Business Retirement Plans
Employee Retirement Plans…. Better Advice, Lower Cost Register Investment Advisor Firms…
Advisor firms are built for just what employee participants and plan administrators are looking for. . . advice. Just as individual client accounts have found considerable improvement in reduced cost, better investment performance and flexibility by moving to an investment advisory relationship, so too can retirement plans such as 401(k), SIMPLE IRA or SEP IRAs. Plan administrators will generally find much better pricing based upon asset size than they currently experience. Fees are sharpening and you should be receiving the benefit of those changes.
Plan administrators also find comfort in knowing that the advisor is working as a fiduciary to the plan just as they work as a fiduciary in their capacity as an administrator.
Your fiduciary responsibilities include:
- Plan compliance with the various DOL and ERISA regulations
- Due diligence documentation created and filed
- Planned periodic analytical reviews of investment choices
- New participant onboarding
- Current participant education
- Individually directed accounts through alternative platforms
Many times, it is not a matter of overhauling the plan and changing providers. It may be as simple as bringing in some new blood with a second set of eyes or new perspectives on how to help the current plan become the benefit the business wants it to be.