Our Business. Milliman, Inc. was founded in 1947. It is one of the largest consulting and actuarial firms in the world. Milliman, Inc. offers specialized consulting services in employee benefits, healthcare, life
insurance and financial services, property and casualty insurance and investments. Milliman, Inc. is a
privately held company, owned by more than 450 active employees. No one individual owns more than
1% of Milliman, Inc.
Milliman FRM, which began conducting business in 1998 as a part of Milliman, Inc. and was organized as
a limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Milliman, Inc. in 2011, provides the
investment advisory services described in this Brochure. Milliman, Inc. has an another registered adviser
entity, Milliman Advisors, LLC, providing advisory services to institutions including banks or thrift
institutions, pension and profit sharing plans, and other corporations or business entities principally in
connection with defined contribution and defined benefit retirement plans, endowments, foundations
and post-retirement benefits. Milliman, Inc. established this entity in 2018 and transferred its registration
to this entity. We will be glad to provide more information on Milliman FRM or on Milliman Advisors, LLC.
You can also find more information about Milliman Advisors, LLC and Milliman FRM at www.milliman.com
and www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Hedging and Asset Allocation Advisory Services – Institutional Clients. Milliman FRM offers hedging and asset allocation advisory services to institutional clients. These services are provided to life
insurers, pensions, endowments, banks, fund managers, reinsurers, and trusts who are interested in using
our investment allocation models for their portfolios. These services include performing option pricing
calculations on assets or liabilities, preparing illustrative financial projections of hedging strategies
selected by the client, placing hedging trades with brokers as agent for our clients, providing other
administrative support for the rebalancing of hedge positions, and allocations among different asset
classes, and rebalancing for market conditions. We may also advise life insurers by selecting the mix of
underlying funds in which insurance company separate accounts invest.
We tailor services to the needs of individual clients by obtaining each client’s individual risk tolerance and
investment objectives, which are used to create an individualized client strategy. Clients’ risk preferences
and investment objectives are memorialized in an investment policy statement and an investment
services agreement, the terms of which are negotiated with each client. The policy, including the
consequences of the application of that policy, are reviewed with clients and by Milliman FRM
management and updated as needed.
Clients may impose restrictions on the specific securities or hedge assets, or types of securities or hedge
assets in which we invest.
Advisory and Sub-Advisory Services – Funds and SMAs. Milliman FRM provides services as an investment adviser or sub-adviser, to mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and funds offered
through bank collective investment trusts (“CITs”). The strategy exercised for each fund is designed to
meet a particular investment goal. In the case of sub-advisory services, the primary adviser to the fund is
usually responsible for the selection of underlying investments for the fund, and we manage overlay
strategies for the various funds’ assets based on the investment goals and objectives as outlined in each
of the funds’ offering documents; such services may be provided by way of asset allocation or by
constructing a hedge overlay.
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You should refer to each CIT’s declaration of trust or each fund’s offering documents, as applicable, for
important information regarding objectives, investments, time-horizon, risks, fees, and additional
disclosures. Prior to making any investment in the funds, you should carefully review these documents for
a comprehensive understanding of the terms and conditions applicable for investment in the fund.
Investments in certain funds for which we provide sub-advisory services are currently available only to
investors through employee benefit plans, insurance companies, and financial advisers.
Milliman FRM also offers portfolio services through participation in separately managed accounts
(“SMA”). A separately managed account is a portfolio of individually owned investment vehicles that can
be tailored to fit the client’s investing preferences. Where Milliman FRM is the sub-advisor, the primary
adviser is responsible for selecting investments for the client’s overall portfolio which correspond to their
selected investment strategy. We may participate in SMA programs by constructing strategies for
individual client accounts using futures, ETFs, or other assets that correspond to a client’s selected
investment strategy.
Client Assets. For certain clients, we provide risk management services in the form of a hedge overlay; although our risk management services are applied to the entire portfolio, Milliman FRM only has
discretionary authority over the hedge overlay portion of the portfolio. For other clients, we manage the
underlying investments as well, and as such have discretionary authority over the entire portfolio
including the hedge overlay.
