Fiduciary Responsibility
"To promote a culture of fiduciary responsibility and improve the decision-making process of investment fiduciaries."
Our Fiduciary management is intended to identify the critical moving pieces in fulfilling your organization's fiduciary role as a corporate retirement plan sponsor. A process built around the four cornerstones of organize, formalize, implement and monitor will contribute to a more successful retirement program and mitigate potential fiduciary liabilities.
Investment stewards wear many professional hats and the management and HR executives lament their lack of time and tools to fulfill their fiduciary accountabilities. Our review of the process and metrics will demonstrate a due diligence that is much more robust than most companies would do on their own.
We handle:
- Plan design analysis
- Safe harbor plan design
- Plan benchmarking
- Fee analysis & disclosure
- Auto design features
- Contribution scenarios
- Funding scenarios
- Financial education workshops on and off premises
- Enrollment meetings
- One-on-one participant meetings
- Education seminars for plan sponsors
Vendor Search & Negotiation
- Strategic planning
- Vendor comparison metrics
- Conversion services
- Fee & contract negotiation
Fiduciary Oversight
- Comprehensive fiduciary review
- Best practices
- Plan governance
- Plan operations review
- Investment committee formalization
Investment Consulting
- Fund analysis & monitoring
- Investment policy integration
- Target date selection
- QDIA
- Custom model portfolio design & implementation
Compliance
- Annual compliance & self audit review
- PPA & ERISA oversight
- Legislative updates