Wally Fikri, CFA, CPA, is a partner at William Blair Investment Management. He works with plan sponsors and investment consultants in the United States and brings asset allocation and risk expertise to bear in understanding their needs and structure. He has served on William Blair’s benefits committee and chaired the investment committee overseeing the defined-contribution and defined-benefit plans. Before joining William Blair in 2004, Wally was a partner with Brinson Partners (now UBS Global Asset Management) for nearly 12 years. He managed asset-allocation portfolios, which included actively managed bottom-up strategies across global equities, bonds, and alternative investments. He als