G. Timothy Haight & Glenn Ross 
How to Select Investment Managers and Evaluate Performance 
A Guide for Pension Funds, Endowments, Foundations, and Trusts

An informative guide to selecting and evaluating external
investment professionals

This book-one of the very few of its kind-is an invaluable aid to
trustees of pension plans, endowments, and trusts who seek to chart
and navigate courses for governing and overseeing the investment of
the trillions of dollars under their care. It covers many aspects
of this essential endeavor, including return measures, fixed income
and duration, manager searches, committee meetings, and much
more.

G. Timothy Haight (Atherton, CA) is President of Menlo College in
Silicon Valley. Stephen O. Morrell, Ph D (Coral Springs, FL) is
Professor at Andreas School of Business of Barry University. Glenn
Ross (Baltimore, MD) is a Managing Director and cofounder of
Archstone Portfolio Solutions.

Table of Content

Preface.

About the Authors.

Chapter 1. Investment Sponsors.

Chapter 2. Investment Policy Statement.

Chapter 3. Investment Overview.

Chapter 4. Alternative Investment Vehicles.

Chapter 5. Return Measures and Reporting Techniques.

Chapter 6. Return-Risk Measurement.

Chapter 7. Portfolio Performance Evaluation.

Chapter 8. Equity Performance Evaluation.

Chapter 9. Fixed Income Performance Evaluation.

Chapter 10. Investment Companies as Investment Vehicles.

Chapter 11. Investment Manager Search Process.

Chapter 12. Conducting Investment Committee Meetings.

Index.

About the author

G. Timothy Haight, DBA, is the President of Menlo College, Chairman of the Board of Commonwealth Business Bank, and a member of the Board of Advisors of St. Cloud Capital Partners, LLC. He also serves as a member of Southern California Edison’s Nuclear Power Decommissioning Fund Committee. Dr. Haight earned a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) with a major in business finance and investments from George Washington University. He received his MBA and BS degrees from the University of Dayton.

Dr. Stephen O. Morrell is Professor of Economics and Finance in the Andreas School of Business of Barry University. He has been a visiting professor at the Monterey Institute of Technology and the Georg-Simon-Ohm University in Nuremberg, Germany. Dr. Morrell also serves as a consultant specializing in portfolio strategies for endowment funds, and has served as senior vice president and chief economist for Southeast Banking Corporation; as a financial economist for the Federal Reserve System; and as chairman of the Board of Directors of First State Bank of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Dr. Morrell received his BS degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, and his MA and Ph D degrees in economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Glenn E. Ross serves as a member of Towson University’s College of Business and Economics Board, and its Alumni Board, and has been an adjunct professor in Towson University’s Finance Department. Mr. Ross is President of the Board of Directors of the Albert P. Close Foundation and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Upper Chesapeake Health System Foundation. Mr. Ross earned his undergraduate degree from Towson University and his MBA at Loyola College in Baltimore. Mr. Ross is a Registered Investment Advisor Representative with the SEC.