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April 01, 1996 12:00 AM

SPECIAL REPORT: DEFINED CONTRIBUTION

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    Aetna Retirement Services

    151 Farmington Ave., Hartford, Conn. 06156; phone: (860) 273-2128; fax: (860) 273-5207

    No. of participants

    Total982,378

    Bundled (inc. in-house asset mgmt.)982,378

    Participants served exclusively720,553

    Bundled services720,553

    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

    INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES

    Daily valuation

    Total defined contribution assets: $30.8 billion

    In-house investment management services are provided through:

    Internally managed mutual funds

    Internally managed separate accounts

    General account stable value options

    External investment management services are provided through:

    Alliances with mutual fund families

    Aetna Retirement Services provides services to 28,594 sponsors: 27,194 for bundled services (including in-house investment management) and 1,400 for investment management only.

    It has investment management partnerships with Alger; Evergreen; Fidelity; Janus; Neuberger & Berman; Templeton; and Twentieth Century. It has administration partnerships with Systematized Benefits Administrators Inc. and numerous local TPA partners for 401(k) services; and trust partnerships with Mellon and Fleet Financial.

    It offers general information through public online systems, and administrative data exchange and downloads through a secure private network.

    Gordon Maltempo is client contact.

    Alexander & Alexander

    Consulting Group Inc.

    1 Piedmont Center, 3565 Piedmont Road N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30363; phone: (404) 264-3093; fax: (404) 240-6099

    No. of participants

    Total600,000

    Record keeping/administration only600,000

    Participants served exclusively600,000

    Record-keeping/administration only600,000

    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

    INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

    Daily valuation provided

    External investment management services are provided through:

    Registered mutual funds

    Alexander & Alexander Consulting Group Inc. provides services to 152 sponsors, all are record keeping/administration clients.

    It has partnerships with Charles Schwab and INVESCO in investment management.

    It offers plan sponsor access to information through a secure private network.

    Melanie P. Langsett is client contact.

    American Express

    Institutional Services

    P.O. Box 489, Minneapolis, Minn. 55440-0489; phone: (800) 437-0600; fax: (612) 671-5031

    No. of participants

    Total552,822

    Bundled (inc. in-house asset mgmt.)552,822

    Participants served exclusively552,822

    Bundled services552,822

    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

    Rollovers

    Enrollments

    Distributions

    Plan information

    INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES

    Daily valuation

    Total defined contribution assets: $15.33 billion

    In-house investment management services are provided through:

    *Internally managed mutual funds

    *Internally managed commingled funds

    *Internally managed separate accounts

    *GICs

    *Outside investment alliances

    External investment management services are provided through:

    Outside mutual funds

    American Express Institutional Services provides services to 882 sponsors: 834 for bundled services (including in-house investment management); and 48 for investment management only.

    It has investment management partnerships with Brinson Partners; Templeton; Nicholas-Applegate; AIM; PIMCO; Neuberger & Berman; and Oppenheimer.

    It offers sponsor access to account information with flexible reporting features and customized participant access through a secure private network.

    Ward Armstrong is client contact.

    American United Life

    Insurance Co.

    1 American Square, P.O. Box 368, Indianapolis, Ind. 46206; phone: (317) 263-1161; fax: (317) 263-1956

    No. of participants

    Total310,000

    Bundled (inc. in-house asset mgmt.)294,200

    Investment mgmt. only15,800

    Participants served exclusively310,000

    Bundled services294,200

    Investment mgmt. only15,800

    SERVICES PROVIDED:

    Plan design

    Employee meetings

    Generic employee investment education

    Customized employee investment education

    Generic employee communications

    Customized employee communications

    Compliance and reporting

    Toll-free, automated voice-response system

    TOLL-FREE NUMBER SERVICES

    Account balance

    Account transfers

    24-hour access

    Operators

    Changes to contribution allocations

    Performance data

    Fund information

    Client service rep available

    INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES

    Daily valuation

    Total defined contribution assets: $4.2 billion

    In-house investment management services are provided through:

    *Internally managed commingled funds,

    *Internally managed separate accounts

    External investment management services are provided through:

    Commingled funds

    Separate accounts

    American United Life Insurance Co. provides services to 8,091 sponsors: 7,940 for bundled services (including in-house investment management) and 151 for investment management only.

    It has investment management partnerships with Alger; Calvert; Fidelity; INVESCO; PBHG; T. Rowe Price; Twentieth Century; and Vanguard. It offers remote inquiry through a secure private network.

    Brian Sweeney is client contact.

    AMR Investment Services

    4333 Amon Carter Blvd., MD 5645, Fort Worth, Texas 75028; phone: (817) 967-0767; fax: (817) 967-0768

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