Sec. 2B. REPORT ON INVESTMENTS BY INDEPENDENT INVESTMENT CONSULTANT. At least once every three years, the board shall hire an independent investment consultant to conduct a review of fund investments and submit a report to the board and the municipality concerning the review or demonstrate in the fund's annual financial report that the review was conducted. The independent investment consultant shall review and report on at least the following:
(1) the fund's compliance with its investment policy statement, ethics policies, including policies concerning the acceptance of gifts, and policies concerning insider trading;
(2) the fund's asset allocation, including a review and discussion of the various risks, objectives, and expected future cash flows;
(3) the fund's portfolio structure, including the fund's need for liquidity, cash income, real return, and inflation protection and the active, passive, or index approaches for different portions of the portfolio;
(4) investment manager performance reviews and an evaluation of the processes used to retain and evaluate managers;
(5) benchmarks used for each asset class and individual manager;
(6) an evaluation of fees and trading costs;
(7) an evaluation of any leverage, foreign exchange, or other hedging transaction; and
(8) an evaluation of investment-related disclosures in the fund's annual reports.