US Trust Wins Three OCIO Mandates

The OCIO manager has picked up assets from the Healthcare Foundation of Wilson, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and the BHP Billiton Foundation. 

Three nonprofit organizations have chosen US Trust, Bank of America Corporation, as their outsourced-CIO (OCIO).

The manager won mandates from the North Carolina-based Healthcare Foundation of Wilson, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and the BHP Billiton Foundation.

“We are honored that these foundations have entrusted us to play a role in fulfilling their important missions,” said Ann Limberg, US Trust’s head of philanthropic solutions and the family office.

US Trust picked up $120 million in assets from the Healthcare Foundation of Wilson as well as a $73 million endowment from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. 

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The OCIO provider did not reveal the size of the assets it would be managing for the BHP Billiton Foundation, a charitable fund established by Australian metals and mining company BHP Billiton.

“Market dynamics, including consolidation in the nonprofit sector and a complex investment environment, has increased organizations’ need for trusted fiduciary partners to provide OCIO and other philanthropic advisory services,” US Trust said in a statement.

To meet this demand, the firm said it has expanded its philanthropy services “by adding experienced team members and resources.”

According to CIO’s annual outsourced-CIO survey, US Trust had $20.4 billion in full discretionary assets and 407 US-based clients as of January 2016. The manager employs 24 portfolio and 210 relationship managers in its OCIO business.

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