
Retirement Plan Consulting
Offering a retirement plan is no small task, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. While you focus on running your business, we’re here to help you deliver one of the most valuable benefits you can offer your employees—a well-managed, effective retirement plan. Your organization’s culture, mission, and goals drive everything we do. Whether you’re starting from scratch or refining an existing plan, we bring a process-driven approach to ensure efficiency, compliance, and alignment with your business priorities. Our experience spans businesses of all sizes and structures, from startups to the largest companies, and from straightforward plans to complex, highly tailored solutions.
As your co-fiduciary and trusted partner, we’ll help you create and manage a retirement plan that reflects your values, supports your employees, and meets your organizational goals. While we especially enjoy working with mission-driven organizations, we welcome businesses of all kinds that want to offer meaningful benefits and invest in their team’s future.
Together, we’ll build a program that works for your business.
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Are you a new or small business owner looking to establish a retirement plan? We can provide smart scalable solutions to take your organization from start-up plan to large market.
Solo/Individual 401(k)
SEP & SIMPLE IRAs
Defined Contribution: 401(a), 401(k), & 403(b) Plans
Defined Benefit: Traditional pension plans & hybrid solutions
Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP)
Deferred Compensation: Non-qualified 409(A) and 457(b) & 457(f) plans
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ERISA 3(21) and/or ERISA 3(38) fiduciary services
Investment policy statement creation/evaluation
Ongoing investment monitoring & recommendations
Qualified Default Investment Alternative (QDIA) assistance
Investment performance reporting
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Service provider liaison
Retirement plan search support/vendor analysis
Plan benchmarking services
Assistance identifying plan expenses
Education services to retirement plan sponsor/committee
Education services to active, eligible, and/or terminated participants
ERISA 3(16) evaluation & implementation
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Evaluation of retirement plan design features
Benchmarking frequency & appropriateness of plan design features
Recommendations for plan design including combination defined contribution, defined benefit, and non-qualified solutions to complement organizational goals
Assistance with plan design via vendor documents to evaluate solutions through lens of cost efficiency
Analysis of, and recommendations for, supplemental, holistic solutions, including but not limited to financial wellness programs, payroll integration, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), emergency savings, and student loan debt programs
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Ongoing advisory relationship or project engagements available
Analysis of plan integrations or termination
Compliance with IRS and ERISA rules
Evaluation of impact on employees & development of communication strategies
Due Diligence on plan liabilities
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Group & individual education services
Comprehensive wrap-around communication programs, including but not limited to plan education, topical market materials, and ongoing newsletters
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Ongoing advisory relationship or project engagements available
Analysis of plan-level investments
Opportunity to review eligible platform investment offerings that are ESG or SRI focused
Analysis of plan design features that can highlight company support, fair compensation and engagement practices, and diversity benchmarking