance and an MBA from the University of Alabama, completed Princeton University’s Senior Investment Manager Program, and is a CFA charterholder. His institutional service has included finance and investment committee work in Atlanta.

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Why independence matters

Alpha sits on the institution’s side of the table.

Alpha is independently owned and does not offer OCIO or investment consulting services. That separation allows the firm to evaluate providers without competing for the mandate being awarded.

The result is a search and evaluation process designed around governance, evidence, fit, and fiduciary outcomes.

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Brad Alford, CFA

Brad’s perspective in the press.

OCIOs Hunt for Higher-Caliber Relationship Managers

Why Top Pensions Like Verizon and Lockheed Martin Are Outsourcing to Goldman

OCIO Boom Is Pushing Smaller Foundations Deeper Into Private Markets

Portfolio Construction Drives Wedge Between the Best and Worst Performing Endowments

Navigating the New Guidance for OCIO Performance Reporting: Insights from Industry Experts

Mercer Purchases $35B Investment Boutique SECOR

CFA’s New OCIO Guidance Gets Mixed Reviews

Endowments Expected to Help Drive the OCIO Industry to $4.2 Trillion by 2028

Nokia Taps Mercer to Navigate Evolving Corporate Pensions

What the Hightower/NEPC Deal Could Mean for Wealth Management and OCIOs

OCIOs Under Pressure to Increase Fee Transparency

The Returns Gap Between the Best and Worst OCIOs for Endowments Is the Largest in Years

As Pressure on OCIOs Mounts, Edgehill Endowment Partners Is Winding Down

Goldman Sachs Wins $43.4 Billion UPS Deal

Prospects for OCIOs Grew in 2023, but Scrutiny Remains

Mercer Buys Vanguard’s OCIO Unit — A Move That May Kick Off More Consolidation

CFA Develops Guidelines for OCIOs to Comply with GIPS

Evaluating OCIOs — The Search Consultants’ Perspective

Search for Outsourced Chief Investment Officer to Oversee Murfreesboro Electric Proceeds

Asset Manager OCIOs Face Conflict Questions from Search Consultants

In OCIO Space, Corporate Pensions Get Short End of Volatility Stick

Endowments and Foundations See Losses in Early 2022 Numbers

CFA Rounds Up Working Group to Help Develop GIPS Standards for OCIOs

Layoffs Are Coming. The Outsourcing Industry Will Benefit.

Is There Any OCIO Model That Is Conflict Free?

Rise of OCIO Search Consultants Exerts Downward Pressure on Fees

The Big Challenge for the Booming OCIO Industry: Solving the Black Box

OCIO Data to Power Peer Universe Tool for eVestment, Solovis Platforms

OCIO Assets on Pace to Exceed $4T by 2026

OCIO Market Booms as Investments Get More Complex

Top Endowment & Foundation Returns Tower Over FY’21 Laggards

Endowments and Foundations Look Set for “Crazy” Returns Bonanza

What BlackRock’s Big British Airways Deal Means for OCIO

Endowment and Foundation OCIOs “Came Roaring Back” After the Covid-19 Crash

OCIO Searches Spike, Driven by Performance Dissatisfaction

How to Hire a Good Investment Consultant — With Brad Alford

New OCIO Launches, Targeting Clients in Smaller End of E&F Market

OCIOs Are Hungry for Nonprofit Business as Their Pension Client Base Matures

For OCIO Providers, the Fee Pressure Is On

eVestment to Offer Alpha Nasdaq OCIO Performance Data Through Platform

eVestment Is the First Investment Management Platform to Offer Access to Alpha Nasdaq OCIO Indices

Manager Diversity Is Increasingly Important for University Endowments. How They Measure It Is Still Unclear.

The Losses Continue to Pile Up for Hedge Fund King Ray Dalio

OCIO Indices: What Institutional Investors Need to Know

OCIO Indices: How Emerging Managers Can Position Their Strategies for OCIO Platforms

OCIO Indices: What OCIOs Need to Know

“Clients Are Kind of Cringing”: Why Insiders Say OCIO Marketing Needs to Change

Consultant Heavyweights Took Millions in PPP Loans

Is Wall Street’s Youngest Talent Doomed?

OCIOs Expect Pandemic-Fueled Client Boost, See First Spike in Activity

OCIO Growth Assisted by Volatile Times

OCIO Firms Faltered During the First Quarter. But Institutions Still Want to Outsource Investments.

BNY Mellon Merges Two OCIO Units into New Division

Alpha Capital Management Launches OCIO Indexes With Nasdaq

An OCIO Performance Index Exists for the First Time. Here’s How They Did It.

Private Equity Investments Are Going to Lose Value. How Much Is Anyone’s Guess.

Invesco Is Shopping Around for an OCIO Business

Consultants Tout Diversity Work, but Workforces Remain White

What Makes a Successful OCIO Pitch? A Growing List of Extra Services

There Are 2,698 Signatories to the United Nations’ ESG Code. Has It Changed Anyone’s Behavior?

As Search Firms Gain Momentum, OCIO Providers Need to Catch Up

Ready or Not: the OCIO Benchmark Is Coming

Amid Flood of RFPs, Details Can Make or Break a Deal

TIAA Gives Up on OCIO Business in Surprise Move

“Getting Married and Talking Divorce”: Investors Prioritize OCIO Exit Strategies

Regions Bank to Acquire $26B Institutional Consultant

RVK, Angeles Earn Top Consultant Rankings in Poll of Asset Owners

Replacement Searches Surge as Institutional Investors Expect More from OCIOs

$28B OCIO Cuts Ties with PE, Gets New Owner

BlackRock Boosts Features Beyond Investments to Win OCIO Clients

Looking for a New Consultant? Here’s What to Ask on the RFP

Death of Hedge Funds as Traditional Formulas Fall Off Track

OCIO Shop’s Endowment Clients Split on Commingled Structure

Steve Cohen’s Comeback Is Said to Begin as Marketers Pitch Fund

ESG Concerns Dog Commingled OCIO Model

Consultants Hunt for Off-the-Grid Managers

Inside Billionaire Steve Cohen’s Comeback

About Alpha Capital.
Independent by design. Institutional by experience.