Performance data
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 mutual funds
External investment management services are provided through:
GICs
Fund alliance
MFS Retirement Services Inc. provides services to 20,869 sponsors: 2,873 for bundled services (including in-house investment management) and 17,996 for investment management only.
It offers fund information through its website.
It has investment management partnerships with Foreign & Colonial and Dwight Asset Management. It uses various TPAs for record keeping.
Midwest Group
312 Walnut St., 21st Floor, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202; phone: (513) 629-2953; fax: (513) 629-2082
(No. of participants)
Total 2,000
Investment mgmt. only 2,000
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Plan design
Employee meetings
Generic employee investment education
Customized employee investment education
Generic employee communications
Customized employee communications
Consulting services
TOLL-FREE NUMBER SERVICES
Account balance
Account transfers
Operators
Performance data
Fund information
Retirement planning assistance
Client service rep available
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Daily valuation
Total defined contribution assets: $45 million
In-house investment management services are provided through:
*Internally managed mutual funds
External investment management services are provided through:
Private label mutual funds
Midwest Group provides services to 53 sponsors, all investment-management-only clients.
It has record-keeping and third-party administration partnerships with Futures Planning; Checker Simon; Crowe/Chizek; Buck; and Tri-State.
Frank Bitzer is client contact.
Milliman & Robertson Inc.
1301 Fifth Ave., Suite 3800, Seattle, Wash. 98101-2605; phone: (206) 624-7940; fax: (206) 623-3485
(No. of participants)
Total 265,599
Bundled (exc. in-house asset mgmt.) 106,618
Record keeping/administration only 158,981
Participants served exclusively 159,493
Record-keeping/administration only 159,493
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 NUMBER SERVICES
Account balance
Account transfers
24-hour access
Operators
Foreign language capability
Changes to contribution allocations
Loan request/processing
Fund information
Client service rep available
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Daily valuation
External investment management services are provided through:
Private label mutual funds
Commingled funds
Separate accounts
GICs
Milliman & Robertson Inc. provides services to 1,373 sponsors: 585 for bundled services except in-house investment management and 788 for record-keeping and administration only.
It has partnerships with Smith Barney and Charles Schwab in investment management.
Janet Rubenstein is client contact.
MMC&P Retirement Benefit
Services Inc.
1 Gateway Center, 11th Floor, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222-1416; phone: (412) 394-9300; fax: (412) 261-1207
(No. of participants)
Total 46,000
Bundled (exc. in-house asset mgmt.) 18,000
Record keeping/administration only 28,000
Participants served exclusively 25,000
Record-keeping/administration only 25,000
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 NUMBER SERVICES
Account balance
Account transfers
24-hour access
Operators
Changes to contribution allocations
Loan request/processing
Performance data
Fund information
Retirement planning assistance
Client service rep available
MMC&P Retirement Benefit Services Inc. provides services to 210 sponsors: 95 for bundled services excluding in-house investment management and 115 for record-keeping and administration only.
John P. Parks is client contact.
J.P. Morgan Investment
Management Inc.
522 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10036; phone: (212) 837-1408;
fax: (212) 768-0557
(No. of participants)
Total 600,000
Investment mgmt. only 600,000
Participants served exclusively 600,000
Investment mgmt. only 600,000
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Plan design
Employee meetings
Generic employee investment education
Customized employee investment education
Generic employee communications
Customized employee communications
Consulting services
TOLL-FREE NUMBER SERVICES
Operators
Foreign language capability
Performance data
Fund information
Retirement planning assistance
Client service rep available
Investment education
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Daily valuation
Total defined contribution assets: $8.5 billion
In-house investment management services are provided through:
*Internally managed mutual funds
*Internally managed commingled funds
*Internally managed separate accounts
*GICs
J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. provides services to 95 sponsors, all investment management only clients.
Steven J. Saner is client contact.
Morgan Stanley
Asset Management
1221 Ave. of the Americas, 5th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10020; phone: (212) 762-7381; fax: (212) 762-7394
(No. of participants)
Total 957,000
Bundled (inc. in-house asset mgmt.) 1,000
Investment mgmt. only 956,000
Participants served exclusively 956,000
Investment mgmt. only 956,000
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 NUMBER SERVICES
Account balance
Account transfers
24-hour access
Operators
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: $4.347 billion
In-house investment management services are provided through:
*Internally managed mutual funds
*Internally managed separate accounts
*Other stable value
Morgan Stanley Asset Management provides services to 175 sponsors: 6 for bundled services (including in-house investment management) and 169 for investment management only.
It offers investment management in conjunction with its subsidiary, Miller Anderson & Sherrerd. It has record-keeping and third party administration partnerships with FasCorp.
Ruth Hughes-Guden is client contact.
NationsBank
600 Peachtree St. N.E., Suite 900, Atlanta, Ga. 30308-2214; phone: (404) 607-4999; fax: (404) 607-6536
(No. of participants)
Total 188,310
Bundled (inc. in-house asset mgmt.) 188,310
Participants served exclusively 40,000
Bundled services 40,000
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 NUMBER SERVICES
Account balance
Account transfers
24-hour access
Operators
Foreign language capability
Changes to contribution allocations
Loan request/processing
Performance data
Fund information
Client service rep available
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Daily valuation
Total defined contribution assets: $9.96 billion
In-house investment management services are provided through:
*Internally managed mutual funds
*Internally managed commingled funds
*Internally managed separate accounts
External investment management services are provided through:
Private label mutual funds
NationsBank provides services to 1,118 sponsors: 780 for bundled services (including in-house investment management); 85 for bundled services except in-house investment management and 253 for investment management only.
It is expected to offer various existing toll-free number services through its website sometime in 1997.
It has record-keeping and third-party administration partnerships with First Data and U.S. Pension.
Pamela J. Hubby is client contact.
Nationwide Life
1 Nationwide Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215; phone: (614) 249-5078; fax: (614) 249-2155
(No. of participants)
Total 1,332,077
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Plan design
Employee meetings
Generic employee investment education
Generic employee communications
Compliance and reporting
TOLL-FREE NUMBER SERVICES
Account balance
Account transfers
24-hour access
Changes to contribution allocations
Client service rep available
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Daily valuation
Total defined contribution assets: $24.5 billion
In-house investment management services are provided through:
*Internally managed mutual funds
*Internally managed separate accounts
*Fixed annuities
External investment management services are provided through:
Private label mutual funds
Nationwide Life provides services to 28,747 sponsors.
It offers account balance; account transfers; and changes to contribution allocations through its website address: www.bestofamerica.com.
It has investment management partnerships with American Century; Dreyfus; Federated Investors; Fidelity; Franklin Templeton; Janus; Neuberger & Berman; Oppenheimer; Phoenix; Strong; UAM; Van Eck; Van Kampen and Warburg Pincus. It has various third-party administration partnerships.
Steve Gradeless is client contact.
