Like any good investment due diligence process, ours begins with an investment menu design and analysis. As we review managers, we strive to maintain an unbiased perspective by using an open architecture model designed to remove any conflict of interest. This philosophy leads plan sponsors to “best-in-class” money managers, regardless of the fund family. Our process incorporates both quantitative and qualitative factors as a way of measuring the relative performance, characteristics, behavior, and overall appropriateness of a fund for inclusion into a plan as an investment option.

Quarterly investment reviews: Did you know that 97% of organizations review their plan’s investments with their financial advisor annually — if not more frequently? In fact, a need for investment expertise is the main reason many companies hire a financial advisor in the first place. Case in point: 70% of sponsors report that their financial advisor’s advice is the primary catalyst for their plan alterations.