Market Value of Client Assets Managed by Milliman FRM. The market value of the portion of
Client Assets that we directly manage was $41,635,746,656 as of December 31, 2018.
Market Value of Milliman FRM Clients’ Total Portfolio Assets. At times the term ‘Client Assets’
may be used to refer to the market value of all clients’ total portfolio assets subject to Milliman
FRM’s risk management services. The market value of the portfolios on which we provided risk
management services was $ 141,925,113,368 as of December 31, 2018.
Notional Value of Portion of Portfolio Managed by Milliman FRM. In the commodity futures
industry it is typical to calculate the value of a client’s derivative portfolio assets using the assets’
notional value, rather than market value. We may at times use notional value as a measure of
client assets.
Other Services. In addition to the investment advisory services discussed above, we provide the following services:
Actuarial consulting. We provide actuarial consulting services to clients.
Software development. We develop proprietary software for use with our hedging advisory
services, which we license to certain clients for a monthly or annual fee.
Index publication. We calculate and publish several indices periodically which are provided to
clients for a subscription fee.
Index development. Milliman FRM has worked with index providers, such as S&P Dow Jones
Indices LLC (“S&P DJI”) and NASDAQ, Inc., to develop indices. These indices seek to provide
benchmarks for insurance companies and benchmarks to be used within the risk managed funds
universe. In addition, Milliman FRM may provide advisory or sub-advisory services to companies
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whose products or funds track the indices; the services and fees for these services are discussed
in further detail below. Certain fee and compensation structure restrictions may apply.
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Hedging and Asset Allocation Advisory Services – Institutional Clients. As compensation for our hedging and asset allocation advisory services for institutional clients, we may charge for services in one
of several ways:
Fees based on an hourly rate for professionals and other employees assigned to a project based
upon the nature and scope of the services, and the expertise of the persons assigned. Fees are
consistent with Milliman FRM’s current hourly rates, which range from USD$125 - $825 per hour
and are assigned to each staff member based on his or her professional qualifications and
experience, and disclosed to the client in advance.
Fees based on a percentage of assets subject to Milliman FRM’s risk management services, which
is calculated according to the market value of the client’s underlying portfolio (in the case of
institutional insurance company clients, typically the value of the liability derived from underlying
variable annuity contracts). The asset-based fee will be calculated on a schedule; an example fee
is 45 basis points of the first USD$100 million, 40 basis points of the next $100 million, and 35
basis points of the next $300 million. Fees are negotiated with the client in advance. Each
institutional client has the opportunity to review and negotiate the advisory agreement with us
prior to selecting our hedging services for their account.
Fixed fees for periodic services, where the fee approximates the cumulative expected hourly rate
for each Milliman FRM employee for the expected time spent. Fixed fees are negotiated with the
client in advance.
Either we or a client may terminate an advisory contract at any time by giving the other party advance
written notice according to the terms of our investment advisory agreement. Although we do not solicit
or require prepayment of fees from our clients, any fees paid in advance will be prorated to the date of
termination and any unearned portion thereof will be returned to the client.
We bill institutional clients for fees incurred. As we do not hold custody of client assets, we do not deduct
fees from client assets. Institutional clients are billed in arrears, typically monthly or quarterly.
You may incur fees in addition to ours, such as custodian fees or mutual fund expenses (such as where
Milliman FRM is the sub-adviser to the fund, and the fund’s primary adviser is also paid a fee). You will
also incur brokerage and other transaction costs; these are discussed in more detail in Item 12 of this
Brochure.
Where requested, we will provide you with an estimate of the cost of a particular service. You may
terminate our services on any assignment at any time with prior written notice according to the terms of
our investment services agreement.
We do not accept compensation for the sale of securities or other investment products, including asset-
based sales charges or service fees from the sale of mutual funds.
