Gain the advantage Helping you make your retirement plan stronger
The Keady Foard Montemagni Wealth Management Group
413-785-4900
800-628-9406
855-251-3500
One Monarch Place
Suite 1400
Springfield, MA 01144
You’re familiar with the amount of time and technical know-how needed to structure and oversee your organization’s retirement plan. You also recognize the importance of that effort to help recruit and retain top employees, promote job satisfaction and build employee loyalty and goodwill. But, given the other immediate business demands you may be managing, how do you do it all?
At The Keady Foard Montemagni Wealth Management Group, we understand both the incentive value of a retirement plan and the commitment required to administer the plan and address fiduciary responsibilities. Reviewing investments, carrying out day-to-day administrative tasks and providing plan participant support and education can be very challenging. That’s why we offer an expanded level of assistance to help you meet these obligations.
Backed by the strength of UBS Retirement Plan Consulting Services, you and your organization can benefit from the resources of one of the world’s global financial services leaders, combined with the specialized retirement plan experience we bring to the table.
Program provider search
- Request and objectively evaluate proposals based on your established criteria
- Facilitate presentations by program providers
- Review fund options and proposed investment mapping strategies
- Assist in the conversion/transition to your new program provider
Fiduciary support
- Complimentary UBS Defined Contribution Fiduciary Kit
- Fiduciary Kit training for committee members and support staff
Plan feature and benchmarking review
- Assistance in the review of plan features to determine whether they are meeting your needs and those of your plan participants
- Provide industry statistics on plan features
Fee analysis and benchmarking
- Conduct a benchmarking analysis of your plan’s fees
Plan program liaison
- Assist you in communicating with recordkeepers and other thirdparty service providers regarding plan features, investments, services and fees
Investment Policy Statement (IPS)
- Assisting in the development and review of your plan’s IPS
Investment reviews
- Provide quarterly performance reviews of the plan’s
Investment options
- Identify funds not meeting the criteria established in your IPS
- Recommend fund replacements for your consideration
Employee education program assistance
- Review existing program, including participation rates, deferral rates and diversification statistics
- Identify planning gaps and recommend strategies for improvement. Assist with the implementation of new strategies
- Work with your program provider to deliver enrollment meetings and seminars
- Provide access to the UBS Financial Wellness Center
Fiduciary liability is a primary concern for many plan sponsors. Fortunately, fiduciary responsibilities can be manageable with the right support.
We can help you address your responsibilities in a number of ways, including:
Regularly providing investment advice as a fiduciary
We understand our advice may be the primary basis for your plan investment decisions.
Helping you develop an investment process consistent with fiduciary standards
- Investment policy development
- Investment searches
- Investment reviews
Our Retirement Plan Consulting Services program is designed to provide flexible services tailored to your organization’s needs. Simply select the services that work best for you and your plan. You or the plan only pay UBS for those program services you’ve chosen—nothing more. And, our fees are simple to understand and fully disclosed in advance.
UBS, a global leader in retirement plan services
UBS Financial Services Inc. is one of the leading U.S. financial services firms with capabilities and resources to help clients make investment decisions that are appropriate for them. Among our strengths:
- More than $55 billion in retirement plan assets1
- UBS achieved multiple “Top 5” rankings in the following categories of the PLANSPONSOR® Magazine’s Retirement Plan Consultant Survey:2
– Number of defined contribution consulting plans
– Number of consulting plans < $50 million
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