Fiduciary resources
Description
Mesirow 3(21) and 3(38) Fiduciary Partnership Services
Mesirow Fiduciary Solutions provides innovative services that help plan sponsors and advisors develop and maintain successful retirement plans. Serving as an independent fiduciary to your Capital Group retirement plan, we provide:

Investment monitoring
We ensure your plan meets ERISA 404(c) diversification requirements and monitor lineup funds on a quarterly basis using a rigorous quantitative and qualitative process.
Legal protection
We defend all claims within the scope of our fiduciary duty. Indemnification for plan sponsors and advisors is not subject to a liability cap.*
Expertise
We are a pioneer of third-party fiduciary solutions. By utilizing our PrecisionAlpha® process, a proprietary manager selection methodology, we can more accurately account for a manager’s true potential for success and active level of risk.
3(21) Fiduciary Partnership Service
As a 3(21) fiduciary under ERISA, Mesirow provides investment recommendations for the plan lineup, while plan sponsor maintains investment discretion. To help you sign up for our 3(21) Service, we include:
- Our 3(21) service agreements
- Form ADV Part 2
- Additional resources
- 3(21) IPS templates
- 3(21) Elite List (i.e., our fund coverage list)
3(38) Fiduciary Partnership Service
As a 3(38) fiduciary under ERISA, Mesirow has investment discretion over the plan lineup and can add or replace funds on your behalf. To help you sign up for our 3(38) Service, we include:
- Our 3(38) service agreement
- Form ADV Part 2
- 3(38) IPS template
- 3(38) discretionary lineups
- Additional resources