We may at times impose a minimum advisory fee in order to cover the costs of our investment advisory
services. The minimum size is specific to each type of service and dependent on a variety of factors,
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economies of scale and the cost of third party services needed to render Milliman FRM’s advisory services.
All such fee arrangements are disclosed to you and subject to negotiation. We may aggregate accounts to
meet minimum account sizes; whether we aggregate accounts will be determined on a project-by-project
basis and, again, is disclosed to the client and subject to negotiation.
Advisory and Sub-Advisory Services – Funds and Separately Managed Account Programs. Our fee for these services is based on a percentage of assets subject to Milliman FRM’s risk management
services, which is calculated according to the market value of the entire fund, SMA account, or client’s
allocated risk transfer account. This asset-based fee will be calculated on a schedule; an example fee is
45 basis points of the first USD$100 million, 40 basis points of the next $100 million, and 35 basis points
of the next $300 million. Fees are negotiated in advance with a fund’s primary adviser and approved by a
fund’s board of directors; with the SMA provider; or with the client, as applicable. Each investor in a fund
or SMA which we advise or sub-advise has the opportunity to review our advisory agreement with the
fund or SMA, or the sub-advisory agreement with the primary adviser, prior to or choosing to invest in
that fund or SMA. Investors are encouraged to contact the fund administrator as stated in the fund’s
offering documents for further information.
Either we or the client or client’s primary advisor, as applicable, may terminate an advisory contract at
any time by giving the other party advance written notice according to the terms of our investment
advisory agreement. Although we do not solicit or require prepayment of fees from our clients, any fees
paid to the client or primary advisor in advance will be prorated to the date of termination and any
unearned portion thereof will be returned to the client or primary adviser. A primary advisor may in turn
return such fees to the client on a prorated basis depending on the terms of the advisory contract with
the primary advisor.
As we do not hold custody of client assets, we do not deduct fees from client assets. For fund sub-advisory
services, billing clients is the responsibility of the primary adviser. SMA clients will be billed by the primary
adviser according to the terms of their advisory agreement with the primary adviser and our sub-advisory
agreement with the primary adviser or the platform sponsor, as applicable. Institutional clients are billed
in arrears, typically monthly or quarterly.
Investors may incur fees in addition to ours, such as custodian fees or ETF or mutual fund expenses.
Investors will incur brokerage and other transactions costs; these are discussed in more detail in Item 12
of this Brochure.
Where requested, we will provide clients, primary advisors or platform sponsors with an estimate of the
cost of a particular service. Clients, primary advisors or platform sponsors may terminate our services on
any assignment at any time with prior written notice; individual clients of a primary adviser or platform
sponsor may terminate our services at any time with notice to the primary adviser or platform sponsor.
The final fee charged to the primary adviser, platform sponsor, or individual client will be prorated on the
basis of services performed to date of termination of primary adviser, platform sponsor, or individual
client status, or according to the terms of the respective sub-advisory agreement.
We do not accept compensation for the sale of securities or other investment products, including asset-
based sales charges or service fees from the sale of mutual funds.
We may at times impose a minimum advisory fee in order to cover the costs of our investment advisory
or sub-advisory services. The minimum size is specific to each type of service and dependent on a variety
of factors, economies of scale, and the cost of third party services needed to render Milliman FRM’s
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advisory services. All such fee arrangements are disclosed to the client, primary adviser, or platform
sponsor, as applicable, and subject to negotiation. We may aggregate accounts to meet minimum account
sizes; whether we aggregate accounts will be determined on a project-by-project basis and, again, is
disclosed to the client, primary adviser, or platform sponsor and subject to negotiation.
For our advisory and sub-advisory services in which we employ underlying mutual funds or ETFs, our fees
are separate and distinct from fees and expenses charged by these underlying funds to their shareholders.
The fees of each of the underlying funds can be found in their offering documents. In addition, underlying
funds’ fees will generally include management fees and other fund expenses and may include distribution
fees. Clients should review any underlying fund’s offering documents carefully. Clients can invest in
underlying funds directly on their own, without the use of our advisory or sub-advisory services.
