Investment Advisory and Fiduciary Services

Consultants are available to meet with employees, in a group setting or one-on-one, to explain the benefits your plan has to offer and the importance of saving for retirement.  Programs are available to provide investment education, as well as financial wellness education for employees.  The DOL is making employers more responsible for providing employees with good education, and we are available to help.

Are you looking for high quality, objective advice in designing the investment program for your retirement plan? Are your employees looking for individual help with their retirement account investment decision that integrates with their personal financial plans? Wipfli Hewins Investment Advisors LLC provides fee-only, objective investment advice with no conflicts of interest. Our approach is designed to help employers comply with their fiduciary responsibility. Investment choices focus on asset allocation based on the principals of modern portfolio theory. This includes an investment policy statement and disciplined monitoring of the investment program according to the standards of ERISA. 

An accredited investment fiduciary with Wipfli Hewins can perform a throrough assessment of your retirement plan that covers documentation and acknowlegement of the roles and responsibilities of all parties involved with the plan, creation or review of an Investment policy statement that spells out overall investment strategy, and review of implementation procedures and the policies and procedures relating to monitoring of the plan.

The DOL is focusing on employer's fiduciary responsibility to their employees in regards to retirement plan investment design and monitoring and will soon require detailed disclosure of all the fees associated with your plan.  Are you sure you would pass a DOL audit with flying colors?  Wipfli Hewins consultants are available to review your investment program design and fund selection process including benchmarking analysis, review your fee structure, perform a participation analysis, perform a fiduciary assessment, and perform a plan design review.

Let us help you wade through the vendor selection process for your retirement plan.  We can prepare an RFP for you to use and help you wade throught the myriad of responses and help you make an informed decision based on a documented decision making process that meets ERISA fiduciary standards.