Investment Advisory

Broad Capabilities

Our services can address the full scope of your program.

Consulting Services
Our consulting services help evaluate your needs and lay the foundation for a strong retirement program. This process includes:

  • Creating an investment policy statement to define the duties and responsibilities for all parties involved, diversification specific to risk and return, due diligence and monitoring criteria.
  • Designing a results-driven plan intended to help participants reach their goals
  • Benchmarking existing plan design and expenses against the marketplace or your industry

Investment Analysis
We evaluate your investment line-up in key areas, such as:

  • Asset allocation and diversification of the investment platform
  • Analysis of fees and revenue sharing associated with the investments
  • Qualified Default Investment Alternatives (QDIA) Analysis

Plan Implementation
We work with you to supervise the implementation of new strategies. Our implementation process includes:

  • Searches for new vendors, investment managers, trustees or custodians
  • Selection of appropriate investment vehicles, representing a selection of asset classes
  • Implementation of investment strategies including target maturity funds or life cycle funds
  • Management of employee education and awareness programs

Ongoing Monitoring
Continuous monitoring is a key element of our process. We meet with you regularly to review the following:

  • Investment policy statement
  • Performance of the investment line-up
  • Vendor performance
  • Annual expense benchmarking