As described above, we act as adviser or sub-adviser to mutual funds, ETFs, and funds offered through
CITs. We receive a fee for being an adviser or sub-adviser to such funds; we do not receive a fee other
than this internal fund advisory or sub-advisory fee.
We also act as an adviser or sub-adviser to institutional clients including life insurers. Certain of the mutual
funds for which we act as adviser or sub-adviser may be included in the lineup of underlying funds in which
such life insurers’ separate accounts invest.
ERISA Accounts. Milliman FRM may be deemed to be a fiduciary to advisory clients that are employee benefit plans pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act (“ERISA”). As such, we are
subject to specific duties and obligations under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code that include among
other things, restrictions concerning certain forms of compensation. To avoid engaging in prohibited
transactions, we and/or our related persons or affiliates may be limited in the additional services we may
provide or the products we may recommend, and certain fee and compensation structure restrictions
may apply. In addition, certain employees of Milliman FRM have contingent compensation arrangements
where they are compensated in part for their marketing activities which result in successful client
acquisitions by the Milliman FRM practice.
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Neither Milliman FRM nor any of our supervised persons accept performance-based fees - that is, fees
based on a share of capital gains on or capital appreciation of the assets of a client.
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Hedging and Asset Allocation ServicesThese services are provided to life insurers, pensions, endowments, banks, fund managers, reinsurers and trusts. We may at times impose a minimum advisory
fee in order to cover the costs of our services. The minimum size is specific to each type of service and
dependent on a variety of factors, economies of scale, and the cost of third party services needed to
render Milliman FRM’s advisory services. All such fee arrangements are disclosed to clients in advance
and subject to negotiation. For certain types of services we may aggregate accounts to meet minimum
account sizes; whether we aggregate accounts will be determined on a project-by-project basis and, again,
is disclosed to the client and subject to negotiation.
Advisory and Sub-Advisory Services – Funds. Our advisory services for funds consist of advisory or sub-advisory services provided to mutual funds, private funds, ETFs, and funds offered through bank CITs.
In the case of advisory services, we are responsible for both the selection of underlying investments for
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the fund and for selecting the particular mix of futures, mutual funds, ETFs or other exchange-traded
assets and cash for the funds required to carry out the strategy selected for the fund. In the case of sub-
advisory services, typically the primary adviser or another sub-adviser to the fund is responsible for the
selection of underlying investments for the fund, and we are responsible for selecting the particular asset
allocation, or, as applicable, hedge overlay assets, required to carry out the strategy selected for the fund.
We may at times impose a minimum advisory fee in order to cover the costs of our investment advisory
services. The minimum size is dependent on a variety of factors, economies of scale, and the cost of third
party services needed to render Milliman FRM’s advisory services. All such fee arrangements are disclosed
to the fund’s primary adviser and subject to negotiation and approval of the board of directors of the
fund. We may aggregate accounts to meet minimum account sizes; whether we aggregate accounts will
be determined on a project-by-project basis and, again, is disclosed to the fund’s primary adviser and
subject to negotiation.
Sub-Advisory and Asset Allocation Services – Separately Managed Account Programs. Our advisory services for SMAs consist of sub-advisory services provided to SMA providers, or primary
advisers, who offer individual investors access to such services through the SMA provider’s platform. The
client’s own investment manager is responsible for the selection of underlying assets for the client’s
account. We are responsible for selecting the particular mix of futures, ETFs or other exchange-traded
assets required to carry out the strategy selected for the client. We may at times impose a minimum
advisory fee in order to cover the costs of our investment advisory services. The minimum size is specific
to each type of service and dependent on a variety of factors, economies of scale, and the cost of third
party services needed to render Milliman FRM’s advisory services. All such fee arrangements are disclosed
to client through the primary adviser or platform sponsor and subject to negotiation with the primary
adviser or platform sponsor. We may aggregate accounts to meet minimum account sizes; whether we
aggregate accounts will be determined on a project-by-project basis and, again, is disclosed to the client
and subject to negotiation.
