Alliance Program

The 401(k) Alliance Program brings together the talents of a local Investment Advisor, the Investment Firm and a Regional Consulting Firm. This provides the Investment Advisor with a solid platform to solve his or her client needs. Many clients were unhappy with the traditional "Bundled" services due to the distances involved between the investment firm and the client.

Under the new alliance arrangement the Investment firm "Bundles" the areas the clients desire such as, all of the participant investment information that allow the participant to have internet access, 800 phone access and receive his benifit statement directly from the investment firm. The investment firm then downloads this information to a local TPA and Investment Advisor to provide the employer with local face-to-face services for plan consulting and year-end work.

This is used in any plan that provides for the plan participant to direct their own investment account.

These Alliance services were created by Investment Firms to better meet their client needs after an industry survey indicated that more localized service was needed to address consulting issues by local TPA's and Investment Advice by Local Investment Advisors