National Benefit Consultants
28800 Orchard Lake Road, Farming ton Hills, Mich. 48334; phone: (810) 539-4000; fax: (810) 539-4012
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Investment management
Record-keeping/administration
Plan design
Enrollment assistance
On-going employee communications
Toll-free, telephone voice-response system
Government filings
Compliance testing
Accounting
Individual investment planning
Life insurance administration
A full-service bundled product is offered
800-NUMBER SERVICES:
Account balance
Account transfers
Changes to contribution allocations
Performance data
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT:
Daily account valuation is offered
Total defined contribution assets: $20 million
Defined contribution clients: 120
Management services are provided through:
Proprietary mutual funds, run in-house
Commingled funds, run in-house
GICs
Record-keeping/administrative services are supplied through:
An in-house department
Contact: Michael T. Stacey
National City Corp.
1900 E. Ninth St., Cleveland, Ohio 44114; phone: (216) 575-3214; fax: (216) 575-3308
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Investment management
Record-keeping/administration
On-going employee education
Project-based employee education
Plan design
Enrollment assistance
On-going employee communications
Toll-free, telephone voice-response system
Discrimination testing
IRS 5500 preparation
Prototype plan document
A full-service bundled product is offered
800-NUMBER SERVICES:
Account balance
Account transfers
24-hour access
Changes to contribution allocations
Loan request processing
Performance data
Withdrawal information
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT:
Daily account valuation is offered
Total defined contribution assets: $2 billion
Defined contribution clients: 879
No. of participants in client plans: 151,000
Management services are provided through:
Proprietary mutual funds, run in-house
Private label mutual funds, run externally
Commingled funds, run in-house
Commingled funds, run externally
An alliance
GICs
Individual portfolio management
Record-keeping/administrative services are supplied through:
An in-house department
Contact: Timothy J. Driscoll
NationsBank
901 Main St., Dallas, Texas 75202; phone: (214) 508-0303; fax: (214) 508-1940
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Investment management
Record-keeping/administration
On-going employee education
Project-based employee education
Plan design
Enrollment assistance
On-going employee communications
Toll-free, voice response system
Daily account valuation
Trustee services
5500 preparation
Participant loan administration
Prototype plan document
A full-service bundled product is offered
800-NUMBER SERVICES:
Account balance
Account transfers
24-hour access
Live operators
Loan request/processing
Performance data
Fund information
Retirement planning aid
Enrollment
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT:
Total defined contribution assets: $15.3 billion
Defined contribution clients: 2,960
No. of participants in client plans: 350,000
Management services are provided through:
Proprietary mutual funds, run in-house
Commingled funds, run in-house
Record-keeping/administrative services are supplied through:
An in-house department
Contact: Robin Robinson
Neuberger & Berman
Management
10 S. Wacker, Suite 1000, Chicago, Ill. 60606; phone: (312) 993-2535; fax: (312) 993-2533
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Investment management
Record-keeping/administration
On-going employee education
Enrollment assistance
On-going employee communications
Toll-free, phone voice-response system
Daily account valuation
A full-service bundled product is not offered
800-NUMBER SERVICES:
24-hour access
Live operators
Performance data
Fund information
Retirement planning aid
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT:
Total defined contribution assets: $1.8 billion
Management services are provided through:
Proprietary mutual funds, run in-house
An alliance
Record-keeping/administrative services are supplied through:
An alliance with other firms
Alliance partners:
For record-keeping & administration:
Godwins, Mercer, Hewitt, Wyatt, TPFC, W F Coroon, Buck, Hazlehurst.
Contact: Steve Sorenson
The New England
501 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. 02117; phone: (617) 578-6386; (fax) (617) 578-5461
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Investment management
Record-keeping/administration
On-going employee education
Project-based employee education
Plan design
Enrollment assistance
On-going employee communications
Toll-free, telephone voice-response system
IRA rollover
Signature-ready 5500
Testing/compliance
Prototype or custom plan documents
A full-service bundled product is offered
800-NUMBER SERVICES:
Account balance
Account transfers
Changes to contribution allocations
Loan modeling
Performance data
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT:
Daily account valuation is offered
Total defined contribution assets: $30.3 billion
Defined contribution clients: 950
No. of participants in client plans: 92,000
Management services are provided through:
Proprietary mutual funds, run in-house
Commingled funds, run in-house
GICs
Record-keeping/administrative services are supplied through:
An in-house department
Contact: Mark Phillips
New England Pension
Consultants Inc.
1 Main St. Cambridge, Mass. 02142; phone: (617) 374-1300; fax: (617) 374-1313
SERVICES PROVIDED:
On-going employee education
On-going employee communications
Selection of investment options
Manager searches
Construction of "life-cycle" portfolios
Performance measurement
A full-service bundled product is not offered
Defined contribution clients: 20
No. of participants in client plans: 20,000
Contact: Duane Hess