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Our investment strategies typically involve the application of hedging and investment techniques to
manage the impact of market declines. This results in the purchase or sale of futures, forwards, swaps,
options, mutual funds, and ETFs. The underlying market factors or securities in the instruments include
equity or fixed income indices, bonds, interest rates, currencies and volatility measures. Investment
strategies are specifically tailored to each client, and as such the methods of analysis used and risks
involved will be vary from client to client.
The risks of our strategies include, but are not limited to:
• Model risk. Our models may not accurately represent risk and projected performance, in which
case our performance may deviate from expectations.
• Basis deviations. There may be deviations between the instruments we use and the risk factors
they are meant to manage, introducing basis risk.
• Gap risk. Large discontinuous jumps in the market may cause our strategies to underperform.
• Credit risk. The hedging strategies we employ can introduce counterparty credit risk, even though
we attempt to mitigate it through the use of collateral and clearing mechanisms.
• Leverage. Our strategies employ leverage to utilize capital efficiently. While losses should in no
circumstance exceed the value of the hedged position, they may be large relative to capital
employed.
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Further details of the risks applicable to fund clients can be found in each fund’s prospectus or other
offering documents.
Investment returns are not guaranteed and past performance is no guarantee of future performance.
There is always a material chance that you may lose money on your investments.
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Registered investment advisors are required to disclose all material facts regarding any legal or disciplinary
events that would be material to your evaluation of Milliman FRM or Milliman, Inc., or the integrity of our
management.
We have not experienced any material legal or disciplinary events.
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Milliman FRM is registered as a commodity trading adviser (“CTA”) with the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission (“CFTC”); several of Milliman FRM’s management persons are registered as associated
persons of the CTA. In addition, Milliman FRM is registered as a commodity pool operator (“CPO”) with
the CFTC.
Milliman FRM provides investment advisory services to certain CITs and mutual funds that are sold to the
retirement plan market. Milliman, Inc. provides actuarial and administrative services to retirement plan
sponsors, including public and private defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Milliman Advisors,
LLC registered adviser provides investment advisory services to public and private defined benefit and
defined contribution plans. Some of these clients also engage Milliman FRM for investment advisory
services. To avoid engaging in prohibited transactions, the value of clients’ investment in these trusts or
funds may be excluded from any Milliman FRM portfolio management fee or from the fees of the related
services. You can find more information about Milliman, Inc.’s services at www.milliman.com and through
its Form ADV Part 2A filed at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Milliman FRM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Milliman, Inc. Milliman FRM is registered with the SEC as of
January 26, 2012. You can find more information about Milliman Advisors, LLC, which is also a wholly
owned subsidiary of Milliman, Inc., through its Forms ADV at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. Milliman Advisors,
LLC’s IARD/CRD number is 112245. From time to time, Milliman FRM and Milliman Advisors, LLC. will both
advise the same client in relation to different aspects of their financial needs. Where this occurs, the
relationship between Milliman Advisors, LLC. and Milliman FRM is disclosed in advance and fees are
structured in a manner that is fair to the client and consistent with applicable law.
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Milliman FRM’s code of ethics for its investment advisers contains guidance on standards of business
conduct, personal securities transactions, reporting violations and education of advisers about the code.
All Milliman FRM Access and Supervised Persons, as defined in SEC rules, are required to provide written
acknowledgement that they have received, read and understand the code, and to review the code
annually. A copy of Milliman FRM’s code of ethics for investment advisers is available to clients or
prospective clients upon request.
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Our investment advisory activities may include recommendations to purchase or sell particular types or
categories of securities or investment products. It may also involve rendering advice with respect to
particular securities or investment products. Concurrently with this advice, our employees may, with
certain restrictions, generally purchase, sell or hold investments within these categories or within these
particular securities or investment products as most are publicly traded. All Milliman FRM Access Persons,
as defined in SEC rules, are required to provide quarterly reports regarding any purchases or sales of
reportable securities. These reports are reviewed by our compliance team.
