No. of participants
Total100,000
Investment mgmt. only100,000
Participants served exclusively50,000
Investment mgmt. only50,000
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Employee meetings
Generic employee investment education
Consulting services
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Daily valuation
Total defined contribution assets: $2 billion
In-house investment management services are provided through:
*Internally managed mutual funds
*Internally managed commingled funds
*Internally managed separate accounts
AMR Investment Services Inc. provides services to 15 sponsors, all investment management clients.
It has record-keeping partnerships with The 401(k) Co.; Milliman & Robertson; Mercer; Towers Perrin; First Interstate; NationsBank; Banc of Oklahoma; Compass Bank; Buck; and KeyCorp.
Keith Wagner is client contact.
Bankers Trust Co.
280 Park Ave. New York, N.Y. 10017; phone: (212) 454-2400; fax: (212) 454-2647
No. of participants
Total1,300,000
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Plan design
Employee meetings
Generic employee investment education
Customized employee investment education
Generic employee communications
Customized employee communications
Compliance and reporting
Consulting services
Toll-free, automated voice-response system
TOLL-FREE NUMBER SERVICES
Account balance
Account transfers
24-hour access
Operators
Foreign language capability
Changes to contribution allocations
Loan request/processing
Performance data
Fund information
Retirement planning assistance
Client service rep available
Integrated DB/DC platform
Withdrawal/termination processing
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Daily valuation
Total defined contribution assets: $28 billion
In-house investment management services are provided through:
*Internally managed mutual funds
*Internally managed commingled funds
*Internally managed separate accounts
*GICs
External investment management services are provided through:
Private label mutual funds
Bankers Trust Co. provides services to 164 sponsors: 111 for bundled services (including in-house investment management), and 53 for bundled services except in-house investment management.
It has investment management partnerships with Twentieth Century; Janus; Neuberger & Berman; Federated; and Capital Research.
It offers a World Wide Web site; client-specific defined contribution sites are in progress. It offers participant and sponsor access to account information through a secure private network.
Timothy F. Keaney is client contact.
Buck Consultants Inc.
2 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10121-0047; phone: (212) 330-1000; fax: (212) 695-4184
No. of participants
Total380,000
Bundled (exc. in-house asset mgmt.)380,000
Participants served exclusively380,000
Record-keeping/administration only380,000
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Plan design
Employee meetings
Generic employee investment education
Customized employee investment education
Generic employee communications
Customized employee communications
Compliance and reporting
Consulting services
Toll-free, automated voice-response system
TOLL-FREE NUMBER SERVICES
Account balance
Account transfers
24-hour access
Operators
Foreign language capability
Changes to contribution allocations
Loan request/processing
Performance data
Fund information
Retirement planning assistance
Client service rep available
Withdrawal disbursements
Personal ID code changes
Suspensions
Confirmation of changes
Transfer to live operator
Enrollment
Loan modeling
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Daily valuation
External investment management services are provided through:
Private label mutual funds
Commingled funds
Separate accounts
GICs
Investment management consulting
Buck Consultants Inc. provides services to 441 sponsors, all for bundled services except in-house investment management clients.
It has investment management partnerships with AIM; Capital Guardian; Delaware Management; Dodge & Cox; Dreyfus; Federated; Franklin/Templeton; INVESCO; MFS; Montgomery Asset; Morley Capital; Neuberger & Berman; Phoenix; PIMCO; Scudder, Stevens & Clark; Strong Capital; Twentieth Century; and Vista Funds. It has trustee alliance partnerships with Chase Manhattan and State Street Bank.
It offers data interchange and e-mail through public online systems, and direct inquiry and transactions, data interchange, e-mail, and report writing through a secure private network.
Carolee P. Martin and Pamela Stewart are client contacts.
BZW Barclays Global
Investors - MasterWorks
Group
420 Montgomery St., San Francisco, Calif. 94104; phone: (415) 396-5835; fax: (415) 291-8803