Our employees may own, as part of their own personal portfolio holdings, investments in instruments or
funds that we also recommend to our clients as part of the client’s investment strategy.
Milliman, Inc. and Milliman FRM prohibit all types of insider trading. Employees are prohibited from using
or distributing material, non-public information for personal benefit. In addition, employees may not
utilize or act upon such material, non-public information in relation to any other client.
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Over-the-counter transactions. In the case of over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives transactions, at the beginning of a client’s program with Milliman FRM, the client will provide a list of eligible
counterparties. Some categories of OTC derivatives transactions, such as certain types of Interest Rate
Swaps, are required to be executed as “cleared swaps” on a Swap Execution Facility (SEF) or a Designated
Contract Market (DCM), whereas “non-cleared” swaps are executed via direct contact with dealers by
voice, email, Bloomberg chat, and other such means. For non-cleared OTC derivatives, counterparties will
typically be dealers with whom a client has ISDA agreements, or plans to complete ISDA agreements. For
each OTC trade, whether cleared or non-cleared, Milliman FRM solicits quotes from several dealers either
via direct contact (for non-cleared swaps) or on a SEF/DCM electronic platform (for cleared swaps).
Milliman FRM applies principles of best execution, discussed below, in choosing the dealer with which to
transact for each individual cleared or non-cleared OTC transaction for the client. Institutional clients and
primary advisors are provided records of all competitive quotes received.
As we conduct most of our trading of OTC derivative instruments via competitive auction for the
instrument alone, the costs associated with those trades are included in the price (i.e., markups or
markdowns) and we do not incur commission for such trades, including commissions often associated
with the receipt of research or brokerage services, typically referred to as soft dollar commissions. We
may occasionally choose to forego a competitive auction, such as a particularly large trade that might
move the market, but these situations are discussed individually with each client as they arise. We may
receive market research and information on market flows; although this is common across all dealers and
not tied to transactions. While we have access as further described below to research or other information
from broker/dealers, typically via their online research portals, we always abide by the principle of best
execution (as further described below) when executing individual transactions.
Futures Transactions. In the case of exchange-traded futures transactions, at the beginning of the client’s program with Milliman FRM, the client will select one or more futures brokers with whom Milliman
FRM will place trades. The client and Milliman FRM jointly evaluate commission rates that will apply to all
futures transactions going forward and consider principles of best execution, discussed below, in
negotiating the brokers’ rates and in choosing which broker to ultimately engage for the client’s futures
transactions. Institutional clients and primary advisors will typically evaluate pricing schedules from
multiple brokers. The broker’s rates and best execution performance are periodically re-evaluated by
Milliman FRM and our clients.
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Equity Transactions. In the case of equity transactions, trades may be executed using Market-on-close orders when and where it is reasonable. Milliman FRM has negotiated commission fees among brokers.
We have developed an Approved Brokers list, which is reviewed at regular intervals based on
characteristics we consider important in meeting the trading needs of our clients.
Research and other Benefits. As we typically execute cleared and non-cleared OTC trades via competitive auction for the instrument alone and commission rates on futures are fixed at program
inception with client participation, we do not pay excess commission charges associated with soft dollars.
Milliman FRM may receive research on the economy, derivative instruments, flows and conditions from
many broker/dealers, typically via their online research portals. This information is commonly distributed
by many broker/dealers to many market participants, is not associated with particular transactions, and
does not obligate us to trade with any particular dealer. We always abide by the principle of best execution
as further described below when executing individual OTC transactions.
Best Execution. In the case of non-cleared and cleared OTC transactions we will conduct a direct-contact or SEF/DCM based competitive auction between broker/dealers from the client-approved list of eligible
counterparties and award the trade on the basis of best execution. In practice, best execution is typically
most effective execution, but may deviate as a consequence of concerns about credit or collateral
requirements in individual circumstances. If a broker/dealer’s support or responsiveness were to become
unacceptable, this would also be considered along with price in awarding a transaction. For equity
transactions, broker/dealers are chosen based on service and operational competence, which includes
characteristics, such as technology and communication quality, timeliness of execution, efficient, and
accurate clearance and settlement processes. In the case of futures transactions, as in OTC transactions,
the client makes the ultimate choice on which broker/dealers will be eligible. In the case of futures, it is
typical at the inception of the program for the client to designate a broker and backup broker to be
responsible for clearing and execution of all trades, since every broker is a conduit to the same exchange
inventory and prices, which may be considered “directed brokerage”, discussed below. Best execution is
considered in identifying the futures broker at the inception of each program and includes an overall
evaluation of price competitiveness, back office support, responsiveness, credit risk, reporting, research,
and other value-added services of the broker. Occasionally, a client will ask us to favor a dealer for credit
or other reasons, and we will act according to their wishes, but we never do this unless directed by a
client. We disclose pricing levels received on executed transactions to our clients so they receive
transparent information on any deviations from best price.
Directed Brokerage. Typically the client selects one or more specific broker/dealers. A client may select a particular broker/dealer within the boundaries of best execution in return for some other service or
value that the broker/dealer has provided to the client. The acceptable price deviation is defined for us
by the client, who specifies a maximum deviation from best price that they are willing to accept. This caps
the price that is paid over for the ancillary services provided beyond the transaction and allows the entire
activity to be considered in the context of best execution. As in all transactions, we provide full
transparency on all quotes we receive. When a client selects a specific broker/dealer, Milliman FRM does
not receive any additional compensation and does not benefit from the use of this broker/dealer.
When our clients direct us to use a specific broker/dealer for all or a portion of the trades executed in the
client’s account, with respect to those trades effected by such direction, we (i) will not have authority to
negotiate commissions among various broker dealers on a trade-by-trade basis; (ii) will not necessarily be
able to obtain volume discounts; and (iii) may not achieve best execution. In addition, a disparity in
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commission charges may exist between the commissions charged to our client for such trades and those
charged to other of our clients.
We may recommend that current institutional clients participate in services or programs offered by third
parties with which we have a relationship, including the provision of sub-advisory services. In such cases
we disclose to the current institutional client the arrangement between us and the third party, and that
we receive an economic benefit when recommending such programs by our receipt of a sub-advisory fee.
We do not currently recommend or select other investment advisers for clients for which we receive
compensation directly or indirectly.
We may receive client referrals from brokers. We do not compensate brokers for such referrals, and we
disclose this existence of this relationship to the prospective client.
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Hedging and Asset Allocation Advisory Services – Institutional Clients. A hedge strategy is put in place via an investment services agreement for the life of the hedged liability, or the life of the contract if
shorter. A client has the ability to provide a revised directive at any time. Performance against the
strategy is typically reviewed weekly by our Principals and/or Managing Directors and quarterly by our
Investment Committee.
Client reports associated with hedging and asset allocation advisory services are typically prepared on a
weekly basis. Clients periodically receive reports showing the impact of actual market movements on
client assets and liabilities.
Institutional clients receive performance reports in electronic form, typically in Excel format.
Advisory and Sub-Advisory Services – Funds. A strategy is put in place according to the terms of an investment services agreement with the client or primary adviser, as applicable. The client or primary
adviser has the ability to provide a revised directive at any time. Performance against the strategy is
typically reviewed weekly by our Principals and/or Managing Directors and quarterly by our Investment
Committee.
Reports for the primary adviser to the fund are prepared periodically according to the terms of our
agreement with the primary adviser. These reports are delivered in electronic form, typically in Excel
format. Individual clients who are investors in the fund receive periodic reports from the fund according
to the terms of the fund’s disclosure documents.
Sub-Advisory and Asset Allocation Services - Separately Managed Account Programs. A strategy is put in place according to the terms of an investment services agreement with the primary adviser. The
primary adviser has the ability to provide a revised directive at any time. Performance against the strategy
is typically monitored daily and reviewed weekly by our Principals and Managing Directors and quarterly
by our Investment Committee.
Reports for the primary adviser are prepared periodically according to the terms of our agreement with
the primary adviser. These reports are delivered in electronic form, typically in Excel format. Individual
clients receive periodic reports from their primary adviser showing the impact of actual market
movements on client assets and liabilities according to the terms of the client’s investment advisory
agreement with their primary adviser.
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We do not take referral fees or receive sales awards or other similar incentives for providing investment
advisory services to our clients. We are occasionally invited to social events with a broker/dealer. These
activities are recorded in a travel and entertainment log which is reviewed by compliance staff.
Certain employees of Milliman FRM are compensated in part for their marketing activities which result in
successful client referrals to the Milliman FRM practice.
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At the request of an institutional client, we may exercise discretion to choose investments, the timing of
transactions, and make allocation trades. The client may set whatever limitations on this discretion it
chooses; such discretion is precisely outlined in the investment policy agreed to with the institutional
client, and reports that facilitate compliance monitoring are provided to the client periodically.
In the case of funds and separately managed accounts for which we provide sub-advisory services, our
discretion is outlined in the investment policy agreed to with the primary adviser.
In the case of funds and separately managed accounts for which we provide primary advisory services,
our discretion is outlined in the investment policy developed and reviewed by the Investment Committee.
We do not exercise execution precedence for any one client over another, and trades are typically placed
for execution on a first-come-first-served basis according to our trade allocation policy, in line with the
core guiding principle of treating all client orders and executions fairly, and in due turn with other client
orders. In addition, when multiple client portfolios require that the same contract be traded, we use a
multi-order ticket system which allows a trader to send multiple trades for the same contract at the same
time and randomizes the sequence in which they are transmitted to the broker, removing the risk of
execution order bias.
Each client’s strategy is designed with their goals and objectives in mind. This may mean that we buy a
certain investment for one client that we sell for another client. Each recommendation or trade is made
specifically for the individual client. We do not participate in agency cross transactions.
We do not engage in block trades or grouped orders.
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Hedging and Asset Allocation Advisory Services – Institutional Clients. As a matter of firm policy and practice, we do not provide discretionary voting proxy services for institutional clients for which we
provide hedging and asset allocation advisory services. Institutional clients retain the responsibility for
receiving and voting proxies for any and all securities maintained in their portfolio, or may outsource to
firms who provide these services.
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Advisory and Sub-Advisory Services – Funds and Separately Managed Account Programs. We typically do not provide discretionary voting proxy services for mutual funds, ETFs, and CITs for which we
provide sub-advisory services. Typically each fund’s or CIT’s primary adviser retains responsibility for
receiving and voting proxies for securities maintained in clients’ portfolios. In certain circumstances, the
primary advisor may delegate the day-to-day proxy voting responsibilities to Milliman FRM. In such cases,
Milliman has hired ISS to administer the proxy voting program. Milliman will utilize the Proxy Policy and
Guidelines approved by the client’s Fund Board. Should the client’s Fund Board no have a proxy Policy or
Guidelines, Milliman will utilize its own Policy, Proxy Voting Committee and Proxy Voting Guidelines.
We do not provide discretionary voting proxy services for clients of SMAs; the primary adviser or the client
retains responsibility for receiving and voting proxies for any and all securities maintained in clients’
portfolios.
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Client fees are generally invoiced in arrears; we do not require or solicit prepayment and we do not accept
more than $1,200 paid six months or more in advance.
Neither Milliman nor Milliman FRM has been the subject of any bankruptcy petition at any time in their
history, and there is no current financial condition that is reasonably likely to impair Milliman’s or Milliman
FRM’s ability to meet contractual commitments to clients.
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